Lay It on Me
Matthew and Destiny waited for Matthew to come back with his results. Destiny was obviously very concerned.
"Don't worry. I'm fine." Matthew said.
"You don't know that. You're not invincible. You've gotten through a lot of things that a lot of people wouldn't have but that doesn't mean you're going to continue to get lucky with these things." Destiny said.
"You believe in miracles, right? That's why you named our daughter that."
"Yeah but a person is only allowed so many miracles per lifetime and you're about due to run out."
The doctor walked in.
"What's going on? I'm fine right, pop some meds and I'm good to go?" Matthew asked.
"It's not that simple... All these years you've been able to keep it from progressing but the problem has gotten worst. Listen, you cannot afford to get into anymore fights or miss taking your medication." The doctor said.
"I'm so tired of taking medicine. I'm going to be doing it for the rest of my life. What does all this mean?"
"I'm going to change your medication and this will be stronger. You may experience symptoms that you haven't had before. Hopefully the medication will help keep it under control but if it doesn't, you may need surgery. In the meantime, take your medication regularly, avoid stress and no more fights."
The doctor left the room.
"And you were saying about not worrying?" Destiny said.
-v-
The doorbell rung at the Buchanan's and Nora answered. It was Nicole's mom, Farah. She was a beautiful Arabian woman, she looked like a real life Jasmine from Aladdin. Her style was very flashy, wearing a lot of diamonds, a Prada bag, a Gucci dress and red bottom shoes. She liked to be noticed and she liked it to be obvious that she lived a lavish life.
"Farrah, what are you doing here?" Nora asked.
"I need to speak to my daughter." Farah replied.
"Matthew's not here, maybe you should come back later."
"I know Matthew wants our visits to be supervised and all that nonsense but I don't have time to wait for him. I need to speak to Nicole now. These supervised visits are ridiculous. I wasn't being supervised to take care of my own child when he was drunk or in rehab for his alcoholism. You can supervise if it will make you feel better but I'm not going anywhere."
"...Fine." Nora invited Farah in and called Nicole downstairs. Nora waited went to the next room.
"Mom!" Nicole exclaimed happily when saw her.
"Don't mom me, little girl."
Nicole wasn't used to her mom reacting like that or giving her the look she was giving her.
"What?" Nicole asked.
"Nicole Sheridan Buchanan, you had sex at a damn party and the video is all over the Internet." Farah hit Nicole. "What the hell is wrong with you? Have you lost your damn mind? You're going to have these boojie rich people thinking I raised you to be a little whore. I let you get away with a lot but you have crossed the line."
"Says the gold digger/ex-stripper."
"Excuse me." Farah smacked Nicole. "Life is cause and effect. Because I was a stripper/gold digger you don't have to be. I had a baby with a rich man so that my baby could have a better life and have opportunities I never had. I didn't have a daddy, let alone a rich one. You're supposed to be taking advantage of everything you can afford to make of your future, not ruining it. What if a college or a job finds out about that damn video? Did you think of the consequences of that? Your dad might not even be able to fix this one. Did you think just because you're an heiress you won't have to work and you can just lay on your back?"
"No!"
"Then why'd you do it?"
"I was high on X and it just seemed like fun."
"Fun? Having sex in front of a crowd of people seemed like fun and you did drugs?" Farah hit her a couple times more then gripped her up. "Do some BS like that again and I'll send you military school myself. Do you understand me?"
"Yes." Nicole replied and began to cry. She managed to disappoint her mother so knew she had really screwed up this time. This was the first time she completely broke down.
"Wipe those tears and sit the hell down!" Farah exclaimed. Matthew and Destiny then walked in the door. "Matthew, you took my daughter from me because I was such a bad influence and she ends up with a sex video online? This would have never happened if she were with me. As a matter of fact, the sneaking out to parties, the tattoo, they all happened when she was in your care... You going to say something?"
"...You're right." Matthew said.
"What?" Farah didn't expect him to say that.
"You're right. I shouldn't have kept her from you, it didn't help."
"... I'm glad you realize."
"What were you thinking?" Matthew asked Nicole.
"I already talked to her. Trust me, she won't do it again. What can we do about this?" Farah asked.
"I don't know. It's on the Internet. You know once something's on the Internet it's hard to keep it from spreading and it's even harder to get it off. It's 2032, there's no telling how much it's spread by now. I'll do my best but I'm not even sure I can stop this. My concern is that she's in danger with this video out. She might be a target for sexual predators and who knows what else."
"My goodness." Farah said.
