"Where did you get that?" Simon asked as Cecilia scathingly said "Where did I get it? How about why did I have to find out this way? How long have you known?"

"Cecilia, I can't believe you went through my stuff"

"Since when do we hide things from one another? I wasn't snooping. Your briefcase fell and all the papers came out and I started putting them back in. It was right there in front of me"

"Sure it was" Simon said hotly as Cecilia started pacing and then said again "How long have you known?"

"I found out four years ago, the night that Sandy and Greg were in that car accident"

"And you let Martin take care of your son? You haven't done anything to help him and now you just sign over all your rights? What would possess you to do that?"

"You! You posses me to do that. We are barely making it now with the twins and the mortgage and your shopping and now on top of this you're pregnant again! How are we going to manage?"

"Funny now it's my fault that I am pregnant. You seemed to be more than okay with helping to make me pregnant besides I can get a job Simon, that's not the point"

"It's not? Because in my opinion it is all relative. What would you have done if Aaron had decided he wanted to live with me? With us? I really don't think you would have been as accepting as Ruth was"

"How do you know? You never gave me the chance to decide"

"Well it doesn't matter. It's over and Aaron is no longer my responsibility"

"No longer your responsibility? He was never your responsibility! You had Martin do that for you. Who are you? The Simon Camden I knew would never shirk from his responsibilities"

"The Simon Camden you know is dead along with the boy he ran over that night. Now are you finished? I have work to do"

Cecilia looked over at him and shook her head before slamming the door. Simon rubbed his face, what in the world was he going to do now?

Cecilia walked out the door with one thought in her mind- Martin. He was always responsible and reliable and never gave up. He was still the same wonderful sweet man as he use to be in high school.

When she reached the front door, she rang the bell. A few minutes later, Martin opened the door, his hair wet from a recent shower, wearing jeans and a shirt. She smiled at him. When had he gotten so attractive?

"Are you okay?" He asked her as he opened the door wider and ushered her in.

Cecilia smiled again. He was always the gentleman. She walked into the living room taking in the pictures of Aaron and Ruthie and Martin. The quiet elegance of the furniture that screamed money. The cars in the driveway, the flat screen TV set.

It should have all been hers. Why did she break up with Martin? Oh right, because Simon had returned home. That turned out to be collassal mistake.

"So are we going to sit in silence all night or are you going to speak to me?" Martin finally questioned breaking Cecilia out of her reverie.

"Is it true?" she finally asked as Martin's eyes grew wide and he asked "Is what true?"

"Aaron is Simon's son" Cecilia stated flatly as Martin nodded and Cecilia hung her head. She sniffed a bit and Martin moved over to give her a hug as Cecilia smirked inwardly- this was almost to easy.

"I'm sorry that Simon left you to take care of Aaron" she began as Martin soothingly said "Don't be, it's not your fault, you didn't even know."

"Martin? What happened to us?" Cecilia asked as Martin stiffened slightly before lightly replying "You dumped me for Simon. Remember?"

"Well that was a mistake" Cecilia began as Martin replied "Well not really. Once you dumped me I realized that we would have broken up sooner or later"

"You think?"

"Yes, we were kind of different and by then I had started to like Ruthie, you know as someone I could see being with forever. Of course that freaked me out but that's another story"

Cecilia rolled her eyes before grabbing Martin and kissing him firmly on the lips as Ruthie walked in and dropped the mug of hot chocolate she was drinking. Martin pushed Cecilia away as Ruth looked at him, tears streaming down her face before walking out.

"Well she didn't take that very well" Cecilia commented as Martin turned to her and said "Get out Cecilia and go home to your husband.

Ruth knocked on the front door hoping he would answer.

"This better be good" Mac mumbled as he opened the door shocked to see Ruthie standing there, tears streaming down her face.

"What's the matter? Is Aaron okay? Is it Martin?" he asked as he guided her in his house.

"Mac sweetie? I found the red wine..Oh" a young woman said as she saw Ruthie shaking and crying.

Ruthie looked at the woman and then back at Mac "I'm sorry I didn't know, I'll leave" Ruthie said as Mac said "Don't worry about it. Why don't you go to he bathroom and wipe your face and then we'll talk?"

After Ruthie went to his bathroom he looked at Denise and said "I'm sorry, but she's one of my best friends"

"That's okay, I'll see you tomorrow" Denise said as she kissed his cheek and left. Mac sighed and looked at the ceiling "So this is my reward for telling Denise I was willing to wait huh?"

A few minutes later, Ruthie came back out and said "I'm sorry that I ruined your date but I didn't know where else to go"

"What's the matter? Shouldn't you be home with Martin being incredibly mushy and disgusting?"

At the mention of Martin's name, the tears welled up in Ruthie's eyes once more and she said "Martin is cheating on me"

"What are you talking about? Martin is crazy in love with you"

"Well a few minutes ago he was kissing Cecilia in our living room"

"What? Are you sure Cecilia wasn't the one kissing him?"

"What does it matter? If she made a pass at him shouldn't he have pushed her away?"

"He probably did. I mean Ruthie this is Martin we are talking about and he loves you. He is crazy about you. You are all he talks about along with Aaron of course"

Ruthie sighed and said in a soft voice "Do you mind if I stay the night?"

"Of course not" Mac said softly as he kissed her cheek and went to find clean sheets for the guest room.

Martin sighed as he realized that Ruthie had walked out of the house. He cleaned up the mug that she had dropped and sighed. How did life become so complicated in a matter of minutes?

Cecilia walked home, the tears streaming down her face. How low was she? To actually make a pass at her brother-in-law especially when she knew how in love he was with his wife?

She looked in on her girls, both sleeping peacefully. She wondered how their life would change with all the drama that was about to come.

She then went to her bedroom and noticed that Simon wasn't there. She laughed bitterly as she got ready for bed and realized that her wish had Finally come true. Simon wasn't there. How ironic was that?

The next morning, Aaron woke up to an empty house. After he took his shower he made his way downstairs and found his dad sleeping on the couch in the den.

"Dad? Where's mom?"

"She's probably at Uncle Mac's"

"Is everything okay?"

"Yes it will be. What would you like for breakfast?"

"Nothing, I can get something at school" Aaron stated as he grabbed his bag and walked out the door.

He made his way across the street and knocked on the door, Mac opened it up looking sleepy.

"Is my mom here?"

"Yes she's in the guest room"

"Did they have a fight?" Aaron asked concerned.

"No more like an misunderstanding but don't worry, they will work it out. Why don't I give you a ride to school? We can get breakfast on the way?"

"Okay, thanks Uncle Mac"

As Martin was pouring a cup of coffee, he saw Ruth walk into the kitchen. Her beautiful hazel eyes were rimmed red and she looked tired.

"I'm sorry you had to see that" he said as he came closer to her and enveloped her in a hug. She buried her face into his chest and mumbled "I'm sorry I jumped to conclusions. I know you would never cheat on me"

Martin kissed the top of her head and whispered "She was just so fast, you know? One minute she was crying and the next minute she pounced on me. She found out about Aaron"

"Oh no."

"Yes she seemed distraught and just plain agitated"

"So I guess things are not so great at their house right now" Ruthie said softly moving closer to Martin.

"That's not really my concern. I just want to make sure things are fine in our house. Are they?"

"Yes" Ruthie replied softly as she looked up at Martin and smiled before he bent down to kiss her on the lips.