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A few days later Sophia was at home going through some boxes. She had taken the day off from the garage and left it in the boys' hands. As she looked at the many photos on the mantle, she took down some to replace. She looked at the one of Eve and Mike. She had hated Eve from the moment she meet her. She tried to be civil with her and not think of her as a gold digger. But it didn't work, she always saw Eve as a gold digger. And her inability to get pregnant really made Sophia question her actual feelings for Mike.
She then looked at the one of Kelly and Evan. She had picked Kelly for Evan and she turned out to be a lying tramp. She had told him before the wedding that she wanted a baby then changed her mind after. Liars woudn't be tolerated in the family. It made her question Kelly's feelings for Evan.
She finally looked at the one of Melanie and John. Melanie was her favorite daughter-in-law now but it wasn't always like that. Not many knew what happened in the beginning of the marriage. Yes, like Kelly, Sophia had picked Melanie. She had been taught by her family to be the perfect wife. But at the beginning, she would constantly question John about everything and didn't always obey was she was suppose to. Anthony and Sophia had told John to make her obey and the best way to do that was to beat into her exactly what she was suppose to do.
It took a lot of emergency room visits and hospital stays before Melanie realized how she should act and from then on, Melanie was the perfect wife and got pregnant again easily. Sophia thought that Eve and Kelly would be same after Mike and Evan did the same thing to them that John did with Melanie. But Eve and Kelly chose to leave instead of turning into the perfect wife.
"Mom, are you here?" Mike said coming in the room and bringing Sophia from her thoughts.
"Yes. What's going on?" Sophia replied. Mike sounded very happy.
"I found Eve. Our people in San Francisco found her and they are keeping an eye on her. I am flying up there now and I will get my son." Mike got his bag.
"Take care my son and bring back that baby." Sophia hugged him as he left. She was happy that he had found Eve and was getting his son back.
Mike took the first flight to San Francisco from San Diego. He wanted to make sure Eve didn't leave with his son again. He could legally take the baby because of the court order. He wasn't sure what he was going to with Eve yet. Killing her seemed a little bit extreme but she had taken his son. He arrived in San Francisco and went to the police and let them know what was going on. They took him to the house where Eve was.
"Mrs. Eve Cena?" The police officer asked her.
"No. I'm Eva Perez." Eve said using her new name.
"According to this photo, you are Eve Cena. Once again, are you Eve Cena?"
"Yes, I'm Eve."
"Mrs. Cena, you have custody of your son illegally. We have the court order to take him and give him to his father."
"No, you can't give that man my son. I will not let him raise him."
"I'm afraid you have no choice in the matter."
The police entered the home with the social worker and took the baby. Eve was crying when she saw the social worker hand her son over to Mike. The police got all the paper work she had on the baby and gave it to Mike.
"Mr. Cena, do you want to press charges against your ex-wife?"
"No. I just want my son. She is free to go but my court order gives her no visitation."
"Okay. Mrs. Cena, you are free to go."
Eve stood on the porch as Mike got into the car with the baby. He smiled at her and the car was soon gone. Once she was inside the house, she broke down crying. She had lost her son and now she would never see him.
Mike held his son as the courts in San Francisco got everything together for him to take his son home. Eve had named him Preston Michael. Mike hated the name Preston. So, he changed it legally to Michael James. James was after his grandfather. Once everything was in order, he was free to leave with the baby. He chose to fly home immediately. He didn't want to give Eve a chance to steal the baby.
"So, Evan, you got the divorce papers, huh?" John asked his brother as they had lunch in the office of the garage.
"Yes. Kelly wants custody of Joey and some child support and alimony." Evan replied taking a bite of his hamburger.
"What are you going to do?"
"I will give her a divorce but she won't get Joey. I am going to get full custody and she will get nothing. No visitation no anything."
"Isn't that a bit harsh? She is his mother."
"John, please. No it isn't."
"I just hate that you and Mike couldn't get your wives to obey like Melanie."
"I tried that method. I thought it would work on Kelly but it didn't. John, how did it work on Melanie?"
"I just did what mom and dad said. Whenever she would disobey me or ask something she shouldn't, then I would hit her and usually pretty hard. Finally it worked and she realized what was expected and started doing it. Now, look at her, she is the perfect wife and mother. She gave me two children including a son, so obviously what mom and dad said worked."
"I guess I will have to remember that for next time." Evan said throwing his trash away.
"Yep." John threw his away and they headed back to work.
Evan thought about what John had said. He tried to do to Kelly what John did with Melanie but apparently she was different. In her divorce papers, Kelly asked for custody of Joey, child support, alimony and half the money when they sell the house. But Evan had no plan to give her any of it. He had his lawyer counter file for custody of Joey and then claim that Evan didn't make enough to pay her child support or alimony. John and Mike filed a builders lean against the house saying that Kelly and Evan owed them money for the remodeling. That would take all the profits from the sell of the house giving Kelly nothing.
"How is the divorce coming?" Mickie asked her friend. They were both teachers.
"Not good. Evan counter filed for custody of Joey and that I have no visitation. Then his family claims that he doesn't make enough to pay me alimony or child support."
"What are you going to do?"
"Not a lot I can do. I have a pro bono lawyer, Evan has the top divorce lawyer in the city. I know he will get what he wants and I will get nothing."
"He can't stop you from having visitations with your son. You are his mother."
"He is claiming that I never wanted the baby and when I found out I was pregnant, I wanted an abortion."
"Kelly, that is true. You did want an abortion when you first realized that you were pregnant."
"I know but no one heard me say that."
"You told me you said it in front of Eve and Melanie. Eve is gone so, she can't hurt you but Melanie is here."
"I know and I know she will tell exactly what John and Sophia want her too. I am screwed."
"Just have faith Kelly. Everything will work out."
"I hope so."
They finished lunch and headed back to class. Kelly hoped that Melanie would remember how much Kelly loved Joey and that she deserved to be in his life but she also knew that John would tell Melanie what to say. But she still held out hope that Melanie would back her up. She hoped she would get to see her son and keep him.
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