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Chapter Ten

"I don't think you should do it."

Katherine sighed as she poured juice into the glasses on the table. It was the evening after finding out the news that Dee was her son and she finally gathered the nerve to tell her younger children about her past, all of it. If only her husband agreed with her decision. Instead he was trying to find ways to make her change her mind. "I'm doing this David. You can't stop me."

"I'm not trying to stop you I'm trying to make you come to your senses." David replied, following Katherine around the dining room.

"How about supporting me instead of trying to stop me."

"Support you. I've been nothing but supportive since the day you told me about Sean."

"Yes and now that I've finally found him it's like you want me to forget about that he never existed." Katherine hissed as she slammed downed a fork.

"That's not true."

"Then why are you acting like it?"

David growled. "I'm not acting like anything."

"Yes you are, you're acting like a bastard."

He opened his mouth to retort when he suddenly heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Letting out another growl, he walked over to his wife and grabbed her by the arm. "This isn't over." he whispered harshly in her ear.

Katherine was not one to be intimated, turned around and gave him a menacing glare. "You're right it isn't." she hissed back. "Because once the kids know about Dee I'm inviting his entire family over for dinner." She yanked her arm away and continued setting the table for dinner as the children finally came down and took their place.

David could only glare at his wife as he too took his place at the table followed by her.

The conversation stayed light between the four of them, never straying from current events about school and work. Katherine tried her best to keep a smile on her face but found it difficult as her nerves grew. She was about to tell her children about her horrid past.

"Okay what's wrong."

Katherine looked up at her daughter to see her staring at both her and David confused with her arms crossed. "What are you talking about sweetheart?" she asked, putting her folk down.

"Mom, I love you but you're bad at keeping that fact that you're nervous about something a secret." Beth smiled and turned her attention her brother for conformation.

"You know how much I hate agree with Beth but she's right." Josh nodded in agreement. "You look nervous, really nervous."

"That's because I am nervous."

"About what?" asked Beth.

"I have something to tell you and your brother-"

David reached out and grabbed Katherine's hand. He hoped that he could convince her to change her mind. "Kat please, I'm begging you."

She quietly moved her hand away and looked at both of her children. "It's about me…and my past."

Twenty minutes later, Katherine finished telling her story to her children who now bore shocked expressions on their faces.

Josh was the first to recover. "So what you're saying is that you had a baby at fifteen and that baby was Dee."

"Dee's our brother."

"Yes Beth, Josh, Dee is your brother, my child."

Beth rose from her chair and glared angrily at her mother. The news hit her unexpectedly and she didn't know how to process it. A part of her was filled with emotional rage. How could her mother do something like that. "A child that you abandoned."

"Yes."

"Does he know, does he know what you did to him." she asked her mother.

"Yes he knows. We both found out the news this afternoon and he's forgiven me for it."

It still wasn't good enough for Beth as she stood up and faced her mother. "But how could you do that. How could you just leave him alone like that? What kinda mother does that to her child?"

"Beth-"

"Did you even think about him at all? Did you even care about what happened to him?" she couldn't help but yell.

"Of course I did. I loved Dee and I thought about him everyday. I never stopped."

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because I'm your mother and I love you."

Elizabeth didn't say anything, instead she ran out of the room and upstairs. The last sound they heard from her was her slamming her door.

Joshua watched his sister leave before turning around and giving his mother a sad smile. He understood how his sister was feeling. A part of him felt betrayed, angry that his mother could keep something like this from them but he also understood how his mother felt. The pain she must have endured everyday wondering what happened to the child that she abandoned. How hard it must have been to tell them about her past.

Lovingly, he walked over to her and gave her a tight squeeze. "Don't worry mom, she'll come around."

"Yeah."

"Yeah."

"And what about you, how do you feel?"

"I don't know yet." Josh whispered. "But I do know that no matter what you did in the past, it's in the past and it doesn't change the person that you are now. I also know that Beth is really mad right now but she loves you and I too love you very much."

"I love you too and you sister."

He gave her another smile before he too retreated up the stairs and to his room, leaving his parents alone.

David waited until he heard Joshua's door close before he stood up and began pacing the floor. "Well that went well." David scoffed, stuffing his hands in his pocket. "See, I told you."

"David they had a right to know." Katherine stated again with a sad sigh.

"And because of that right your daughter now hates you."

"She doesn't hate me."

"No, she just really dislikes you right now."

Katherine stood up, eyes blazing. "Well what would you have me do, lie to them. Not tell them the truth."

"Yes, if it means keeping this family happy."

"Don't you get it David Dee is my family. He's Josh and Beth's brother and they have a right to know each other. My god would you stop being so selfish."

"You are the last one to call someone else selfish because newsflash Kat, you left him."

She felt as if she'd been slapped in the face as she stared at her husband. Tears stung her eyes and she knew it take much more for her to lose her composure. "You know what David you can go to hell for all I care. I'm done having this conversation with you." Katherine didn't say anything else to her husband as she left the room and went into the kitchen to cool off while David wondered how he was going to fix his family and keep Dee out of the picture. At all cost.

