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Fan Fiction

 Title: True love
Author: Trang
Genre: Romance/Drama/Humour
Started: 29. July 2001
Finished: 06. November 2001

CHAPTER 23 - Life is cruel and unkind

A while late the room filled with doctors and nurses. Marie went out with her hand covering her face.
"Why?? God why?" she cried on Angelo's shoulder.
"Shhhh, everything will be ok! Shhhh" he said.
"We are so sorry for you!" Patricia hold her too.
"Is there any news about my son?"
"No, still nothing, but be positive!" Angelo helped her to sit down next to Dan.
"My daughter, you are very brave! I'm glad that you are in our family. You have be strong. I know you can do it. You are a Kelly!" Dan told her. "A real Kelly, and we the Kellys never give up. Never ever!!"
"But how? How to be strong when my husband is dying and my son is in danger?"
"Paddy is not dying!" Dan protested angrily "I know my son and I know he will win! He always win. It's not the first time he is fighting against the death and not the last time! So is my grandchild… he is a Kelly and he is strong! You'll see that he will be back soon! I have called to a few detectives to find the baby and catch the kidnapper. He will be punished for all he has done!"

"Mom?" Paddy was standing in the middle of a long tuner. In one side was a woman in white, Paddy's mother - Barbara, and in the other side was a light.
"Paddy, my son." Barbara said with a smile.
"Mother, where am I?" he asked.
"The question is where do you want to go!"
"Are you an angel? Do you know where is my son? You must know it."
"Your son is so sweet. I'm watching over him and he is OK. Soon you'll get a massage from the kidnaper and remember to inform the police about it."
"Mom… It's so good to see you. I missed you so much."
"I know Paddy. I'm watching over all of you and I know everything. You are very brave, my son. I'm very proud of you." Barbara's posture was further and further.
"Mom, don't go. Please..." he made a few steps after her.
"Paddy, turn around and go to the light. You have to survive, your son needs you. Go to the other side my son. It's not your turn it. Send my kisses to your siblings, your dad and to Marie. Go Paddy, go…" she dispeared with that.
"Mom…" Paddy stood in the dark now knowing where to go. "My son… my wife…" he whispered and turn back.
The was a long tunnel ended with a white point. Paddy decided to go there as his mother said.

"Paddy, if you leave me I'll die too!" Marie cried next to him.
He slowly opened his eyes and touched her head that was laid on his stomach.
"Paddy? You are back!" she fade a smile.
"Yes, I'm back and I'm not going anywhere!" he said quietly.
"Ok!" she was short.
"Did you find our son?"
"No, no…" she started t cry harder. "I don't know for what god is punishing me?"
"Darling, don't cry. Our baby is ok. I know that. Someone is taking care for him, and I promise you we'll find him. We will be a happy family again!"
"I hope so!"

*Ring ring* - phone called in Paddy's and Marie's.
"It's might be the kidnaper!" Marie said to Patricia and Angelo, who were trying to cheer her up.
"Hallo?" she asked nervously.
"Listen carefully, I won't repeat it again!" a man voice said "I you're your son and I killed your husband. If you want to see your son again collect a half million marks till tomorrow. I'll call for more instruction!"
"But… how do I know that you have my son?"
"Should I break is finger and send you?" the man said.
"No, please don't hurt him. I'll do everything you want, but please don't hurt him." She begged falling on her knee.
"Marie do everything I told you, then you'll have a happy family again! And no police or you'll see your son in pieces." the man said.
"Jean, I know it's you… please, give my baby back!"
Jean hung up the phone immediately. Marie feel a terrible pain in her heart and passed out.

