"It's nice to meet you." I smiled warmly, despite inside I wanted to walk past her and ignore her
"You two." She replied venomously. "Have you seen Lucy?" she asked, turning to Kevin
"She's playing in the town with Dakota, Matt, Vivian and Eliza." Kevin replied
"Eliza?" Selena cocked her head
"Our Daughter." Chase replied. Selena's eyes darkened
"Well, I need to go and collect her because her daddy wants her." She hissed, before stomping off. Chase looked at her as she plodded away
"You'd think for someone with a C-Section scar, she'd cover her belly." He commented. Kevin sighed
"Well, after she had Lucy by C-Section, everyone was convinced she wouldn't dance again. She tried to, but not many people came to watch now she was scarred. Kind of sad actually." We were getting close to my old farm house. "Now she works by telling fortunes, but that doesn't usually pick up until summer, with tourist season." We were now at the door. "Here we are, we cleaned up both your houses as we were unsure of which you'd be staying in." Kevin smiled, as he handed us the keys. I smiled. "Oh, and you'd might want to change into black." He added in a low voice. The first thing I'd noticed today was how all the little kids were in black, and how Kevin was in a black pullover. Chase nodded.
"We'd also like to pay our respects before the funeral tomorrow." He replied. "Yolanda was the building block of my career." Kevin nodded
"Maya's been going to her house every day, and Julia usually goes with her."
"How many kids do you have now?" I asked, seeing a boy, about the same age as Dakota, fishing at the edge of the district.
"Just 3. The twins, Dakota and Daniel, and then Julia who's 7." He grinned. "Anyway, I'll let you two get settled in." he added, walking back over to his son. I looked at Chase.
"Ready?"
He nodded. Turning the key in the lock, I opened the door and smiled at the homely sight. So much has happened since I was last here, especially since I'd spent my last two weeks on the island at Chase's house.
"It's bigger than I remembered." Chase commented as we plopped our suitcases on the rug. He went and looked at the Kitchen. "Yeah, this is definitely and upgrade."
"That's cool, I guess." I replied, trying not to think about the person that obviously had put in the upgrade by walking upstairs. "Hey, we have a spare room upstairs now." I commented. The room I used to use as a storage room now had a kids bed in it. Chase came upstairs and looked inside
"Might need to get another room soon." He grinned, and I blushed, remembering my promise back in Paris
"Once we're settled in, Honey." I told him, before climbing down the staircase as I heard a knock on the door. I opened it to see my brother back
"I forgot, remember Pixel?" he asked. I nodded, remembering my pet ferret. "She died about 4 years ago, but she had babies. And her babies had babies." He grinned, before handing me two small bundles of fluff. "One's sort of like, Pixel two." He explained, motioning to the brown one. "And the white one is for Eliza." I smiled
"Thanks Kevin, but I'm only here for a month." I grinned, and he nodded
"So, we'll raise them, so long as you come back again before 10 years." Before leading me outside (after I put the ferrets in the cage that was set up in the corner, courtesy of Kevin). He led me to the barn, where a herd of cows was waiting for me, with a few sheep in the mix.
"They always sleep in the same place each night, and their names are by their bowls for you to learn them." He informed me, before leading me to a new installation, a coop. "We only have one chicken right now, because we got this a week ago. She's called Nina." He smiled to the white bird, before collecting her egg and handing it to me. I grinned
"Nina's so cute." I smiled. The bird chirped and I rung the bell, making her plod outside, with the herd following her out. "Will she be okay?" I asked, and Kevin laughed.
"More like will the herd be okay, shes a tough little bird." He grinned. I giggled, as Dakota and Eliza appeared
"Mama!" Eliza ran straight for me, clinging to my leg and looking up. "Some woman told me that I'm a brat!" Dakota looked up at her father
"Selena came over to get Lucy, but started yelling at Eliza." She informed her father. I looked down at my daughter
"Selena is a very mean lady, and whatever she says don't listen to her." I comforted her, picking her up and letting her cling to me.
"She's just bitter her marriage is unhappy." Kevin whispered in my ear. "She and Luke had Lucy, but he doesn't even care for her in all honesty. He cares for his daughter, but Selena moved into a spare room a long time ago, according to Owen." I shivered at the words, remembering a blue bundle running towards me on the pier.
"We still need to go see Owen and Kathy." I blinked.
"And Roy."
"Roy?"
