Chapter 2
Maddy couldn't go home and face her dad, so she went to the only place she loved in Tree Hill. Her Grandma's café. She smiled as she walked in the door and saw her Grandma Karen wiping down the counter.
"If it isn't just the most beautiful girl I know. What do I owe the pleasure of having Miss Madelyn come visit her old Grandma?"
Maddy just laughed at Karen's comment. Even though she wasn't her biological grandma, Karen had been there since her birth and was like a mother to Haley and a grandma to her children. Maddy loved everything about Karen and could talk about anything with her, because since she was
little, Karen had taken care of her when Nathan and Haley were too busy. Madelyn could honestly say the only thing she loved about Tree Hill was she was closer to Karen.
"Well, to be honest I don't have anything better to do."
"I find that hard to believe because I'm sure you have already made a million new friends who adore you."
"I wish. Grandma these kids are so shelter. They think it's a miracle because I'm the great Nathan Scott's daughter and I'm going to their school. I really just want them to like me for me not my dad."
"O Sweetie… Once they get to know you they'll love you. You know why because you are your mother's daughter and that will get you so far in life."
Madelyn smiled at Karen, who was always telling her how much she reminder her of her mother. Which made Maddy happy because she adored her mother and thought she was the strongest woman she knew with Karen of course.
The phone rang in the café and Madelyn watched as Karen's face went blank.
"I'll be right there Haley and Maddy is with me. Just stay calm ok."
"That was your mother. Something came up and we need to go to your house."
Maddy looked at Karen puzzled but just followed Karen to her car and didn't say a word until they pulled up to the big brick house. "What's going on Grandma? Is mom ok?"
"Maddy, I really think your mom should talk to you about this. Now lets just go."
Maddy walked into the house with Karen to find her very distracted mother staring down at the kitchen table. She watched as Karen embraced her mother with a hug and told her everything would be ok.
"Mom what's going on is everything ok?" Madelyn asked scared what her mother was going to tell her.
Haley wiped her eyes and took a big breath as she prepared to tell her daughter the news. "Honey, your dad thinks it will be best if he moves out and we get separated. You know the tension between us lately. He's right, that tension isn't good for you kids to be around and maybe this
will help us work things out. I know this is a shock but we'll make it through this. I'll just need a little more help from you kiddo and I know you'll accept because I have the most wonderful daughter. I love you and I know your dad does too and this isn't about you and your siblings. It's about your dad and me and we just need some time apart, but I don't want you worrying. I know you Samantha and you'll take on so much responsibility, and I just want you to be a kid ok?"
Maddy quivered as she listened to her mom go on and on about her. All what she could think was this was her fault because what she told her dad earlier. "Mom, I'm sorry I really need to be alone right now." Maddy said running up to her room and burying her face into her pillow.
"God Karen what am I going to do. I mean Nathan and I were having problems, but for him to just leave so sudden it's just such a shock."
"Shhhhhh….Haley it will be ok. We'll figure everything out. I'll have Luke call Nathan tonight and talk some sense into him. He'll be home by tomorrow night."
"I hope Karen because I don't know what I'm going to tell the other kids when they ask where Nathan is."