"Marie, what is wrong? What did he say?" Angelo tried to pick her up.
"She fainted!" Patricia said. "It must be the kidnapper!"
An hour later Marie opened her eyes. She was now lying in her and Paddy's bed.
"Marie, who was that?" Patricia said.
"It's Jean… he wants 500 000 mark… how can I take so much money till tomorrow?" she worried.
"We should inform the police about it!" Angelo proposed.
"No! no police!" Marie cried "He would kill my son if we include the police in that! I have to get the money. Please, help me!" she begged.
"Of course we will help! We must go to a bank Angelo" Patricia said.
"You will be ok?" asked Angelo.
"No, I'm not ok. And I won't till I hold my baby in my arm."
Then Angelo and Patricia went to their bank to get the money. They came back with nothing. Marie was really disappointed.
"Well? Do you have the money?" Marie asked wipping her tears.
"No, it's quite late now. The bank director is going to give away the money tomorrow." Angelo explained. "Tomorrow we will have 500 000 anf tomorrow you'll have little Mickey here again!" he hold her.
"You must rest now Marie!" Patricia said.
"I'm so scared! Why it's happening to my son? He is so little and innocent!" she continued crying.

The next day Angelo and Patricia woke up early and went to the bank to take the money. In the meanwhile Marie gasped at the phone waiting nervously for the phone from Jean. And finally he called.
"Jean?" she asked after one call.
"Yes, you missed me baby?" he said.
"How is Mickey??"
"He is alright! Did you get the money?"
"Er… not yet, but soon I'll have for sure! Please, don't hurt my son!"
"Of course I wouldn't hurt our son! And remember, no police!!"
After that he hang up the phone. Marie shouted at the receiver hopelessly. Finally Angelo and Patricia came back with a suitcase.
"Did he called?" Patricia wondered.
"Yes, he said that Mickey is ok. Do you have the money?"
"Yes, we have the whole sum." Angelo answered giving Marie the suitcase filled up by 200 and 100DM notes.
"Thank you guys!! I don't know what you say! I'm so grateful for this!" she hugged the Kellys.

A few hours later the phone called again.
"Jean?" Marie picked up the phone.
"Hmmm, you must really missed me!" he joked. "Do you have the money I asked?"
"Yes, 500 000DM! Where do you want to meet?"
"Good! Now take the money to the old garage close to our old flat. You must be absolutely alone, no Kellys and no police. In the garage you'll see a car. You get in the car and wait for further instruction! You have 30 minutes." he hang up immediately after saying that.

In hospital.
"What is going on? You're hiding something from me! I know it!" Paddy said to his older sister Barby, who was feeding him.
"I'm not hiding anything Paddy!"
"I haven't seen Marie for two days, where is she? Is the any news about my son?" Paddy asked with an eager.
"No news" Barby said quickly putting another spoon of budding to Paddy mouth.
"I know something is wrong! Please, tell me. I have to know!"
"Ok, but you didn't find it out from me!"
"Tell me!"
"Yesterday the kidnaper called" Barby started to tell him.
"What?" Paddy interrupted.
"The kidnaper called Marie. He told her to collect 500 000 marks. She must bring the money to an old empty garage."
"Why didn't she tell me? Does she has the money?"
"She didn't tell you because she wants to protect you. Angelo and Patricia take care of her. And she got the money! She might be on he way to meet this monster."
Not saying a word Paddy called Marie.

"Marie, I know everything about the kidnaper and the money!" Paddy started "Listen to me carefully!"
"Paddy, I'm in hurry, sorry Paddy. Today I'll see you in the hospital!" she said.
"No, listen! You have to inform the police and let them work! I know what I am talking about!"
"He said no police Paddy! I'm not going to risk his life."
"Do what I say! Tell the police. They'll know what to do."
"No!" she yelled and hung up the phone.
"Shit!" he hung up angrily.
"Paddy he said 'no police, or you'll see your kid in parts'!"
"We have to tell the police! Mom said so!" Paddy said.
"Mom? Paddy, mom is…"
"I know she is dead" Paddy cut off "I saw her in that tunnel and she said we must tell police! If Marie doesn't do it, I'll have to do it! It's a life and death matter!"
"Paddy, what if it's a mistake? Isn't it better to do what the kidnaper say?"
"But… mom said so… she is an angel and she knows everything!"
"Maybe it was just a dream Paddy."
"I know Jean. He is in love with Marie. Since Marie has chosen me he did everything to destroy her. I know that he wants her, not me nor our baby. I swore before god that I'll take care of my wife and I'm not going to fail!"
"I think you shouldn't call…" Barby started, but Paddy picked up the receiver and called police about the whole situation.

