A.N. Hi! So, just letting you guys know, I am writing this with my friend, so if it takes a while to update, that's why. Here's a short chapter, to start you off, please review and let us know if we should continue.

Family Ties

Prologue

Isabelle was hysterical. The tears flowed down her face as she held the crying bundle in her weak arms. He's gone; she repeated over and over again in her mind, he's gone, forever.

She knew the baby had no hope of a good life with her; knew that the best thing for her sweet little angel was to get away from Isabelle- as far away as she could. The new mother knew she was emotionally unstable. Her heart was broken, ripped out of her chest by the cruel hand of the law. As she placed her little Summer on the doorstep of the only people she knew she could trust, she kissed her little forehead, left the note, and ran; ran as fast as she could, as if she was trying to outrun her problems. The problems that, as she learned later, she could never escape from.

Rebecca looked at the little girl in her arms. Her mind was in chaos, her thoughts tangled and confused. She had no idea what was going to happen after this, no idea what she should do. She could keep the baby, that darling little girl, but what life would that be? She had a wonderful, doting husband, and her perfect little boy. Seamus had just passed the 10 months mark, almost a year, she couldn't leave him! But how could she abandon her sweet little baby?

Rebecca was torn. However, when it came down to it, she knew what she would do. Her face hardened, as she placed the baby on the doorstep with a note. She couldn't leave her family. And while the thought broke her heart, her little Lacey would just have to survive without her.

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