Chapter 10 Just Like Old Times

Okay guys here is chapter 10. So I was not going to post it today but since I am going to be busy with an essay I decided to post it. I hope that ya'll like it. Let me know what ya'll think and thank you to all my readers and for the reviews. :)

I went upstairs to my room where I could be alone with Isabella. I laid her down on the bed. Then I started to cry. I thought that my mother was going to accept Isabella and Jace to the family but she didn't. Worst of all we didn't get to tell them that I'm pregnant. I guess that she didn't want any grandchildren that came from me. Isabella came to sit on my lap. I put on a Madagascar movie so she could watch while I was in pain. I knew that it was going to be difficult. I knew that since the beginning but I didn't think it would turn out like this.

Jace's POV

Karla had told me that it was going to be hard to tell her mother about our family and she was right.

I sighed.

"You didn't have to do that." A man said.

"She lied." Karla's mother said.

"She kept it away from us. Lying and keeping something a secret are two different things."

"Are you defending her?"

"I'm letting you know that you are blinding yourself with anger. You just got her back. She came back to us. We have to give her support. You are her mother. That's what you are supposed to do." The man said.

Karla's mother sighed.

"Well everything was ruined." a young man said. He must be Chris.

"Chris!" A young woman said. She then turned to look at Karla's mother. "So what she is married and she has a daughter, who is your granddaughter. She wants all of you in her life. Do you want to reject her daughter? Do you want to live without seeing her like they did with Kimberly?" The young woman said. She must be Jasmine.

"No." Karla's mother said.

"Mr. and Mrs. Marroquin, if you don't mind I would like to speak to both of you in private." I said.

"Um I'm not her father." The man said.

"I'm sorry I just assumed you were."

"It's ok."

Karla's mother looked angry.

"Of course." She finally said.

The three of us stood up.

"Follow me please." I said going out the door. I heard their footsteps behind me. I went to a room that was the closest to the dining room. I opened the door for them. I went in after them and closed the door behind me.

"Please sit down." I said.

They sat down.

"So as your daughter told you a while ago, my name is Jace and we are married." I said.

"And have a daughter." Karla's mother said.

"Well yes but there is a complication and since you are her mother and stepfather I wanted both of you to know the truth."

"The truth? The truth about what?"

"About Isabella."

"What about her?"

"Isabella is not our biological daughter. Isabella's mother begged Karla to take Isabella with her after her husband died in a car accident and she was dying also. Karla has grown real attached and protective of Isabella. She loves her like she is her own daughter."

"Why didn't Karla let the police take her?" The man asked.

"I asked a similar question. But she told me that she promised Isabella's biological mother that she was going to take her with her and that that was her last request."

She sighed. "I have made my own daughter suffer."

"Plus there is another thing. Nobody knows the truth and I do ask you to keep it a secret."

They nodded.

"Besides in seven months you are going to be a grandmother. Again." I said.

"What? My daughter is pregnant?" She asked. A smiled started to spread on her face.

I nodded. "Yes."

She smiled.

"Oh my God. Look at what you have done. You must apologize." The man said.

I smiled.

"You're right. Jace can you take me where my daughter is?"

"Of course."

We got up and walked back to the living room. We went to the elevator.

"So long have ya'll be married?" She asked.

"It will be a year in September twenty third."

"Oh. Ya'll have been married for a while."

I nodded.

"So do you know about Yurlin?"

"Yes. She told me everything and I did the same." Almost everything.

They nodded.

The doors to the elevator opened and we went in. I pressed the button with the number two on it. The doors closed.

"She missed her family a lot. I kept telling her let's go see them then but she would say 'that it wasn't the right time yet'. I really don't know when she thought it was the right time to tell you."

"There would not have been a right time. I would probably have reacted the same way."

I nodded.

The doors opened and we got out.

"This is a huge house." Karla's mother said.

"It is. It's about five times bigger than the one in Seattle."

We turned left and kept walking until the last hallway on the left came up. We turned left again. We passed four doors and stopped in front of the fifth one.

I knocked on the door. "Karla?" I said.

There was no answer. I opened the door and she wasn't there. Then I heard some water being splashed and Karla's laugh.

I sighed. "Come." I said to Karla's mother and her husband.

We went to the restroom. I opened the door.

"Love, what are you doing?" I asked her.

"I'm giving Isabella a bath." She said smiling. Her eyes were kind of swollen. I could tell that she had been crying.

Isabella splashed water and it wet Karla.

Karla laughed. "Alright Isabella you have been in the water for a while now. Come on I'm going to get you dressed." Karla said.

"No." Isabella said.

"Yes." She got a towel and wrapped it around Isabella. "Excuse me." She said passing by her mother and stepfather.

She went to lie down Isabella on the bed.

I went to get Isabella's diaper bag.

"Thanks." She said.

I nodded. "Love, you stepfather and I will go back downstairs to check on your brothers."

She nodded.

I looked at her stepfather.

He went to touch Isabella's cheek and the he followed me to the door.

I closed the door behind me.

"Don't you think we should stay?" He asked.

"No. I think they need to solve the issues they have. They have some many and besides it might take a while."

He smiled. "Now I can see why she fell in love with you."

"Why?"

"You always put her first. Even before yourself. That is something no one had done for her. That is what makes that spark in her eyes."

I shook my head. "That's Isabella."

"No. I am one hundred percent sure that it is you. I had never seen that in her eyes. Her eyes look like they are shinning now and she looks so happy. It looks like she lives in a fairy tale. Everything that she wanted she has it and I'm happy for both of you."

"Thank you Mr..."

"You can call me Lando."

I nodded.