Marie arrived at the place of the arrangement. The garage was dark and empty. She saw a blue car in the middle of the garage. She came there slowly. The car was empty too. She looked around looking for Jean, but he wasn't there. At least she couldn't see him. She get into the car to a passenger's seat next to the driver's one and waited. About 5 minutes later a men jumped in the driver's seat. The man had a cap in his head and a gun showed in her direction.
"Hey love!" he said watching around assuring that there was nobody.
"I did what you wanted, now tell me where is my son!" she said quickly.
"Not that fast! Give that money!" he told her.
She gave him the suitcase. He opened and grinned.
"Good girl! Now we are going to our son, I have booked for us three tickets to Paris. You always wanted to live there, right?" he said and put his hands in the drive-wheel and started the car. In his right hand was still the gun.
"No, I'm not going anywhere! Tell me where is my son!" she sharp him.
He hit her hardly with the right hand, that everything was black before her eyes.
"Don't you argue with me! I have planed it for months and I don't let anyone to screw it up! If you are polite you'll see your son soon! Don't make me furious, I don't want to hurt you."
"Why are you doing this? Why?" a stream of blood was drowning down her cheeks.
"Because I want you to love me! That is all." He turned to see her when he said that. "Geez, you are bleeding!" he put down the gun and reached to his pocket for a tissue. "Here!" he gave her it.
Marie pushed his hand away not wanting anything from him. She started to wipe the blood by her hand.
"Here!!" he shouted "Take this!"
She took the tissue and removed the blood from her face, but it didn't stop running.
"We have to take you to the hospital!" he said worriedly.
"No, I want to see my son! Please, let me see my son now!" she begged again. "I will do everything, everything you want me to do! I swear! I just want to be with my son!"
"Are you sure that police don't know anything?"
"Yes, I'm sure! I didn't tell anyone, even Paddy doesn't know!"
"I hope you are not lying. You'll never see your son again if the car following us is a police car." He threatened.
"It's not!"
"We will see!" he started to drive faster and made a lot of turns.
The car was really followed them.
"Oh Marie, you lied!" he murmured.
"No I swear, I didn't! I swear to my son's life."
He stopped the car in a empty road. They where in country side, not far from Cologne. There were only fields and trees.
"Your son's life? Which life? Do you see that little house?" he said pointing at a shed in the middle of a field "Your son is there, but…" he took something from his pocket. It was a little plastic box with a button on it.
"Do you know what is this Marie? A bomb!" he explained "In the house is a bomb. I did it in case you cheat me. You shouldn't have been doing this. All I wanted is your happiness. We could be happy in Paris together in three, but you must play games with me. Now look as your son die!" he put his finger in the button.
"No!" she sharp his hand falling in his feet. "Please, no! I beg you, don't do it!" she cried.
"Freeze, police!" someone yelled behind them.
Jean grinned.
"Please don't, he has a bomb!" Marie called out standing up and tried to cover him by her own body from that shot line. "Please don't!" she said again.
"Mrs. You back away from him!" a police man said.
"No! He is gonna kill my son!" she said as she felt someone sharp her.
He sharp her back into the car.
"Good move!' he said taking his gun back. Now in one hand he had a gun and in the second he has the detonator.
"Jean, please take the money and leave. I'll make sure that those policemen won't follow you. You said you want me to be happy!" she cried of fear.
"Yes, all I've ever wanted is your happiness. I wanted to be the one who bring you the happiness, not him! Now when he is dead I can do it! You shouldn't have done it. We could be so happy." He shook is head no.
"It's not me who called police. I don't know who did it. Believe me! And Paddy is still alive, you are not a murderer yet."
"What? Why you keep on lying? I shot him in his heart. I saw his blood. He is dead!"
"No he is not! He is in a hospital now."
He looked in her helpless eyes. He knew she was not lying.
"You want to be with your son?" he asked carefully.
"Yes, more than anything."
"Your whish is my command. We'll be a happy family in heaven. That stupid Paddy can stay here. We will be in heaven with angels and…" he put the gun to her head "You'll be happy… with your son and with me… You go first, then your son… I mean our son and then I'll join us… We will be together forever…"
Bang!!

