Families Help Each Other
Later that day Ana enters the penthouse and sees Devon at the island drinking a glass of water. "Hey you're home." Devon greets her with a smile. "I wanted to talk with you. I've got a proposition for you. For you and Jett."
"Devon, we told you..."
Devon holds up his hands. "Wait a minute." He makes his way over to the couch and sits down. "Come over here and sit down for a moment." Ana sighs and moves her way to the couch and puts down her purse.
Devon leans towards her a little and clasp his hands. "Look, I know you're probably still peeved at me. About the other day. "
"You mean when you followed me after I asked you to trust me and respect my privacy?" Ana states pointedly.
"Yeah… that" Devon smiles sheepishly. "Look I'm sorry about that. But you have to understand Ana. You're my baby sister, and I was worried about you. When I followed you to that shady looking motel, all types of scary thoughts were going through my mind. I was afraid you were in serious trouble."
Ana sighs. "Well you found out the truth. I've been caring for my dad. I've been trying to help him."
Devon nods. "I understand that. And now I want you to let me help the both of you."
Ana shakes her head. "Devon…."
"No, Ana. He's your family and he's important to you. And that's enough for me to want to help. We're family, we're supposed to look out for each other. You came here to help me after Hilary died and now, I want to help you with your father." He gives Ana a very serious look. "Don't let your pride get in the way of helping him get better." He puts his hand on Ana's shoulder.
"If you want him to get better, we have to do what we can to really help him. It's our responsibility to do that. Remember how we both offered to do anything we could to help Lola. Including me offering up any resources, I could. I want to do the same thing to help Jett."
Ana softens at Devon's comments and begins to feel emotional. "Okay… what did you have in mind?"
Devon sits up a little. "Well, for starters we have to get him out of that rinky dink motel."
Ana laughs. "Rinky dink? What year is this?"
Devon laughs as well. "Yeah rin-ky dink. I'm just calling it like I see it." A thoughtful expression comes across his face. "My adopted mother Drucilla liked to use that word sometimes. Whenever she was describing something that was subpar. And I think it's fitting for that motel. I mean that is no place for a sickly man to try and get better." Devon continues to give Ana a serious look. "Let me get him a suite at the GCAC. He can have the best one we have available. And we can even get that nurse of his, a room too. What was her name again… Elena?"
Ana nods "Elena".
Devon looks thoughtful again. "Is she really his niece. Which would make her your cousin?"
Ana slightly shakes her head. "Well… not exactly. According to Dad he grew up with her father Roger. They were really close, and Roger even stayed with Dad's family for a while. They are like brothers and referred to each other as such." Ana pauses recounting what Jett had told her. "Dad was Roger's best man in his wedding and Elena has known him all her life." Ana smiles thinking of the connections. "She's always referred to him as "Uncle Jett".
She pauses and then continues filling Devon in on Elena's/Jett's history. "When Roger got sick some years back, Dad was there for him even helping out with his medical bills. This was when Dad was at the height of his success in his career. Before Roger passed away, Dad vowed to look after his family and he stayed close to them, including Elena." She pauses for a moment, a somber look coming across her face. "And when Dad himself got sick, Elena stepped in and offered to take care of him. And she's been looking after him ever since."
Devon nods taking in all of this information. "Well, that's certainly noble of her. Of both of them. So, she's not blood related to him or you."
Ana looks at Devon curiously. "No, she isn't. Why do you ask?"
Devon slightly smiles. "Just wondering how many new members we were having added to this family." He decides to change the subject back to Jett's care. "So yeah I want to get him a room in the GCAC and I want to take care of his medical bills. And find him specialists to help him deal with whatever issues he's having. Let's give him the best care and the best chance of getting better."
Ana looks thoughtful. "Well, okay. But we weren't looking for handouts".
"I know you weren't. And this isn't a handout. Like I said you are my family and he's your family and that's important. Looking out for him is looking out for you, and I'd be happy to do it Ana. Let me help. I want to help." He looks at her pleadingly. "Please Ana, like you have helped me since I lost Hilary and the baby."
Ana tears up at his earnestness. "Okay. I'll have to run it by Jett first but hopefully he will agree. Thank you." She pauses and gives him a remorseful look. "And I'm sorry about the attitude I copped with your regarding this, but I just … we just didn't want to be seen as a burden." She reaches over to hug Devon. Devon warmly embraces her back. "Not a problem. And you're definitely not a burden." The siblings end their hug and talk about their ideas to help Jett.