Breaking Glass

New Beginnings, part 2

It was a warm Spring day when Eli had returned to his house after school. His mom and stepdad were sitting on the couch in the living room. It had been all over the news recently, and everyone at school had been talking about it, unfortunately not everyone was aware of it.

"Eli, oh honey, I need to tell you something horrible. His mother, CeCe, came over to her son, hugged him, and sat him down on the couch. "Eli, I don't know how to tell you this, but your brother Andrew is dead. Apparently he had been attending Degrassi, but with a different name, and had been living in a motel somewhere close" Eli look shocked, his skin turned white. "What does that mean?" He question, hopefully nothing can lead to him.

"I don't know, but I have a horrible feeling it means your father is close by." For once in her life, CeCe Goldsworthy actually had fear in her voice. "If that's the case, then you need to go somewhere safe. I've already thought of sending you to aunt Barb's for a while." Eli wasn't thinking about himself at this moment, no, all he could think about is what would happen to Clare if his father found out what really happened.

"Mom, if your theory is right, and he is back than me leaving will do no good. You know that just as much as I do. How did you find out about Andrew any way mom?"

"It was on the news, she recognized the picture of him." Eli's dad, stepdad, entered the conversation. Eli's dad turned on the television, and of course the news was covering the story of Andrew Goldsworthy, but they only knew him as Zach Connor, an alias he had created to get closer to Eli. The body had been found in a dump, burned alive said a few reports, and the only ID was the one in his wallet which wasn't burned, and a necklace.

"Mom, I need to see Clare. I'll explain everything later I promise." He got up, grabbed his keys, and head for Clare's house.

Fiona Coyne was enjoying her glass of white chardonnay wine with her chicken salad dinner. It had been the first glass of white in months, but her soon to be sister-in-law was coming over, and this called for wine. This was a special dinner, well according to her mother that is. She had invited Fiona's brother who had recently bought a small apartment with his fiancé Elizabeth, or Beth for short.

"So Beth, tell me, what are you doing now?" Mrs. Coyne was trying to start a conversation with her new daughter-in-law.

"Oh, I'm going into interior design. I just love making homes look perfect. Much like the one you have here." Elizabeth smiled politely. Declan complimented her on being "so wonderful."

"Well that sounds like a fantastic idea. Now, I'm sure you're wondering why I wanted you both here. Well, I just wrote you two a check for 300,000 dollars for the wedding." Declan and Elizabeth's jaws almost hit the floor when they saw the check up close.

Declan got up, and hug his mother. "Thank you so much, but why would you do this for us?" His mother explained that her first two weddings were a flop, and that she wants her son to have the best damn wedding there could be.

Fiona started to get a little upset, maybe it was the booze, maybe it was the $300,000 check in his brother's hands. Either way she got up and went to her room, and took the wine bottle with her.

She started drinking directly from the source, and watched the movie Prom Night IV. Her mother came in about twenty minutes later to check up on her. "Hey sweetie, I'm sorry if this thing upsets you. It's just I want you guys to be happy, and well look at your brother!" Fiona's mother crawled on to the bed with her.

"It's fine, I get it, what I don't get is why you gave Beth that stupid check." Fiona took another swig, but her mom took it away before she had a chance to take another. Her mother explained that it was a way to show Declan she was ok with the wedding. Fiona's mom looked at the movie she was watching.

"Honey, I know your all sad and depressed but do you have to watch something so gruesome?" She looked at her daughter and laughter with her. "You know, I was originally going to be in this movie." Fiona sat up. "No way, who were you gonna be?"

"I was going to be that girl, her Laura, but instead it went to this tramp Joy Tanner because she slept with the director." The two of them watched a bloody scene from the horror movie, then turned it off. "So I guess I should tell the two love birds I'm happy for them." Her mom nodded, and sent Fiona out of her own room.

Declan was sitting on the couch reading a magazine. "Hey big brother, I wanted to tell you how happy I am that your happy." He stood up, and put his hands in his pockets. "It's not me you need to talk to, it's Beth, she was really hurt when you walked out like that. She's in the next room, go."

Once again Fiona did what she was told, and headed for the room next to the kitchen. "Beth I…" She stopped and listened to Beth's phone conversation.

"Yea, a check for 300,000 big ones. Can you believe it? These Coyne's maybe rich, but they're not very bright." Fiona wanted to go over there and hit Beth with the phone, repeatedly. "Don't worry, once I say 'I do' they'll be saying 'we're broke' then me and you can head off to Europe like we planned. Ok, I love you babe." She hung up the phone, Fiona marched in.

"I knew I didn't like you, at first I didn't have a reason but now I do." Beth stepped towards Fiona, fearless. "Please what are you going to do? Your just the dumb, alcoholic lesbian. Yea, I know, and I have Declan wrapped around my finger." Fiona put her hands into fists. She wanted to punch Beth in the jaw.

"If you say anything to Declan about what you heard, I'll tell him that you're jealous of me because you can't have him anymore. He listens to every word I say." Queen Elizabeth had made her speech, and her audience was furious.

"Ok, listen here Beth." Fiona began in harsh tone. "If you do anything to hurt my family, I will come after you myself, and I will take you down bitch!" Beth just smiled her, and said "good luck."

Holly J could stop thinking about what the doctor told her at the clinic, the words kept repeating themselves in her head. She began to think of the conversation she had with her mother after she went to get the operation.

"Hey mom, no, um that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Her mother asked if she had gone through with the abortion. "When the doctor asked about any medical history, I mentioned about my kidneys, the dizzy spells, and he told me that that since it's too early it might cause even worst problems for me." Personally, she didn't approve of abortion, she was all pro-life but this, and this was a disaster. She was risking her own life and the baby's if she kept it.

Her heart felt like it was breaking, and she thought over and over again about the future. What if she falls in love with the baby before it's even born and it comes out with a defect, or what if something goes wrong during labor?

For a second Holly J thought about these things, she then continued to fall asleep and began to dream of a better, happier life.