"Mrs. Kelly? Are you alright?" she heard.
She slowly opened her eyes. All she could see was blood, blood was everywhere. But it wasn't her blood, but his. His head was put in is car chair and his hand was in her hand. Next to his other hand was a gun.
"Mrs. Kelly everything is alright. You are safe now!"
She didn't say anything, but get of from the car. It was just like a dream, a bad dream. She still couldn't believe what had happened.
"Mrs. Kelly? Your son!" a man's voice said.
She turned to him slowly.
"Your son is in the ambulance. Please follow me!" the man continued.
"Is he…" she started.
"He is ok. It's a strong boy!" the man smiled and guided her by his arm.

Two hours later.
"Patricia, would you come for me to the hospital where Paddy is laying?" Marie called home to Patricia.
"How is our little boy?" Patricia asked.
"Mickey is allright. He must stay in the hospital for one day for observation." Marie told her.
"Ok, I and Angelo are coming soon. Jimmy, Barby and Maite are in Paddy's room. Paddy is getting better. Does he know about it?"
"No, I don't want to talk to him now. You do it!"
"Ok!"
Patricia finished to talk with Marie, she told Angelo about everything she knew and they went to the hospital.

"Why nobody calls?" Paddy was nervous laying in his hospital bed.
"Calm down Paddy, you can't stress too much. Everything will be ok!" Barby repeated this to her brother for the 100th time.
"I won't caml down till I hear that my son and my wife are all right… till I see them by my own eyes."
"Paddy, phone to you!" Jimmy said giving Paddy his mobile phone. "It's Trish!"
"Hello?" he asked "Trish, how is…"
"Everything is ok." Patricia cut him down "Marie called and they are alright. They both are in your hospital, I bet in the other section. Congratulations Paddy!"
"Thanks sis!!!" he said with a big smile.
"Well??" Maite widened her eyes questionably.
"They are ok. And they are here. Please, somebody find them!" he smiled.
"They are here? In this hospital?" Jimmy couldn't believe.
"Yes, in that hospital. I think they are downstairs, Jimmy could you find them for me?"
"Yes, of course! I'm on my way!" Jimmy said and disappeared.

"Jimmy!" Marie shouted when she saw Jimmy looking around. "Over here!"
"Marie, how are you? How is the baby?" Jimmy asked holding her on his arm.
"They are taking him upstairs. He will have to stay here for one night for observation. He is all right!" at this point Marie cried out.
"It's ok! Everything is Ok Marie! Paddy was dying with unsure and fear." Jimmy hold her again.
"By the way, how is he doing?" Marie made a step away from Jimmy.
"Why don't you come to see him? He is waiting for you!"
"No… I'm waiting till they let me come to Mickey's. I'll stay with him for a few minutes and then I come home. I need to take a shower. Would you take care for my son a while when I'm home? I don't want him to be alone. I won't be long."
"Sure!"
"Oh, the doctor is coming!" she saw a man in a white grown. She came to him. "Doctor, how is my son?"
"He is alright. Now he is sleeping. You can see him. But don't wake him up. He had a hard day." The doctor said.
"Thank you!" she said gratefully and then she came to her son's room with Jimmy.
She smiled when she saw a sweet sleeping and innocent creature. She could hold her tears. Finally he was saved.
"I'll never ever leave you alone again!" she swore and put a delicate kiss on his forehead.
"He looks like an angel!" Jimmy smiled.
"He is an angel! My little man!" she smiled for the first time for three last days.
*Knock knock*
Marie turn back when she heard the knocking. She thought it might be Angelo and Patricia. She and jimmy went out not to disturb the baby's dream.
"Marie, are you all right?" Angelo asked looking at her eyes.
"I'm all right, and so is the baby! He is sleeping now!"
"You were very brave, Marie!" Patricia cheered her up.
"Thanks! Now I would like to go home and refresh myself." She said.
"I'll drive you back!" Angelo offered.
"Thanks Angelo!" she said and followed him to the car.

