Liam tried to make her stop and see what she'd be missing out on but she wouldn't listen and pulled the trigger. A male scream makes its way through the building. The baby in Liam's arms cries when he screams.

People stop what they're doing and come rushing to see what happened. That's when they see the dead body of Amara Sampson on the ground, a gun clutched in her hand and a blood trail trickling out of her head.

Clutching his baby close, Liam pushes through the crowd so they won't have to see him crying. At the back of the crowd, Liam's brother Nick follows him when he makes it out. "Liam, what happened?" Nick asked, not knowing because of the crowd.

Not stopping his stride, Liam says, "It's Amara. She's dead."

Nick, however, did stop and stared at Liam's back. "Did you say…dead? How?"

That made Liam stop and turn to his two-year-younger brother, tears now flowing down his cheeks. "She committed suicide by shooting herself in the head."

Sadness crossed Nick's face and he walked to his brother and hugged him, "I'm sorry bro." Normally, Liam would hug back but he can't because of the crying baby in his arms making it impossible to do so.

Instead, Liam rests his head on Nick's head and says, "It's not your fault. Not even I could stop her."

"She'd want you to keep living though, and take care of your daughter, Mary-Ann," Nick stated. "In the meantime, let's go home. Scott, Alex, and Sky are probably wondering where we are."

With that, the two go home to their other three brothers.


As soon as Liam walked in the door carrying Mary-Ann, Sky came barreling in and hugged him. "You're back!" Following Liam was Nick, who also got a hug from Sky.

"Hi Sky," Liam says in a hushed voice, indicating that Mary-Ann is asleep. Walking over to her crib, Liam places her in and puts her stuffed bear in as well.

"Where's Amara?" Sky asked quietly, which was unusual for him for he was the loudest of the five Tsukinos. Liam paused and hesitated to answer before quietly saying, "She went back to her house."

Both Liam and Nick knew it was a bold-faced lie but Sky didn't and went along with it. Sighing heavily, Liam went upstairs. "Come get me when Mary-Ann wakes," was heard before Liam closed his door.

Sky and Nick look at each other and Nick shrugs before they go to find Scott and Alex.


It had been fifteen years since the incident and only Liam and Nick still knew about it.

Mary-Ann, now fifteen years old, never had the chance to know who her mother was and spent her time with her father and four uncles. Unless she was at school or hanging out with her friends.

One day, she decided to ask her father about it. She approached him with caution, for he was talking to Scott about something. Sky, Nick, and Alex were also present and see Mary-Ann come in.

When Liam and Scott were done talking, Liam turned to leave and nearly jumped when he saw Mary-Ann.

"Hi dad," she half-smiled and hugged him. "Mary-Ann, hi." Liam hugged her, saying, "What are you doing here?" Looking up at her father, she said, "I have a question. Where's my mom?"

Liam eyed Nick before looking down, not really wanting to talk about it.

"You know, I haven't seen Amara in over fifteen years," Scott said. "Weren't you two supposed to get married when Mary-Ann was a year old?"

After a moment of silence, Nick bangs his fist on the table and stands up, getting everyone's attention. Facing his cherry red haired brother, he says, "Liam, I can't take it anymore. Why don't you just tell them the truth? If not, then I will."

All eyes turn to Liam, who places a hand over his mouth and sobs brokenly. This got confused looks from the other three Tsukinos and even Mary-Ann. Removing his hand slightly, Liam chokes out, "She's dead. Amara died fifteen years ago from suicide." He then put his hand back over his mouth and continued to sob.

There were two equal looks of surprise from Scott and Sky, Alex was pissed off as usual, and Mary-Ann had started crying.

"He says he tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen and shot herself in the head," Nick said for Liam.

Unexpectedly, Mary-Ann said, "Yeah, he may have said that but then again maybe he lied." With that, she ran out crying.

The five brothers had looked at her when she said that and Liam went after her when she ran out saying, "Mary-Ann, wait!"

When Mary-Ann got outside, the first thing she did was run into the street and stood there, waiting for the oncoming car to hit her. Liam saw this, however, and pushed her out of the way only to get hit by the car himself.

The driver of the car stopped when hitting Liam, backed up, and then got out of the car to go to him. Mary-Ann went to Liam's side when the driver backed up and kneeled by him.

The extent of the damage was severe and the man lying on the ground is unconscious. Looking up at the driver, Mary-Ann says, "Call 911." He does so and tells what happened to the person who answered.

Within no time, the ambulance shows up to take Liam to the hospital. One of the medics, a small guy with hair as red as Mary-Ann's father and a blue visor, walks up to Mary-Ann and says, "Do you wish to go with him?" Nodding once, Mary-Ann climbs into the back of the ambulance.