A few days later, Dee was alone in his office when he heard a knock at the closed door. He went over to answer and was surprised to see who was there.

"Can we talk?"

It took him awhile to recover from the shock and gave the person at the door a nod. "Um yeah sure. Come on in."

"Thanks, where's Ryo."

"He's off for today. His son Bikky had a dentist appointment."

"Oh, okay."

They both sat down and nervously waited for the other person to start talking. Finally it was Dee who took the initiative and began the conversation. "Okay Beth what are you doing here. Shouldn't you be in school?"

Beth gave her new found brother a shrug as she threw her backpack on the floor beside her. "I should be but I needed to talk to you, face to face."

"How did you get here?"

"After Estelle dropped me and my brother off at school I snuck off campus and took the subway here."

"By yourself."

"What I had my own money and it wasn't that hard to find where you worked."

Dee smiled. Having Beth in his office reminded him of the days he would sneak off away from school to hang out with his friends. Maybe troublemaking was genetic after all. Still skipping school could not be encouraged, especially not by him. "You shouldn't be here Beth." he smiled again at his little sister.

"Like I said I needed to talk to you." she replied with a shrug. She paused for a moment before taking a deep breath and speaking again. "My mom told us about you, about who you really are."

"I know, she called and told me."

"Did she also tell you that we haven't spoken in three days."

"Yeah she told me that too."

"She tell you why?"

"Said that you were mad at her for abandoning me." answered Dee, sitting back in his chair. "She said you were really, really upset with her."

"I am." Beth hissed as she folded her arms. "I mean, how can forgive her for what she did? She left you."

"You know I grew up in a orphanage right, a Catholic one and the Mother there she raised me. She taught me everything about the Bible and God and in those teachings she taught me about forgiveness."

"I've been to church before Dee I know about Bible."

"Then you should know that we're human and we make mistakes and if God can forgive us for the mistakes we make then why can't we."

"But she left you Dee."

This time it was Dee's turn to shrug nonchalantly. "I know but it doesn't change the fact that I've forgiven her. I don't blame her for what she did because despite it all I've had a great life with great people I can't imagine my life without. If Katherine had kept me I don't know how my life would've turned out but I know for a fact it wouldn't have been as good as the one I have now."

Beth didn't know what to say. After finding out everything he seemed unfazed by it while Beth on the other hand was still fuming. "I can't believe I'm hearing this. You sound so happy about all of this as if you don't hate her. A part of me wants to, hate her that is."

"Beth I don't hate a lot of people for the plain reason it takes to much energy to hate someone and besides, I could never hate your mom for what she did. Especially after hearing about her life and what she went through. It must have been hard to do what she did."

And just like that Beth didn't feel so bad anymore. If Dee could forgive her mother for what she did all those years ago then she could too with time. She let out a heavy sigh and looked back up at Dee. "She's our mom now." she whispered.

Dee let out a soft chuckle at the comment and realized that Beth was right. "Yeah I guess she is."

"So is it safe to assume that I can call you my big brother."

"If you're comfortable with it."

"I think I am." Beth smiled her first real smile in days.

Dee smiled back before standing up and grabbing his jacket from the hook.

"Where are you going?"

"We aren't going anywhere, you are." replied Dee as he walked over to Beth and grabbed her lightly by the arm. "Back to school."

"Aw do I have to." she asked with a loud whine. "I thought that we could hang out together of something, you know some sibling bonding."

"Ah, not a chance Lizzie."

"You just called me Lizzie."

"Yeah, it's short for Elizabeth. Nobody calls you that."

She shook her head. "No, it's just Elizabeth or Beth."

"Well if you don't like it I won't call you that."

"No." she smiled happily. "I like when you call me that but only you can call me that got it."

Dee gave his sister a salute. "Yes ma'am." he replied before ruffling her hair. "Now let's go."

"And I took her to school and promised her that we'll get together soon. You know to hang out."

Ryo smiled as Dee made his way over to the sofa and sat down beside him. He grabbed the glass out of his hand and sat it down on the table. "I can't believe she skipped school to come see you. She really is your sister."

"Ha ha very funny." Dee replied dryly, rolling his eyes. "But you're right, we connected today and I liked it."

"So if you two do hang out what would do."

"Well she and Josh are eleven so they're probably to old for the zoo but to young for a museum so I guess the movies, maybe dinner."

"Sounds like a date."

"Not cool Ryo, not cool at all. She's my sister."

Ryo laughed and snuggled closer to his partner. He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on his lover's forehead. "I'm teasing you love. I know this means a lot to you and I promise to be behind you every step of the way."

"Thank-you." smiled Dee happily. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

"And hopefully you won't have to find out for a long time." Ryo smiled back, giving Dee another kiss this time on the lips."

There is chapter ten for you. See you readers next week, same time, same day, different chapter.