"Matt, I'm going to go home. Take care of yourself." Destiny said then they kissed.
"Look who got his precious Destiny back." Farah said sarcastically.
Destiny called DJ downstairs and they left. Meanwhile, Matthew and Farah tried to figure out what to do about Nicole's situation.
-v-
At Dani's house, Vida was upstairs blasting music from her room with Del and Dani was asleep on the couch when she heard the doorbell.
"Gosh, who is that?" Dani wondered, irritated since her sleep was disturbed. She opened the door and there stood her ex-husband, Jason. "Jason, you're out of prison."
"Yeah, may I come in?" Jason asked. Dani and Jason had a seat in the living room. He couldn't help but notice the house was a complete mess. "Where's that loud music coming from?"
"That's Vida blasting it from her room."
"And you're letting her?"
"What are you doing here?"
"What do you think? I've been gone for five years, I want to see my daughter." Dani went upstairs and sent Vida down. "My princess! Boy you've grown so much!"
"Yeah, five years will do that." Vida replied.
"Can daddy get a hug?" Vida slowly walked over to hug him. "What's going on? How are you?"
"Not much has changed since the last time we spoke on the phone."
"Are you alright? Is something wrong?"
"Don't worry about it. I'm fine. I've been fine for the past five years without you."
"I understand. I haven't been here and that's my fault but every week for five years I've reminded you how much I love you so you couldn't have forgotten. I feel like there's more you're not telling me."
"This has been a nice visit. You can go now."
"I'm not leaving. I'm never leaving again. You can't get rid of me. I'm your dad and nothing can change that." In ten minutes, Jason already noticed that Dani, Vida and the house were not the same. Dani came back downstairs and Vida used that as an excuse to go back to her room. "What's going on around here?"
"What do you mean?" Dani asked.
"First of all, this house is trifling. You're acting odd and something's not right with Vida. She's different."
"She's not five anymore. What did you expect?"
"I know something is wrong and I'm going to find out what it is."
-v-
1 week later...
Destiny and Matthew were at Destiny's appointment and they had just begun looking at the ultrasound.
"There's your baby!" The doctor exclaimed, showing them on the screen.
"And the heartbeat!" Matthew was excited. "That's amazing! We can get a copy of this, right?"
"Sure." The doctor replied.
After the appointment... Matthew kissed Destiny.
"I'm so glad I was there for that. I can't wait to show this to the kids." Matthew said.
"I don't think that's a good idea. They already think you favor Miry because she's mine, at least Nicole does and Drew probably thinks it too. They're probably thinking the same about this baby." Destiny said.
"That's not true. I love all my kids the same."
"I know that but they don't really believe it... I have a meeting in about fifteen minutes so I'll see you tomorrow. I love you."
"I love you too."
Destiny went to meet Jason at The Palace.
"Jason! It's good to see you." Destiny said and they hugged.
"It's great seeing you too! Look at you, you're glowing." Jason said.
"Am I? Thanks. So what's up?" They both had a seat.
"What's up with Dani?"
"I really wouldn't know. We're not friends anymore but Matthew suspects she's on something. He hasn't found any physical proof except her behavior."
"Whoa, I've missed a lot. You're not friends? Why?"
"She made a move on Matthew."
"Interesting. So he thinks she's on something? Drugs?"
"Yeah but he doesn't know what."
"I know I just got back but I just feel like something is wrong and I need to take Vida into my custody."
"Vida's not the little girl you left five years ago."
"So I've noticed. I knew she was very short with me on the phone but I just thought it was because we were on the phone. She's always like that?"
"Yeah and she's gotten worst. Now that I think about it, she's gotten worst since Dani's been acting strange. Dani's been avoiding just about everyone too."
"I want to help Dani with whatever is going on for the kids' sake but I have to get custody of Vida, even if she's a handful. Will you help me?"
"... Ok." Destiny agreed after thinking about it for a moment.
Destiny called Matthew when she got home.
"Hey honeybun. What are you doing?" Matthew asked.
"I'm about to fix dinner... Jason's out of jail."
"Mm." Matthew didn't want to hear his name.
"That's who my meeting was with today." Matthew was silent. "He wants custody of Vida. He's worried. He thinks something's wrong with Dani and that it's effecting Vida."
"I'm with him on that much. I've been thinking about it and I definitely want to get custody of Del."
"Can you handle that right now?"
"Yeah. I'm taking care of myself, I promise."
"I'm a little concerned about splitting up Vida and Del, they're used to being together."
"They'll be fine. They can see each other all the time. No one will get in the way of that. So are going to help me?"
