Okay so I totally wrote this chapter while reminsicing on old Tangie memories, le sigh! I miss them.

Chapter 4, let me know your thoughts!

Blair bit her lip as she checked her cell phone and started to scan the crowd. It was a message from Layla stating that Evangeline had disappeared from the hospital and the invitation to their marriage was gone with her. It was no leap to guess that she had arrived at the wedding hoping to prevent the wedding from occurring, but fortunately they were married in the eyes of the law so now all she had to do was wait for the fallout and ride out Todd's anger. She knew it would take sometime for him to forget and forgive her for her latest deception, but she was sure that she still had the way to ensure that their marriage worked.

"Blair?"

Blair jumped as she turned around and looked at Todd who was looking at her strangely, "What's wrong with you?"

Blair wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "I'm just happy we got married again, I was just taking a moment to take it all in."

Todd smirked and opened his mouth to send out a retort but shut it when he realized he needed to curb his tongue in reference to Blair and especially in front of his children, "Come on, I want to take some pictures with the family."

Blair nodded as she walked forward and pressed a gentle kiss to her son's Jack's forehead. He hadn't let her down, she told him that the only way she would be happy and he would be happy was if he told his father that he wanted them all to be a family again. At first, Jack had resisted the idea but after Blair had begged and even spouted a couple of tears, he had approached his father exactly like she instructed him. It did the trick because within a week, the wedding date was set and they were married.

Todd placed a hand on Jack's shoulder who she was pleased to see didn't flinch as they posed for a picture. The bulbs flash before Todd broke off, "Where's Starr? Why isn't she here?"

Blair pasted a smile on her face even as she realized where her daughter was, she had followed her Aunt Vicki out and her Aunt Vicki was finding out about her deception in conjunction with Layla and Cristian.

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"She WHAT?"

Evangeline flinched at the tone of rage that was currently coming from the younger Manning, she shook her head in disbelief, "You really are your father's daughter Starr. Sweetie, I'm going to go, just forget I was even here."

Starr shook her head as she held onto Evangeline's arm with a death grip, "She knew! She knew Aunt Vicki! She knew this whole time, and she lied, I can't believe her. I knew she had her low moments but I truly thought that she was changing. This isn't right and I'm not going to allow it to happen, you are coming with me."

Starr tugged gently on Evangeline's arm even as she was backing away, "Starr, stop. I know I know that you want the best for your Dad but it's too late for me; it's too late for us. Your Dad is married, he married your mother and whether he knew that she was lying or whether he was in love, it doesn't matter. What does matter is that your father is married and I won't step into the middle of a marriage, I won't do that."

Starr dropped her arm as she stared at her aunt in disbelief, "Aunt Vicki, please help me. I can't just let Evangeline walk out of here, my mother messed with my father's mind and his heart. She played on the guilt, devastation my father felt because of Evangeline's absence to trap him into marriage and she even used my little brother to do it, I'm not going to let her win."

Evangeline sighed as she dropped in the chair and placed her head on the table, "We were the perfect patsies for our friends, two people who they already knew were too scared to reach out to each other. I was so close to picking up the phone and yelling at Todd for not being there but something always held me back. Something always held me back."

Vicki felt the tears well in her eyes as she sat down next to her and reached her hand across the table and gripped onto Evangeline's, "Evangeline, my brother didn't deserve what happened to him, anymore than you did, please let Starr go get Todd. Please let the lies end here, I know you think it would be better if you continue to protect Todd by keeping the truth of your miraculous recovery a secret, but no more lies, I beg you no more lies."

Evangeline bit her lip as she nodded in agreement, "Okay no more lies."

Starr smiled at her aunt as she ran out of the room, and back to her father's side eager to tell him the news.

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As she walked down the aisle she looked to where her mother was fidgeting on the stage and felt a surge of anger run through her. Her mother had preyed upon her father, and she hadn't been strong enough to fight her.

Her father's face lit up when he saw her and she knew that his life was about to change and she needed to prepare him for what was coming. She walked on stage as Todd reached out and said, "Where did you go? I thought you got lost."

Starr grabbed her father's hand and held on to it tightly as she searched his eyes and made her decision, the exhaustion was still present, and so was the pain ever hidden behind his fake smile. He had always known her the best and the same could be said for her, which is why she knew that the lies had to end today.

"Dad, I need to talk to you."
"Starr, we need to take some pictures and then go to the reception."

Starr ignored her mother's directive because she knew where it stemmed from; she was trying to hold off the inevitable, she gripped her father's hand tightly and said, "Dad, please we need to talk in private."

"Starr…," Todd looked at his daughter as he opened his mouth to tell her that there was no reason for them to talk about the marriage since it was now permanent and forever but as he stared into his daughter's eyes and saw the pain there, he knew he had to find out the cause, "What's up Starr?"

Starr tugged his hand and pulled him even as her mother started to protest, "Starr, will you stop this! We need to go to the reception; you and your Dad can talk later."

Starr scowled as she stared her lying mother down, "Later or Now it doesn't matter right Mom? I mean, I guess it won't matter if I discuss what I need to discuss with my father, here in front of the photographers and our family right?"

Todd turned to Blair as the war between the two become heated through glances alone and realized that he was about to be shocked, by whatever came to light, "Starr, what's going on?"

