Chapter 12
Everyone was sitting quietly in the living room while Alyssa sat in Jay's lap while Manny tried comforting her.
"Shouldn't he call their mom? To get her to come help him out?" Darcy asked sitting next to Spinner.
"He tried. She wouldn't come." Jay said as Alyssa left his lap to crawl into her aunt's arms.
"Why not? He's her son." Darcy said wondering how the mother of Sean's kids could just ignore them like that not knowing it was her best friend she was talking about.
"Doesn't matter. She'd rather spend more time with her boyfriend than the twins she gave birth to." Jay said glaring over at Peter while he wasn't looking.
"Jay don't start." Manny said rocking her niece.
"Why not? Their mother is horrible to them. She's never here when they need her. The best thing she ever did was leave them to Sean and forget about them." he said forgetting for a moment that one of the two kids was in the room.
Alyssa turned around and glared at Jay with tears in her eyes. "I hate you." she said to him before laying her head on Manny's shoulder.
Manny shook her head as Jay stared at the little girl in hurt and shock. "Nice going Jay. I'm gonna take her to Sean." she said walking out of the room. Jay sighed as he put his head in his hands.
Sean closed the door to Mike's room and saw Manny walking up the stairs. He heard Alyssa's quiet crying. "Is she okay?" he asked her taking his daughter from her.
"Jay said some stuff about Emma that made her angry." Manny told him. "Is Mike alright?"
Sean sighed as he held Alyssa. "Emma gave him his medicine and she's in there with him right now. Are you okay baby girl?" he asked turning his attention to his daughter.
"I hate Uncle Jay." she muttered against his shoulder. Sean looked over at Manny shocked. Jay had been Alyssa's favorite uncle since before she could talk. Manny just shook her head before going back downstairs.
"Baby what did Uncle Jay do?" he asked wondering what had caused this change.
"He said that Mommy leaving was the best thing she ever did and that she forgot about us. She didn't forget us Daddy! Mommy didn't forget, Mommy wouldn't forget, Mommy loves us!" she said.
"Of course she didn't forget. She loves you and your brother. Come on." he said trying to calm her down before taking her into the room she shared with her brother. Emma looked over and saw Sean with Alyssa.
Sean sat her down on her feet and let her go over to her mother. "Jay told her you forgot about them and that you're a horrible mother. Prove him wrong." he said leaving her alone with their sleeping son and their daughter.
Emma laid Mike down on his bed and pulled him baby blanket over him before letting Alyssa climb into her lap. "What did Uncle Jay say sweetheart?" she asked grabbing the brush off of the dresser.
"Did you forget us Mommy? Is that why you didn't come?" she asked as Emma started to run the brush through her long blonde locks.
"I didn't forget you sweetheart. Mommy was just being selfish. Mommy realizes that was wrong though and that I should have been here." she said.
Alyssa looked up at her. "Does this mean you're gonna stay with us, Mommy?"
Emma hestiated not knowing exactly how to answer that question. "I'm gonna stay until Mikey's better. I don't know if I'll stay after though because I got to go to school."
Alyssa nodded. "You could go to school with Auntie Manny if you stay here. She goes to school while Daddy and Uncle Jay are at work and Nana takes care of us."
Peter left the living room where Darcy and Spinner were now playing with Jay's son who was starting to look tired. He went upstairs looking for the bathroom but instead found Sean's bedroom. He didn't believe that he was her cousin, they looked nothing alike, yet somehow those kids espically the girl looked like her.
He checked to make sure no one was looking before he started looking around. He found the prescription for Mike's pain medication and a note about a playdate for Alyssa. Most of the stuff he found was about the garage or Mike's illness. Just as he was about to leave he spotted something next to Sean's bed.
There sitting in a picture frame were three pictures. One had he seen before in Emma's living room back at her appartment. One of the ones he had never seen before was a picture of Sean standing behind Emma who had two babies in her arms out on the beach. The other one looked like it had been taken later but the kids were standing in front of the two of them while Sean and Emma kissed behind them.
Peter glared at that picture before leaving the room.
TBC...
