Rebecca pulled out her phone. She was in charge of making the calls. She dialed the most familiar number first.

"Hello?" she heard a tear filled voice.

"Riss? What's wrong?" she was concerned because Marissa, like their mother, always acted strong even when she didn't feel strong.

"My...Dad...and...Courtney...are getting a divorce." she cried into the phone.

"Where are you?" she asked.

"On the road."

"There are problems with Mom and Lucky. You need to come to Wyndemere. Everybody's gonna be here."

"I can't right now."

"Just come please. Pick up Maddie on your way here."

"Kay." Marissa hung up. She dialed called Madison and told her to get ready.

"Hey Becs." Nathan answered.

"Nate, come to Wyndemere. We have a problem." Rebecca knew that all of her siblings were probably getting ready for the worst. They'd all been through this before.

"I'll be there in 10."

Rebecca called Zack next. He agreed to come. There was still no sign of Kristy.

Marissa pulled into the Corinthos driveway. She watched as her sister came outside. Madison climbed into the passenger's seat. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." She wiped furiously at her tears.

Madison put her hand on Marissa's arm. "You can tell me." The two girls had never been close, but they were still sisters.

"My dad's getting a divorce." she said, backing out of the driveway.

"From Courtney? Wow." she said. "Something must be going on with Mom and Lucky too if they are summoning all the kids."

"Yeah." they sat in silence until they arrived at Wyndemere. As they pulled up, Marissa smiled at her younger sister.

"Let's do this."

Sam watched as her children came into the room.

Emmy, Zack, and Rebecca were on the couch. Marissa came in with tear filled eyes and she sat on Emmy's lap. Nathan and Madison were squeezed onto the chair. Sam, Alex, and Cameron were all sitting on the floor.

"Where's Kristy?" Sam asked. All the kids shrugged. Then Cameron's phone rang.

"Hello?" she said. "Where are you? Why? Come to Nik's. Okay. Love you too." she hung up. "Kristy was in Manhattan shopping for the baby. She'll be here in a few minutes."

Kristy rushed into the house. She brushed some of her dark hair out of her eyes. She was worried, considering the fact that she was being told to go to Nikolas's. That meant that there was probably something wrong.

"Hey everyone." she said breathlessly. Zack stood up so Kristy could sit down. She placed a hand on her stomach.

"I want a divorce from Lucky." Sam said simply, cutting right to the chase.

"Of course you do. You just keep ripping our lives apart. Can't you think of us for once?" Marissa yelled. "I am so sick of this. Don't marry someone unless you love them!"

"Yeah, Mom. This is kind of ridiculous. It was only a small fight." Emmy added. Everyone knew she was the rational one.

"But he was criticizing my parenting skills and how Madison behaves." Sam knew that she wasn't the perfect mother, but no one would ever insult the way that she cared for her children.

"Excuse me?" Madison yelled.

"Okay, I'm kinda lost." Zack said. Kristy, Marissa, Madison, and Nathan nodded in agreement.

"Mom and Lucky had a fight and Lucky was talking about Madison and basically said Mom sucks at being a mom." Rebecca told them.

"I hate this!" Alex yelled. "I don't want you to be with my Dad, but I don't want a crappy, ruined life because of it."

"Suck it up. We've all had to." Marissa said. She ran out of the room.

"Is a divorce absolutely necessary?" Nathan asked.

"I think so." Sam said. "Guys, I understand that every decision I make affects you and this is what I think is best."

"Then we're on board." Zack said. "Right guys?" All the other kids nodded. They all loved their mother and if she thought something was right, they would back her up 100 percent.

"I'm gonna go talk to Marissa." Nathan got up and left the room.

"Mom?" Cameron asked.

"Yes, Cam?"

"Why did you have kids with different guys?"

"Because I'm stupid. If you would have all just been with one man..."

"You aren't stupid. You just made bad decisions." Emmy said.

"Emily Nicole, where did you get your smartness from?"

"My mom." she smiled at her mother.

Nathan walked to the stable. Marissa loved the horses. He walked in and found her sitting on the bench inside of it.

"Hey." he said, sitting next to her. She leaned her head over on his shoulder.

"Why does life suck?"

"What's going on with you?" he asked quietly.

"Did you know that Dad and Courtney are getting a divorce? This life, it's so broken. Kristy and Cameron were abandoned by their father. You, me, and Emmy will have a divorced mother and divorced father. Rebecca's father is hardly ever around. When mom gets her divorce, Alex will be passed back and forth. Zack is fine with his life only because he is older. And let's face it, Madison's life is so screwed up. She loves her parents so much but they are constantly fighting and bringing her into their problems."

"It used to be harder." Nathan shared. "Mom started with Zack's dad because she was too young to really know what she wanted. Then 2 years later, she married our Dad and had Emmy, then me. But then she went to that Justin guy and had Kristy. She and Dad both cheated on each other and that's how Courtney got pregnant with Max. Then Mom had you, and they got divorced. She had Madison with Sonny, then Cameron with Justin. Then Rebecca and Alex with their dads. We were constantly being moved around."

"What happened with Mom and Justin?"

"Well, I was only a year old when she had Kristy. But I remember when she had Cameron. Zack was 10, Emmy was 8, I was 6, Kristy was 4, you were 3, and Madison was 2. Justin proposed to Mom. She said no because she was pregnant with Mason Scorpio's baby. He hit her. But that wasn't enough. He went for Emmy."

"Why would anyone want to hurt Emmy?"

"I don't know. He hit her. Mom was screaming and crying. Zack ran in and picked up Cameron. I grabbed your hand and Madison's. Kristy followed. He led us upstairs to a small bedroom and locked the door. We could hear Mom scream. Zack opened the door a little bit and I looked through it. Justin threw Emmy on the floor and kicked her. Mom threw her body over Emmy. He beat Mom. Then Zack left us."

"How?" Marissa asked.

"He ran out of the door and to Mom. I was the oldest. I pushed all of you to the back of the room. Kristy was crying. I watched as Zack threatened to call the police. Mom took the chance. She picked up Emmy, grabbed Zack, and ran to the room we were in. She shut and locked the door. He busted it down and Mom was over top all of us. But before he could do anything, Dad ran in and pulled out a gun. He moved towards where Mom was. He helped her up, pointing the gun at Justin. Mom picked up Emmy, who was unconscious. Zack held Cameron and the rest of us stood behind Mom. He shot Justin. The police came, but Justin was never arrested. He left the country."

"What did Dad do?"

"He looked scared when he saw Emmy in Mom's arms. He took her and ran out the door. We all went to GH and we were fine."

"Oh." Marissa looked at him. "How does that story make me feel better?"

"Because that situation is worse than the one you're in."

"How are you and Katie?" Marissa asked, changing the subject.

"Good." he smiled.

"What?" Marissa asked. She looked at her brother's face. "She's pregnant!"

"Shhhh, nobody knows."

"My lips are sealed." She hugged her brother, a smile on her face.