"Well of course... Who else is going to do it?"
After they got off the phone Miley walked into the room. She was dropping Ace off with Matthew.
"Hey Matt. Ace just went upstairs. I just wanted to say hi." Miley said.
"I've been wanting to talk to you anyway... I would like custody of Ace. I have custody of Nic and Drew. I'm going to get custody of Del and I just want all my kids together. This way you could even spend more time in L.A like you want to. We'd just be switching who gets him when."
"Honestly, I'm not crazy about the idea but Ace is fourteen. He's old enough to decide where he wants to live so let's let him. He's a good kid. He's definitely better than I was at his age."
"I can live with that."
-v-
The next day, Infinity met for rehearsal.
"Guess what, Infinity. I got you your first gig. Y'all are ready to blow the roof off." Miracle said. The band got excited. "Infinity will be performing at the Lord Love the Children foundation event. It's a big deal and aunt Vicki is really excited to have you all perform." Izzy came over. "Guys, take five. What's up Iz?"
"I just wanted to say sorry for being such a jerk when you were only trying to help me. You're always looking out for me." Izzy said.
"It's all good. I love you. I will always look out for you even when you don't like it, you can count on it."
"I'm talking to Hope for help. Thanks for the recommendation... I also want to tell you that Liam and I got back together!"
"Yay! That's great! I'm so happy for you! We should double date."
"You and Leon got back together?"
"No, I'm dating someone new. Irvin, you've met him."
"Cool, we should do that. I love you Miracle." They hugged.
"Stick around and check out Infinity or as I like to call them, the best idea I've ever had."
-v-
Matthew went to Rodi's for a change. He had a taste for a really good, Rodi's burger.
"Damn, he eats here too?" Kristina mumbled to herself and tried to cover her face so he wouldn't see her but it was too late. After Matthew ordered his burger he went over to her.
"Hey. Mind if we talk?" Matthew asked.
"...Why not?"
Matthew joined her. "I have to ask, what's up with your nephew?"
"I sent him here to keep him out of trouble, that was the goal anyway."
"Where's his parents?"
"My sister died nine years ago and her husband, Danny's dad died trying to save her so I finished raising him but Danny was never the same again. He went in the wrong direction. It seemed like every time I tried to take him toward the light he ran closer to the darkness. For what it's worth, I don't think he knew how old your daughter was. Think about it, if a teenage girl wanted to date an older guy would she tell him her real age?"
"...Probably not... And my daughter does lie a lot, I admit but why is it that after Miracle told him her age, we saw them together?"
"He said she showed up at his door and he was just taking her home."
"Not so sure I believe that."
"Matthew, please drop the charges. He will stay away from your daughter, I promise."
"I'm not sure I want to do that."
"Please, think about it."
"Your son Kory, how old is he?"
"I should go."
"Kris..."
"... He's eighteen."
Matthew nodded his head. He figured as much.
"Is he my son?" Kristina didn't answer. "Well?" Kristina's leg began to shake.
"Yes. He's your son."
"I looked at him, I saw how old he looked and I thought he looked like me and my other kids and they all happen to be different ethnicities but in their own rainbow way they resemble each other and Kory fits right in. It crossed my mind before but it was a lot going on so I didn't have time to question it but after I thought about I just had to ask... Why didn't you tell me?"
"You're calmer than I expected."
"I'm not supposed get riled up so I'm trying to keep calm but my leg is moving just as rapidly as yours. Why didn't you tell me?"
Kristina stopped her leg from shaking after he pointed it out. "We were juniors in college. You already had a three year old, you were obsessed with Destiny even though you wouldn't admit it but I could tell, you broke up with me, you were kind of a mess by then and I didn't find out I was pregnant until I got back to Port Charles."
"You were punishing me for breaking up with you?"
"No."
"Then I haven't heard a good excuse for you not telling me I had a son yet."
"I don't know what else to say. He doesn't know you're his father but since you know, I'll tell him and you two can get to know each other if you both want. Believe me, Danny won't bother Kory's little sister. I'm sorry I didn't tell you or him but it got harder to do as time went on." Matthew was angry but he was trying very hard to be zen.
"Are you staying in Llanview long?"
"No. I have three kids I have to get back to in Port Charles but Kory is staying here with Danny. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing but you'll be able to spend time with him, you and your...many other children."
Hope you're all enjoyingl
I just want to point out that I had this Dani on drugs idea long before Prospect Park, hence why she was going nuts in the first or second chapter. Must be something about Dani. Lol.
P.S. Nicole & Daniel are in no way related...
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