Karla' s POV

After Jace and Lando left it was quiet. My mother was quiet. I got a diaper from the diaper bag and put it on Isabella. I also put some baby powder. Then I got the baby lotion and put it all over her. I got a brown dress that had a white string that tied itself into a bow on the back. I put it on her. I put on her white socks and her brown shoes. I put some perfume on her.

My mother sighed. "I'm sorry for the way I reacted." She finally said.

I turned around to look at her and smiled. "Apology accepted. I'm sorry too for what I said." I said.

She nodded. "Jace told us about Isabella."

I froze.

"Don't worry we already promised him that we wouldn't say anything."

I sighed.

"How old was she when you room her in?"

"Two days."

She nodded.

"What I don't understand is why she looks so much like you."

"When I saw her mother it was like I was looking at myself. She looked so much like me that I was surprised. She could have been my twin. But ever since Jace and Isabella came into my life they made me so happy. I enjoy every moment that I get to spend with them. I wanted to share that with you, dad, Chris, Kevin, Tito, Jasmine and David. With Jace's family also, with the rest of the family too someday."

"It's just that you are my little girl. It was hard to accept that Yurlin was going to marry you. But now you came back and you are already married, and with a daughter. You have to understand that for a mother nobody is worth of her children but Jace is different. Yurlin didn't deserve you or Ramiro but I can see that Jace does. Because Jace is way better."

I laughed. "He actually is. If he drinks we drink together but he doesn't like drinking. You know since Jace and is met we haven't been apart. Well except when I came to sign some papers and there was an emergency with his family, but after that we haven't."

"He is a nice guy I can see that and I'm fine with that."

I smiled. "Thanks mom." I said giving her a hug.

She hugged me back. "Well let's go back downstairs or else we are not going to eat anything."

I nodded. I went to pick up Isabella.

"May I?" She asked.

"Sure." I said giving her Isabella.

Isabella stared at my mother more a moment and the she smiled.

"She has your same smile."

"That's what everyone keeps saying."

"Are you sure?"

"Believe me I'm sure."

She nodded.

We got out of the room and went back to the hallway.

"So have the doctors told you the sex of the baby?"

"They said that it was kind of early to know. But I don't want to know. I want to keep it that way until the baby is born."

"Ah, you want to be surprised."

"Well I know that I am going to be surprised by the pain."

"There are people that say that child birth is the worst pain there is."

I nodded. "Yes I've heard but I don't know I'm kind of getting excited."

She laughed. "So what if it's a girl? What name are you going to give her?"

"Um I was thinking of Alice Marie."

"Alice Marie. Sounds good. What if it's a boy?"

"If it's a boy I already know that Jace is going to go crazy. So I want Jace to name him."

She nodded.

We turned right. We kept walking until we got to the stairs. We walked down the stairs.

"So have you met Jace's family?"

"Um not yet. We just got back."

"Where do they live?"

"Manhattan."

"Oh. That is kind of far from here."

"Yes it is."

We started walking towards the hallway that was in front of us.

"Are you happy?" She asked.

I grinned. "I'm more than happy."

She smiled. "I'm glad to hear that."

We kept walking until the first hallway on the left came up. When it did, we turned left. Then we walked until the hallway ended. I pushed the door on the left. Everyone was standing up.

"So?" Chris asked.

"So what?" I asked.

"Can we still come whenever we want?" He asked.

I laughed. "Of course. Why would you think that would change?"

"Well since you and mom started arguing."

"Chris!"

"What? I just wanted to know."

I laughed again. "There isn't anything you have to worry about."

"So can we eat already?" Kevin asked.

"Yes." I said laughing.

"Alright!" Kevin went to sit down and started getting food. Everyone else sat down and started to eat.

I went to get Isabella's stroller. She had fallen asleep.

"She is beautiful." Jasmine said.

I smiled. "Thank you."

"David keeps starting at her." Kevin said.

I smiled.

"Does anyone have curly hair un you family Jace?" Chris asked.

"Yes. My mother does. She has red curly hair."

Chris nodded.

"Well there us some other news that Jace and Karla have." My mother said.

I nodded. "As a matter of fact we so." I said.

"Which is?" Jasmine said.

"I'm pregnant."

"Already? I mean congratulations." Kevin said.

I laughed.

"Congratulations." Jasmine said.

"Thank you."

"So do you know the sex of the baby yet?"

I shook my head. "The doctors say that it's too soon."

"Oh."

I nodded.

We ate and laughed as a family. It had been years since we had all eaten dinner together. I was glad that we would be spending more family time. When we were done eating I took the dishes to the dish washer and then went to take my prenatal. I went back to the dining room and looked at my family. My family looked happy but there was just one member missing. I hoped i would see him soon. In the end my family accepted Jace and Isabella and I knew that he would too. I knew that Tito would fall in love with Isabella just like everyone else. After eating my mother went to get Isabella out of her stroller and carried her, even though she was asleep. She was just irresistible.

"Well we are going to go." My mother said.

"How are you going to go if I brought you here?" I said.

"Oh that's right."

"Well I'll take ya'll back since Jace wanted to see the house."

"Okay let's go."

We took the Volvo and the Impala. I drove to my parents' house. Isabella was awake by the time we got there. My mother drove the impala. I parked behind my mother's truck. I turned off the Volvo and took the keys out. I unlocked the doors. I went to get Isabella out and closed the door. Then I went to stand beside Jace. He took her in his arms.

"This is where I use to live since I was eight years old." I told him.

He smiled. "I like it."

"Do you want to come inside?"

He took my hand in his. "Sure."

"It still looks the same from the inside. The difference is that a lot of things were fixed."

He nodded.

We walked towards the front door. I grabbed the handle and twisted it. I pushed the door. Someone slammed a glass bottle of beer. I knew who it was since I had felt someone looking at me. I didn't turn to see who it was since I already knew. It was Yurlin.

We went inside.

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