"Patty, I think Paddy would like to know about that. Would you come upstairs and tell him?" Jimmy told his sister "I must stay here and watch over Paddy junior!"
"He doesn't know? Marie didn't tell him?" Patricia was surprised.
"Maybe they are having a fight, or she will tell him later when she come back, but in Paddy's place I would like to know about it!"
"I'm coming to see him. Poor bro!"
Patricia said and went to the elevator and went to Paddy's room.
"Patty, where are Marie and my son?" Paddy tied to sat up, but he couldn't because of the awful pain in his breast.
"They are ok. Your son is downstairs, maybe he will be released tomorrow."
"And Marie?" Paddy cut her.
"She is home. She was very tired, she needed to refreshing herself. I bet she is gonna come back here in a few minutes."
"Thanks God, they are all right! I knew mom was right! I knew it!" a single tear rolled out of his eyes.
"Paddy, what are you talking about? What mom has in common with this case?"
"When I was in that tunnel mom said that I must go to the light and live. And she told me to tell the police when the kidnapper contact us."
"So it's you who called the police!"
"Yes! I had to. What happened to that bastard?"
"A police man shot him when he pointed the cock to Marie's head."
"Poor Marie!!" he said quietly.

"Marie, since when I know you, you always are very brave and strong. You always knew how to fight to have what you wanted. I'm very proud to have you in my family!" Angelo started.
"Thank you!" she was short.
She didn't want to tell him any details of this day. She was too tired to think. Angelo knew that, he put his arm around her and put her head on his shoulder.

Marie took a shower and changed herself. Soon she and Angelo were on the way back to the hospital.
"Marie, you should go to see Paddy. He is looking forward to see you and Mickey." Jimmy told her when she arrived.
"Not now. I want to see my son first!" she said and went inside her son's room.
She sat down next to his bed and cried out.

"Paddy, lay down! You can't move. You are still very week." Patricia yelled at Paddy.
"I have to see them! Please, take me to them!" Paddy tired hardly to wake up from the bed, but he couldn't.
"You don't have to!" Marie arrived in the door.
"Hey Marie!" Paddy smiled. "Finally you are here!"
"Yes… how are you feeling?" she asked coming closer to him.
"Good, how is our baby?"
"He is now sleeping. He had has a hard time. Doctors say that he is ok. Tomorrow he will be released." she sat next to his bed.
"And you? How are your feelings?" he took her hand on his.
"Relief!" she was short.
"May I have a kiss?" Paddy asked.
"Sure!" she said and put a delicate and short kiss on his lips.
"You look well!" Paddy said feeling that something was wrong.
"So do you!" she smiled a little. "I have to go! I don't want to leave Mickey for too long, he might wake up every time."
"Sure! Go! And come back soon!"

"Doctor!" she was running downstairs when she saw he son's doctor. "May I ask, if I can stay with Mickey tonight?"
"You don't need to! It is possible of course, but you look very tired. Personally I advise you to go home, have a peace sleep, eat something. When you ate last time?" the doctor smiled.
"I don't remember!" she smiled too.
"You see! Your son is save here! You don't need to worry about him, nor about your husband. Take care of yourself now!"
"Thank you!!" she said.
"Mrs. Kelly!" a man came to her "I'm lieutenant Brown. I lead your case. I would like to ask you a few questions!"
In the same time Joey came down from Paddy.
"Mr. Leave her alone!" he asked. "She has been suffering much lately."
"Please not now!"
"Mrs Kelly, we need to do it now when you still remember the details!"
"You want details? So I tell you now! Jean wanted to kill my husband. He wanted to make a family with me and my son. The result is my husband was almost killed, my son sat in a bomb, and he put his gun in my head! At last he killed himself in my eyes and told me that all wanted is happiness… for me. It all was because of me! Now he is gone and I want you leave me and my family alone!" she yelled and turned to Joey.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Kelly. It's my job! I'll be back tomorrow when you feel better!" the man was shamed.
She cried on Joey's shoulder.
"I hate police, I hate the press and the fans! Why can't they leave me alone now?? The worst is it's their job to follow me!"
"It's ok now, Marie!! You can rely on me and the rest. We are here for you. Let me take you home. You need some rest. You wouldn't like Mickey to see you in that state, would you?"
"Yeah, I just come to kiss him goodnight and we come home ok?"
"Go!"

