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Fran

If I knew Steve was going to be married to a complete psycho I would have done something sooner. Though I don't actually believe she would hurt me or my baby, I'm gonna keep quiet just for my own sake. Besides, I'm pretty sure that was the anger talking and not her actually threatening me. Or so I hope.

I wonder if I could just erase that part of the conversation, or the entire conversation for that matter.

When Chin asks me were we went and why we took so long, Stacie looks at me with narrowed eye. Something I see as a reminder to keep my mouth shut. The way she looks with her hair perfectly tight in a pony tail makes her looks so incredibly normal, who would have thought inside that pretty head of hers was an imitation of a psycho killer?

"Kamakona's shaved ice," Stacie says and I nod in agreement. "Wasn't it nice, Kono?"

"Yeah, it was great," I say. I'm becoming a great liar.

"We had a great bonding time, didn't we Kono?"

If practically yelling at me in the car and warning me not to say a word to Steve about our baby is bonding? Then we did a wonderful job.

"And her maid of honor looks absolutely divine on her."

"I wouldn't call it…"

"You look beautiful." She insists, her tone demanding and bossy.

"If you say so."

"Okay, so I think I better leave, got tons of work to do," she says with her cheerful tone. God she's so bipolar I'm amazed. "I'll see you soon?"

No, I'm gonna run away from you. Far, far away.

"Sure."

She turns around and leaves. Chin looks at me and I know he knows something is completely off with my attitude, and hers, though she has always been like this around us so no mystery in that. But he still watches me, as if trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

"So, what's up?" he asks casually and I shrug.

"Nothing."

"You know you can trust me, right?"

"Of course."

"So, if there's something bad going on…"

"Chin, I only went to try on my maid of honor's dress. No biggie."

"Are you sure? Cause she looked weird, like…"

"She's fine," I assure him. "Can we just drop it?"

I guess it was the way I said it, or the way I insist that she's fine, that there was nothing wrong with her, or maybe there's this odd connection we have but somehow he knows I am not telling the whole truth.

"She knows, doesn't she?" he asks and I look at him for a brief second before turning away. "You told her?"

"She… yeah, sort of," I sigh heavily.

"How does she know? And why on earth would you do that?"

"She started telling me I was trying to steal him away from her," I explain. "Which you know isn't true, so I was pissed because she told me Steve would never be my baby's father and well… I kind of tell her he already was."

"Great, she's gonna tell Steve and this whole thing about not making him part of your daughter's life will finally be over."

"No, actually she said she wouldn't," I especially avoid telling him about the threat, just for her sake and I don't know why I worry about that. "Because if he knew, there wouldn't be any wedding."

"My God, Kono this is getting out of hand," he complains and I don't need to say a thing because he is completely right. "You have to tell him already!"

"No, look, everything is fine. All her fears are accurate, she thinks if Steve finds out about the baby he won't marry her. I completely understand the feeling."

"Well I don't," he states. "He has all the right…"

"Okay, can we drop it already?"

I was getting tired of hearing him saying, once again, how much he needed to know about our daughter. Part of me wanted to, mainly because she was a crazy woman and did not deserve him, but I was still hoping she was just under a lot of stress and that's why she did what she did. I'm certain she will apologize for the way she acted towards me, I just have to give her a little bit of time. Though we were running late…

"If something happens…"

"Nothing is going to happen, Chin. Relax."

Weird, I ask my cousin to relax, almost assure him nothing was going to happen, when I wasn't even sure myself.

TBC