"Their son."
"They had a son? We have to go!" I grinned, about to barrel up to the Ganache Mine District, when Kevin coughed. "What?"
"You're still not wearing black."
Xxx
After pulling on a black, oversized shirt and black shorts, I helped Eliza into a black smock dress. Chase appeared, normally in black anyway, but without his apron. Instead he was sporting a black shirt and black jeans. We made our way to town, Eliza bouncing along between us, holding onto one of our hands each, scared of running into the "scary woman from earlier". We reached the Inn and pushed open the door, to see a surprised looking Colleen. She hugged both of us, and also hugged Eliza, who was surprised with the sudden surge in affection. Chase looked around.
"Who's cooking now?" He asked. Colleen sighed.
"I'm trying to, but it's a lot of work."
"I'll do it, while we're here." Chase nodded. Colleen gasped
"I did say you could have the job permanently." She added. Chase looked at me. I shrugged
"We'll see how everything works out." I nodded. Colleen smiled.
"If you could the day after the funeral that would be nice."
"Alright, will do." He smiled. Eliza looked up at me
"I'm fine with staying." She told me, making Colleens smile widen. "As long as that crazy lady doesn't come back."
After we left the Inn, we began to head up to the Ganache Mine District
"We might run into the mean woman, but if we do, I'll have some words with her." Chase whispered to Eliza, who now seemed content enough to skip ahead, singing a tune as her proud parents followed behind.
"What if Luke tells her?" I whispered to Chase, who frowned
"None of the island knew about you two." He shrugged, whispering back. Eliza was out of earshot, but still in our sights. "Her being mine is more likely than her being his." He added. I smiled.
"You're right, I love you." I whispered back. He smiled.
"I know you do."
Once we reached the Blacksmiths, Eliza opened the door, tumbling in and looking around
"Whoa! Mama look its so cool!" she called to us. We followed her in, and the fiery red haired man standing behind the counter paled
"A-Angela?" he asked. "Chase?"
I grinned.
"OWEN!" I climbed over to hug the 200 pounds of muscle. Chase smirked.
"You never see this enthusiastic with me." He commented. This made Owen blush. Kathy then appeared, and the two of us squealed and hugged awkwardly, due to a 6 month baby bump. Then, a younger version of Owen appeared, questioning all the commotion.
"Guys, this is Roy, our son." Kathy smiled broadly. "Roy this is Angela, Chase and their daughter, Eliza." Roy climbed out from behind the counter to go talk to Eliza, and the four of us planned to go upstairs to chat. Kathy had told Owen that Eliza was Luke's, making them the only two on the island who knew – well, that's what we hoped.
"Eliza, do you wanna go in the mines with me?" Roy asked her shyly.
"Papa, can we go in the mines?" Eliza asked, turning to Chase.
"Come up for some tea first, I'll take both of you after the funeral." Owen replied
"I'll come too, haven't been in 10 years." I grinned. Chase frowned
"I don't want you getting hurt." He murmured, wrapping his arms around me. I sighed.
"I'll be fine."
"Yuck, stop with all the PDA." Eliza frowned. "Why can't we go tonight? I wanna go mining!" Eliza glared, as the shop door opened. Everyone turned to look at the blue haired man standing there
"Hey Owen, pops wanted me to see if you've got any-"he froze, mid speech when he saw me and Chase, with Chase's slender arms wrapped around me. His eyes then flicked to Eliza, who was staring in awe at his blue hair
"Not one word." Kathy hissed at him, as Chase unwrapped himself from me, scooped up Eliza and carried her into the back room. Owen called for Roy to follow, and Kathy left the room too, leaving me alone with Luke. I was glad when I heard the TV in the back room switch on to a loud setting
"Is s-she mine?" he blinked. "Ever since I found out you were pregnant, 10 years ago, I've always had a feeling."
"No." I lied. "You could go have sex with a stripper so I could go have some with my best friend."
"She's not a stripper…" Luke began, and I laughed.
"Well, whatever she is, or was – judging by the scar and the fact she no longer dances here, keep her and yourself and probably your daughter away from us."
"What's Lucy got to do with this?" he frowned.
"Well, Selena decided it was okay to bully a 9 year old." I hissed. "So I don't know and I don't care for Lucy." Luke glared at me, before turning and stomping out of the shop.
A/N: should Angela have told Luke the truth? I'm not sure, oh well.