"Patricia, could you spend this night with Marie again? She shouldn't be alone!" Paddy asked his sister "I'm really worried for her. She was weird today!"
"She had a really hard time Paddy! You must be understanding for her now! She needs you and your love!"
"I know. I would give everything to hold her right now and tell her how much I love her!!"
"I'll tell her that you love her!"
"Thanks sis. I don't know what would I do without you! You are an angel."
"That is what sisters are for!"

The next day Marie woke up early, by 5 o'clock. She called to an air port to order two tickets and paid by her credit card that Paddy gave her after their wedding. Later she started to pack her and Mickey's things quickly. She put the bags to her car. Some fans and paparazzi spent the whole night by her window calling her name. She couldn't sleep at all.

"Marie? You are up already?" Patricia woke up at 7 o'clock.
"Yes. I made some coffee." Marie said pointing to a pot in kitchen table. She as having breakfast.
Patricia took a cup of coffee herself and sat opposite Marie in the kitchen table.
"Last night as I came back you were already slept so I didn't tell you something." Patricia started. "Paddy told me to tell you that he loves you!"
"And I love him! Please tell him that if you can!"
"You can tell him yourself in an hour!"
"Yes, but if I can't, tell him that I love him with all my heart!"

"Are you sure you can drive?" Patricia asked as Marie got in her car. "Maybe we should take my car!"
"No, I can drive myself!" she fade a smile.

"How is my little man doing?" she looked at her smiling son. "You are smiling, ha?" she kissed him. "Good!"
"Our hero was very peaceful last night. That means that his mom can take him home now!" the doctor said.
"Thank you doctor! Thank you for your help!!"
"You must only go to the reception right there and sign some papers!"

"Marie, I go to see Paddy. You join us when you make with the papers, ok.?" Patricia said.
"Sure!" Marie answered.

Marie signed some paper and paid for her son's medicine. But instead of going to Paddy she went out.
She put her son in his little seat and started the car.

"I don't understand, what make Marie so long to come here! I can't wait to see them!"
"Be patient Paddy, make yourself nice. You don't want to scare your son, right?"

In the meanwhile.
"I'm Marie Kelly, I ordered two tickets to Paris!" she was in the airport.
"Yes, we have tickets for you, but your plane, SA 302 is going to start in five minutes. The next one to Paris is in an half hour, the passengers are going into this plane right now! There is still a few free places, so if you want…"
"I take it! Two tickets please!" she cut off the woman.
She took the tickets from the women and paid by cash.
With one hand she pull a big suitcase, and on the second was her son. They were leaving Germany.

"Where are they?" a half hour later Paddy was still waiting for his wife and son. "I have bad feelings!"
"I'm sure she is on her way here. I never understand why they made up so many kind of forms to fill." Patricia calmed her brother down.
"Hey Paddy, where is Marie and Mickey?" Angelo arrived in Paddy's door with Kira and a big bouquet of roses.
"I would like to know too!" he sighted. "Can somebody go down and check out?"
"I'm on my way!" Angelo volunteered.

"Mrs may I have a some water?" Marie asked a steward.
"Of course!" she said.

After ten minutes.
"Is Marie here already?" Angelo came back to Paddy's room. Now the whole family were in the room waiting patiently.
"No she is not. Where is she?" Paddy was nervous.
"Err… They said that she filled in all papers about an hour ago." Angelo explained.
"So where the hell are they??" Paddy yelled.
"Wait I'll ask her!" Angelo took his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Marie mobile number. Nobody answered.
"Well???" Paddy looked at his brother questionably.
"Nothing!"
"Her car is not here!" Patricia said. "Today he parked her car before the hospital, but I can't see it anywhere!"
"Maybe she is home!" Jimmy suggested.
Angelo dialed her home number, but still nothing. She wasn't even at Jess's.

