Homecoming Not so Sweet

(It had been a relaxing three days but she was glad that they were finally home and all she wanted was to rest and be with her family.)

"Tom you have him? "

"Yes Christina I have him, do you want me to just lay him down in his crib?"

"Umm… yeah you can, do you want some help getting the stuff out of the car."

"No Christina I got it, I just want you to sit back and relax sweetheart, I will get the rest of the stuff in a few minutes."

"Ok."

"Welcome home mom I'm so glad you guys are finally home." she said as she hugged her mother as she walked inside the house.

"Thanks' sweetie, I'm happy to be home too." she told her as she give her a hug back.

"Mom I need to tell you something."

"What do you need to tell me Camille? Hey Tom can you put all of that in the baby's room please."

"Umm… I just talked to grandma,"

"Ok."

"Well she's on her way over her, I tried to stop her but she said that she's on her way out of town and she just wanted to stop by and bring me something that she bought for me on her last trip. I think she thinks that you are at work. I didn't want to tell her that you were on your way home she would have asked me question why."

"It's ok Camille Damn! I don't really need this right now."

"I'm sorry mom I tried to stop her I told her that I would come and pick it up but she said that it didn't make any sense for me to come all the way over there when she was coming this way."

"Its ok Camille, she was going to find out sooner or later about, Tom and the baby, I was hoping for later like when Thomas was oh about twenty one." No soon after she said it the doorbell rings.

"I'll get it, hey grandma come in, how are you?"

"I'm good sweetheart. Oh Christina how are you doing? I didn't expect you to be here I expected you to be off doing some kind of health care related thing."

"Well I do live here Amanda this is my home."

"Well dear you spend so much time at the hospital one would question that."

"So Amanda what do we owe the pleasure of your visit and how long are you staying?"

"well I just came by on my way out of town to bring a few things I got for Camille." she told her and Just then they heard the door on the baby's room close Amanda turn to see where the sound came form and to her surprise it was Tom coming from the room that was next to Christina's bedroom with the baby monitor in hand.

"Oh I didn't know that Amanda was here, Christina I got him down he's sleeping now."

"Tom what the hell are you doing here and you got who down and sleeping?"

"My son Thomas that's who."

"Your son, Tom I didn't know you had any children, and why would he be here sleeping is Camille babysitting or something?"

"Umm… Amanda, Thomas is not just Tom's son he's my son to, Tom and I are married and we have a child together I just had him three days ago we just made it home from the hospital."

"Married you two are married? and when did all this happen, my son has only been gone for three years, and you are telling me that you married his doctor, and you have a child with him, I knew all along that you and Tom were having an affair, I knew that this was going on when my son was alive, all the rumors that were going around the hospital were true.

Christina: "No Amanda" they weren't true me and Tom was not having an affair when Michael was alive, but it didn't stop you from whispering in his ear that I was, regardless if it was true or not, you know that you were the cause of a lot of are fights.

"Well it is hard for me to believe that you and Tom were not having an affair seeing is that you married him and had a child with him right after the death of my son."

"Oh my God it's been three years Amanda me and Tom didn't get involved until this last year."

"And you really want be to believe that in the past year you and Tom just started seeing each other what you dated for how long a day? Then you decided to get married and have a child, and that there was no other involvement between the two of you in the past, do I look that stupid to you Christina?"

"Do you really want me to answer that question Amanda?"

"I told my son that he was too good for you."

"Grandma please stop my mom was not having an affair on my dad, he was having one on her."

(They all turn to Camille in surprise, with an odd look and open mouths)

"Camille what the hell are you talking about?"

"mom you spent so much time at the hospital, he said that he didn't mean for it to happen it just did, he said that you guys weren't happy and that you hadn't been for a long time and that both of you were thinking about getting a divorce, he said that you both loved me very much but you wasn't sure that you could keep living like that."

"I don't believe this, I don't believe that Michael would do something like this my son would not have an affair."

"Camille how in the hell do you know all of this?"

"Does it really matter now mom?"

"Yes, yes the hell it does Camille it does matter to me, you have been keeping this secret all this time, sweetie why?"

"For you mom I didn't want to see you hurt, I didn't want you to know that dad was unfaithful to you."

"Ok Camille I get that, but how do you know all of this you were only what like twelve?"

"because I saw them together they were kissing, I went to his office one day after school and saw them, the first time I didn't say anything to him but when I caught them again I asked him about her, he told me that he was going to stop that it was a misstake but then he go sick and everything changed."

"Oh my God Sweetie I am so sorry that you felt like you had to keep your dad's secret.

That you thought you had to protect me from it, that is something that I would have wanted to spear you from that is not a burden that I would have wanted for you Camille baby I am so sorry."

"It's not your fault mom, you didn't do anything wrong."

"I know that Camille but you're my baby and as your mother I am suppose to protect you, I love" "you Camille. Amanda you can spend some time with your granddaughter but I cant deal with you" right now, and I need to check on my son, Camille when your grandmother leaves, I want to talk to you."

"Come on Christina lets give them some space."

"Can you believe this, how in the hell could he have done that to her, Tom do you think she going to be ok with all of this? I mean I know that she has been living with this for the past what five years, maybe this was the reason for all the lying and everything she was doing. "Tom what the hell do we do now how do we get her pass this?"

" first we have to get you pass it and as for Camille we can only just be there for her, but I think Camille is going to be just fine Christina."

" I really hope so Tom, as for me I really don't care its just I'm worried about her as long as she is ok I'm good, all I wanted was to come home with this little guy and rest, hey little man are you hungry come on let mama feed you."

"Christina it's going to all be ok stop worrying so much, and we will know just how she is doing as soon as she is finish talking to Amanda."

(About fifteen minutes later Camille's comes in the Thomas's room.)

"Hey sweetie are you ok?"

"Yeah mom I'm fine stop worrying about me I worked this all out in therapy along time ago, I know that it's not my fault what dad did."

"Well you know if you ever want to talk about it we can,"

"I know mom and if I need to I will come to you I promise ok."

"Thank you Camille I love you, you know that right?"

"Yes mom I know and I love you to, so can we just move on and forget all about it, and can I hold him?"

"Yes we can and of course sweetie, "watch his head, you got him?"

"I got him mom, hey little man hey Thomas I'm your big sister, I have a feeling were going to spend a lot of time together."

"What do you think Tom?"

"She a natural."