WARNING: FEMME SLASH, SLIGHT GORE, AND DEATH. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE ANY OF THE ABOVE, I SUGGEST YOU DO NOT READ THIS CHAPTER.

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CHAPTER 25: JULIET AND JULIET: ACT II

The bartender refreshed our drinks and departed from our booth.

"Mr. Jacques wasted no time where Alexandra was concerned. He forbade the entire household from discussing what had happened that afternoon. But the damage was already done. Alexa's life was changed forever."

"How did her family react?"

"Her siblings distanced themselves from her. The last time she spoke to them was her wedding day. Her mother turned to alcohol and her father threw himself into making sure no one discovered the terrible family secret."

"Mr. Jacques secured an engagement with the Aubin family. Charles Aubin was 24 and was beginning his law career at his father's law firm in Uptown New Orleans. I don't think Mr. Jacques explained his reasons for the engagement but the Aubin family accepted it just for the mere fact the Jacques were high society like them."

"On January 16th, 1956, Alexandra Jacques married Charles Aubin at the St. Louis Cathedral. The wedding was a lavish affair and there were murmurs among the guests that Mr. Jacques was using the extravagant wedding to hide a secret. Alexandra told me that her wedding night was the first time she had made love to a man but it wasn't something that she enjoyed. She said it just made her yearn for Noelle even more."

"Did Mrs. Aubin ever see Noelle again?"

"Yes. Alexandra and Charles had barely been married for three months. Alexandra said their sex life was as dry as the Sahara desert. Charles had taken to having affairs with women to replace what Alexandra wasn't giving him at home. It was late one morning when Alexandra was having lunch at Muriel's in Jackson Square when she ran into Noelle."

"Noelle was working as a waitress at Muriel's when she saw Alexandra sitting at a table by herself. Noelle took the table and the two women acted as if they had never met before. Later that night, while Charles was out with one of his mistresses, Alexa returned to the restaurant and was reunited with Noelle."

"Did Noelle and Alexandra have another affair?"

"Noelle knew Alexandra was married; the wedding was covered by all the papers in town. With Charles busy with work and his extramarital affairs, Alexandra and Noelle were free to pick up where they left off."

"Alexandra told me this was the happiest time of her entire life. Noelle would often spend the night when Charles was away from home, which was often. It was during this time that Alexandra made the decision to privately divorce Charles and move in with Noelle. But it never happened."

"What stopped them?"

"Jamie William Kelley, Noelle's husband and a drunkard at that. Poor Noelle was the only person in the marriage to bring in any sort of income while Jamie drank away their money. It was a sad situation. Anyway, Jamie was suspicious of Noelle's behavior and suspected Noelle was having an affair with another man. He was right of course but not about the male part. Anyway, Jamie followed Noelle to Alexandra's home one day and witnessed the two women having intercourse."

"Jamie barged in on the two women, interrupting them. Alexandra was upset to say the least. Noelle was supporting her decision to divorce Charles and move in together and here was Noelle married…and pregnant."
"Pregnant?"

"Yes, pregnant. Jamie had foolishly announced that his unborn son would not have a lesbian for a mother, although Alexandra told me he used a different, vulgar word. Alexandra felt betrayed. Alexandra was forced into her marriage where as Noelle was not…and the betrayal extended to Noelle's pregnancy. She felt that the unborn child was supposed to her and Noelle's, not Noelle's and Jamie's child."

"What did Alexandra do?"

"She told Noelle to fuck herself and kicked her and Jamie out of her home. Over the next five years, Alexandra threw herself into her role as a wife, both in the bedroom and out."

"It seems she got over Noelle, then."

"More like forced herself to get over Noelle. Alexandra was devastated. She had lost Noelle twice within 4 years and felt that Noelle had betrayed her this time. Alexandra vowed she would never speak to Noelle again."

"Why did Alexandra feel betrayed?"

"Because of Noelle's decision to marry. Alexandra was forced to marry Charles Aubin while Noelle voluntarily chose to marry Jamie Kelley but I think Alexandra did have a choice, she was just too afraid to take the risk."