"It can't be! It's a nightmare!" Paddy hold his head. "It's just a nightmare!"
Everyone were looking for Marie.
"Paddy, look at the news!" Angelo came in and turned on a TV that was standing in the wall at the end of Paddy's room.
"Today a German plane crash in Luxemburg. The plane started from Cologne. The destination was France! In the mid-way one engine of SA 302 went down. On the plane were 50 people and no one survived. In the plane were Marie and Mickey Kelly, the wife and son of Paddy's Kelly. After the assault on Paddy Kelly and kidnapping his son, they wanted to relax themselves by going to France, Marie's Kelly home country, but the bad luck caught them again. From some source we know also that Stefan Hangmann, the dicrector of Ford company was in the plane too…" the reporter said.
"It's not true!! They are lying!" Paddy yelled.
"I'm sorry Paddy!" Angelo said.
"You must find her! She is still in the hospital! I know that! She couldn't leave without telling me about it! I don't believe it!" Paddy's eyes filled my tears.
"Marie is nowhere. We were everywhere! Jimmy and Joey are now in the airport to make sure if she was in the passenger list."
"I'm sorry Paddy!" Patricia came in. "Some people saw her packing today in the morning. They even have her pictures! She left with Mickey the hospital a long time ago… and she told me to say that she loves you today…"
"Shut up! I don't want to hear it!"
In the same time Joey and Jimmy came in the room.
"Tell me that they weren't there!" Paddy yelled as he saw them.
"I'm sorry! She was in that plane! She paid by her credit card." Jimmy said quietly.
"What? I don't hear you!" Paddy yelled again.
"I'm so sorry Paddy!" Joey had red eyes. 

"Finally we are home!" she smiled when the plane landed in Paris.
"May I help you, madam?" A taxi driver went to her.
"Yeah, to Hyatt, please!" she said.
The driver put her suitcase into the car.
"Is it your first time in Paris?" he asked.
"Yes, first time. I have always wanted to be here! It's so beautiful. And finally I can speak French." She smiled.

"Don't say that you are sorry. Nothing happened. They are now in a park. Was anyone in the park next to my house? Or… in funfair… Please search them for me. I would do it myself if I could only pick up my ass from this bed." Paddy tried to sit up.
"Paddy, put down!" Angelo said.
"No, I have to find them!"

"Here you are!" Marie and Mickey were standing before the big Hyatt hotel.
"May I help you?" a bellboy came to her.
"Yes, please take my suitcase in!"
"Yes, madam!" she said politely.
"I wanna book one small room for my son and me!" Marie told to a woman behind the check-in desk.
She got the keys and went to her room.
"Do you think we should call daddy?" she asked her son "Ne… We will call him when we get home! I'll show you my home, where I used to live with grandmother and grandfather. We'll must to go to grandma's grave. She would be very happy if she live till today. She would be very proud of you."
Little Mickey-boy smiled at his mother and made her fill so happy.

"Angelo, make me a favor! Send someone to her home in South France, remember? Ask people. If she came back to France this is the only place she could go to!" Paddy cried.
"Sure! I'll go there by my own! And I'll call you when I get there, ok?" he said. "Kira, I'm taking our car, so come back with someone!" she turned to Kira.
"Sure, take it!"

"Look, this is the Eiffel tower, isn't it huge?" Marie talked to her son again. "Let's feed the pigeons!"

Later that day Paddy and Angelo talked over the phone.
"Paddy, I just reached here! Her house is empty. No one knows anything about her."
"Keep on asking. Maybe she stayed at friends or something… I know she is somewhere there or in Cologne! She couldn't be on that plane."
"I'll keep on looking, but…"
"No buts Angelo. Find her!"
"All right!"

"Your Daddy is talking on the phone with someone. I can't reach him. I'll call tomorrow!" Marie put down the phone.

"Marie where are you? How could you do it to me?" Paddy cried on his pillow.

