Life Moves Forward (General Hospital)

May 30th 1965

9:53 a.m.
      "Pamela Mary Everett! I don't know how many times I told you that we're going to church today and you still aren't out of bed?" Susie, Pam's mother, yells, bursting into Pam's room. "I can't believe the nerve of you. First you ruin our new lives and now you don't even wanna help us restart again." She pulls the covers back and screams her husband's name.

11:26 a.m.
     The doctor walks into the waiting room, a stern look on his face, his arms crossed and a clipboard in one hand. "Mr. and Mrs. Everett, when exactly did your daughter give birth?"
     Susie looks to Jim, then back to the doctor. "Monday."
     The doctor runs his hands over his face. "Monday? You've been ignoring your daughter's immense pains for a week? Part of the placenta was still in her, she would've been showing signs since just after the birth. The hospital wouldn't have discharged her without fixing it first."
     The couple looks at each other again. This time, Jim speaks, clearing his throat. "We thought she was just complaining."
     "You thinking she was just complaining could have killed her." He sighs. "She'll pull through. I just can't figure out why the hospital would ever discharge her."
     "They didn't discharge her, we did." Susie admits, not looking up from her hands. "We pulled her out just a few hours after the baby was born. The baby was stillborn."
     "The baby's father kidnapped her, he forced her to live in unsuitable conditions for most of the pregnancy." Jim adds.
     "I'm so sorry for all you've gone through, but your daughter needed and needs medical attention." The doctor shakes his head and walks back towards Pam's room. He knocks on the door and opens it, smiling gently at Pam. "Hello, dear. Are you feeling any better?"
     "A little."
     "You look much better, you've got your color back." He comments, sitting on the edge of her bed.
     "I wanna see my baby. My baby, Jenny."
     "Dear, don't you remember, your baby was stillborn."
     "No, no she wasn't!"
     "Your daughter didn't make it."
     "No, no she did. She's with her daddy. She's with my Tommy in Rutly, Mass. And he's gonna come for me. He is. When we're eighteen. He's gonna come get me, and we'll be a family again. He's gonna come."
     The doctor nods. "You should get some rest." He goes back to the waiting room. "Her baby wasn't stillborn, was she?"
     Susie and Jim shake their heads. "Its father took it." Jim says.
     "Her. It's a girl and her name is Jenny. And I'm pretty sure Pam isn't too upset that Tom has her and it wasn't kidnapping. She wants to be with them, both of them. You need to get in contact with Tom. Tell him that Pam needs him."
     "No!" Susie states, getting to her feet. "My daughter was gone for four months and gave birth to a mistake. We have a chance to reclaim our lives after her mistakes and I will not ruin this chance so she can be with that nobody nothing and that screaming little broken condom!"

4:48 p.m.
     Tom rubs his thumb on Jenny's cheek, soft groans coming from the newborn as she finishes off what's left in the bottle. He looks up at the knock on his door. "Hi, Mom. It's not dinner yet, is it?"
     "No, not yet. I just got off the phone with Pam. She said some pretty harsh things." Veronica tells him. He keeps staring. "She doesn't want you to wait for her, just forget her, she thinks it was all a mistake, and she fell out of love with you weeks ago."
     Tom looks down at his daughter, who's started to suck on his thumb and doze off. "Well, well Jenny is better off without her anyways. She'd've been a lousy mother." Tom fumes, tears in his big blue eyes.

     Susie knocks on her daughter's door, smiling at her. "Hello, honey. I just got off the phone with Tom. I called to let him know about your condition and he had some harsh things to say. I don't think you really want to know them."
     "I do. Tommy would never say anything bad about me. He loves me."
     "He doesn't want you back or anywhere near his daughter, and that he fell out of love with you weeks ago."
      Pam swallows a cry. "He, he wouldn't have said that. He doesn't mean it. Please, let me talk to him." She crawls forward.
     "Honey, he won't listen. He's made up his mind, you know how stubborn men can be, especially Irish men." Susie cups Pam's cheek. "This is a good thing. This gives you a chance to start over and move on. It's a gift from God."
     Pam eventually nods. "Okay, okay we'll go and start over. There's nothing left for me in Rutly or with Tom. I may as well start over."

Guess Pam was telling the truth. We'd better let Jodie know before it's too lat...