Starr stared at her mother with a smirk, "Do you want to tell him or should I?"

Todd looked between the two confused about the origin of the glares going back and forth between mother and daughter and said, "Will somebody tell me what's going on here?"

Blair looked away as she realized her game was up and sighed as she walked down the aisle and turned back to the pair of them and said, "Well where is she? Since the game is up, let's go meet the mystery guest."

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Vicki looked at the fear that resided on Evangeline's face as she paced around the small room, stopping every couple of moments to decide if this was the right choice or not. Evangeline kept staring at the door and said, "I don't know Vicki, I just don't know if I'm doing the right thing."

Vicki placed her hands on Evangeline's shoulders and said, "You became to mean so much to my brother in the short period of time that you knew him that I wonder how he ever made it along without you. Please allow him this one, thing this one happiness before he's forced to confront the betrayal of the woman closest to him."

Evangeline nodded as she walked into the corner and rested her head against the wall even as she heard the door open she heard Todd's voice and knew her life would never be the same again, "What is all of this about Starr?"

Todd walked into the room and stopped short at the sight of his sister, Vicki wiping tears away from her face. He walked forward and then fell back as he saw the face of the woman who had haunted his days and nights for the last couple of months, "Evangeline?"

Evangeline looked at the disbelief in the eyes of her best friend and she knew she had made the right choice in allowing them to reunite, before she followed through on her plan to leave Llanview forever.

Todd stumbled forward as he saw the apparition in front of him and didn't know whether he wanted to allow himself the luxury of believing in what was in front of him. Everyone disappeared for him, his new wife Blair at his back, his sister at his side and his daughter behind him. He walked forward as his hand automatically formed a cup to cradle the reality that he was in front of.

He gasped in happiness as his hand made contact with her skin and he realized it was a reality that she was really here, right here with him. He pulled her into his arms and off of the floor as he cradled her in his arms. She grabbed onto his neck just as tightly as she whispered his name on an excited breath and he knew that she was as happy as he was that they were together again.

He dropped her back down onto the floor as he cradled her face in his hands and pressed an insistent kiss on her lips, oblivious to the occupants of the room. She curled her arms around his neck as she kissed him back just as feverishly.

Vicki cleared her throat after a few moments when she realized that they weren't going to stop, "Excuse me?"

Todd pulled back as he slowly came back to reality as he kept a grip on the woman in front of him, he was afraid if he let her go even for a second that she would disappear and he would wake up and this would be another one of his dreams. He looked at his sister with happiness on his face as he realized that he wasn't alone, he turned around as Blair shot death glances at the both of them with Starr staring at her mother with something similar to loathing, "Starr, is this what you wanted me to know?"

Starr smiled and nodded, "Yea, Dad I wanted you to hear it from me. I wanted you to understand why this can't be the happy occasion that it should be…Tell him Mom, tell him what you did."

Todd's hand dropped from Evangeline's side as he turned to his wife of not even an hour and shook his head again in disbelief, she couldn't possibly be capable of what he was thinking could she? "Blair, what is Starr talking about?"

Blair smirked as she realized her game was up and there was no need to pretend, "I could give you the long or the short version. Short version is simple, Layla, Cristian and me got together after Evangeline woke up and decided to keep you two apart. We've been running interference between the two of you for weeks, it was exhausting but it was worth it because Evangeline I'm his wife again and nothing is going to change that," To punctuate her point she wiggled her sparkling ring finger in Evangeline's face with glee.

Evangeline flinched back as she realized that no matter what the betrayal, there was a truth, it was a simple truth that hurt her more than anything she had ever been subjected too, Todd was married to Blair and nothing was going to change that. Evangeline inhaled a quick breath, "I realize that you and Todd are married Blair but it doesn't excuse your culpability in this situation. I saved your daughter's life for god's sake and you conspired to keep me away from my best friend."

Todd couldn't speak for fear that if he opened his mouth, the anger that Blair would hear wasn't good for anyone in the room. Evangeline sighed as she reached for her purse and turned to Vicki with a small grin, "Thank you Vicki, thank you for telling me about what my sister and ex-boyfriend had been plotting. I would've left Llanview believing that I never meant anything to Todd."

Vicki nodded as she gave her a hug not convinced of her decision to leave her home but she wasn't in a position to make any demands of her. Evangeline walked towards Starr as she pulled her into a hug and said, "I'm so happy that you are okay Starr. Don't waste this opportunity to build a good relationship with your parents."

Evangeline started towards the door refusing to say the word that would break her heart completely but when she had her hand on the doorknob she heard Todd's voice crack, "Evangeline, what are you doing?"

Evangeline's hand faltered on the doorknob as she exhaled and turned around and looked at the man that still held a permanent piece of her heart as she smiled softly, "What does it look like Todd? I'm leaving, they won. It was underhanded and dirty but it worked, you are a married man and I won't disrespect that marriage, and I can't stay here. Not knowing what my sister and Cristian were capable of, I'm leaving Llanview."

Evangeline found the strength to walk forward as she wrapped her arms softly around his waist and hugged him, more for her benefit than his own because she knew that he was still in shock from learning of all of the lies he had been subjected to within the last couple of weeks. He was so wooden in her arms that his arms didn't come around her to embrace her even as she was emotionally saying goodbye to the man that she verbally had never been able to tell she loved.

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