The next day.
"Angelo? Did you find them?" Paddy asked over the phone again.
"I'm sorry, nothing! I don't think she is here!" Angelo told his broken brother. "I'm so sorry Paddy. I know how are you feeling!"
"You don't know Angelo. You have no idea how I am feeling." Paddy threw the phone.
"Paddy calm down!" Maite said.
"Calm down? Jesus, how it can be! It make no sense. Why do I live? Without them I don't wanna live any minute longer!" he cried.
"Don't say that!" Patricia hold him.
"Why did she do that? She was so cold when I last saw her." Paddy slowly accept that his family could be on the plane "She didn't want to look at my eyes… Do you think she have planed this journey for a long time? Did she want to leave me? But why? Do I really deserve this all… Life is so cruel!"
"Marie loved you!" Patricia said.
"Love? Which love told her to leave her husband, who is in hospital? Which love make her take away their son? Is that love? I'll never forgive her! Never ever…"

Paddy's phone rang. Patricia answered the phone.
"Hallo?" Patty asked.
"It's me Marie! May I talk to Paddy?"
"Sure, here he is!" Patty said to the phone then she turned to Paddy "It's Marie!"
Paddy sharp the phone.
"Marie?? Where are you?"
"I'm in Paris! How are you feeling?"
"I want my son back, do you hear me? Take him back here right now!" Paddy got angry.
"What is wrong?"
"What is wrong? You've stolen my son! I hate you! I'll never forgive you."

"Your dad is a fool. He accuse me of stealing you." She turned to her son with an anger. "He didn't even want to hear my explanations."

"Well?" Barby asked.
"She hang up. Oh God. What did I say…"
"At least we know that she is alive." Patricia noticed.
"And she is in Paris!" Paddy added.
"Do you hate her?" Barby wondered.
"Hate her?? No, never… I love her. I should have asked her why she left instead of accusing her. She won't call again. How can I find them? I was an idiot."
"She will call again! At last she is your wife!" Patricia cheered him up.

Later that day.
"Mrs. I want to order a wake up for tomorrow at 7 o'clock. And please order me a taxi at 8." Marie went down to the reception.
"All right Mrs. Kelly. Anything else?"
"No thank you!"

"Marie call me!" Paddy whispered.
"Give her a time!" Jimmy said.
"We were so happy, and so much in love! Nothing suppose to interrupt it!"
"This is life. You never know what is waiting for you around the corner."
*Ring ring*
Paddy picked up the phone.
"Marie?" he asked.
"Yes, but don't say a word. I just call to say that Mickey and I are all right. We are in Paris for some hours more then we are going to my hometown! We will come back to Cologne soon, but not now, maybe in a month or two. We must to rest from the press, fans, police, troubles and… from you. And don't tell me that you'll never forgive me because, you have nothing to forgive me. I didn't do anything wrong. It's me who won't forgive you that you called the police. Our lives is nothing to you. Bye! Get health!"
"Marie wait! Please!"
"I don't want to hear you accusing me!"
"No, let me speak! It's not true that your lives are nothing to me. I love you, I love both of you more than my own life. I understand why you wanted to run away. It's ok! I was just very nervous because on TV they say that the plane SA 302 that you might be in had a crash and no one survived. They said that you two were on the board. I was scared of loosing you again! Now I know you and Mickey are ok, I'm very happy! You can spend time in Paris or anywhere else for how long you want to. Maybe soon I'll join you? Just keep on calling me. Tell me about your days and tell me how our boy is doing… everyday. Promise me!"
"Yes, I promise!" she said with tears.
"Marie, I love you. I truly love you!"
"And I love you!"
"Kiss our boy and tell him that I love him very very much."
"I will! Bye Paddy. I'll call you tomorrow."
"Bye honey!"

"Do you have any good news for me?" Jimmy listened to the whole conversation.
"Yes. They are in Paris and tomorrow they are going back to Marie's town. They needed to rest from press, police… you know. The most important that she loves me! That is the thing that I needed to hear the most for last few days. I must get out of here soon and join to my family."
"This is the Paddy that I know. With optimism and strength!"
"Thanks!"

Chapter 24 - It was a mistake