"Alexandra fell back into her medically induced sleep and the next morning, Alexandra was her usual bitter self, although now I knew the reason why."

"Did she still permit you to call her Alexandra?"

"I didn't chance it; I simply referred to her as 'Mrs. Aubin'. The years went by and I stayed on with the Aubin household until I was 28. I had met someone and we were engaged to be married. We both wanted children and my job at the Aubin household wouldn't have permitted marriage and parenthood."

"Did Alexandra object to your leaving?"

"No, she barely spoke to me except for the night Annette and Jonathan were born. I commenced my duties with the Aubins on October 3rd, 1968. I married my husband, Damon, on December 15th, 1968 and on July 3rd, 1969 we welcomed our first child, Marissa."

"I wasn't planning on working for the first year after Marissa had been born. But that all changed with a phone call on January 9th, 1970. It was late and I remember there was a terrible storm raging outside. Marissa was sleeping silently in her crib and Damon was reading in our bedroom."

"Dr. Cunningham was phoning me, asking me for my assistance with a birth. The mother was having a hard time and the father was nowhere to be found. I pitied the young mother and quickly threw on my cloak, told Damon where I off to, and headed for Baptist Memorial Hospital in East New Orleans. "

"When I arrived, the mother had already been in labor for close to twelve hours. She hadn't come to the hospital until a few hours earlier. I did my best to comfort her but it was a hard labor. At 2a.m. on January 10th, 1971 the mother delivered a healthy baby girl. Dr. Cunningham gave the baby to me while he tended to the mother, who was hemorrhaging. I cleaned the baby, wrapped her in a blanket, and gave her to her mother. "

"Dr. Cunningham told me in a whisper there was nothing more he could do for the mother, she was hemorrhaging so fast and so badly, she would be dead within the hour. I quickly grabbed a birth certificate and began to fill it in. The mother, who was pale and considerably weakened by now, named her daughter Brooklyn Noelle Kelley. Do you know who the parents were, Mr. Michaels?"

"Let me take a wild guess."

Kathleen laughed.

"It was indeed Noelle Auburn Kelley and Jamie Kelley's child. I recognized Noelle's name immediately but gave no pretense that I knew Alexandra Aubin. I didn't have to; Noelle already knew who I was. In fact, she had requested me to assist in Brooklyn's birth. However, she never led on as to how she knew me."

"As Noelle lay there dying, she told me she finally fulfilled her dreams: giving birth to her and Alexandra's baby. She begged me to take the baby and not to let her husband, Jamie, find out about the child. She wanted me to bring the child to Alexandra, so the child would have a better life, a life with at least one of her mothers. She kissed Brooklyn, told her she loved her, and then she was gone…"

The whole bar fell silent, as if in memoriam for Noelle Auburn Kelley.

"Did you bring the child to Alexandra?" I whispered, tears in my eyes.

"No, I never had the opportunity. Jamie Kelley came barging into the delivery room, screamed at the doctor, stole Brooklyn, and ran away. To this day, I don't know how he knew where Noelle was. He never even glanced at the bed, where Noelle's corpse was laying."

"What ever happened to Noelle's first pregnancy?"

"I don't know."

"Do you know what became of Brooklyn Kelley?"

Kathleen sighed.

"No. I tried searching for her but came up with nothing. I feared the child dead, Jamie Kelley wasn't the most suitable father, until Mr. Drexel informed me of your situation."

"So the last time you saw Brooklyn Kelley was the first time you saw Brooklyn Kelley."

"Correct."

Our booth fell silent, absorbing Kathleen's story.

"I hope my story was able to enlighten the situation you have with your girlfriend, Mr. Michaels."

"It did. I've been slowing piecing Melissa's past together but I'm still missing a key player."

"Brooklyn Kelley"

"Precisely. Kathleen, if there's anything I can do for you, please let me know."

"Actually there is, Mr. Michaels" Kathleen said, a small smile on her lips "my grandson would never forgive his old grandmother if she passed up the opportunity from getting an autograph from his favorite wrestler."

I smiled as I signed the napkin Kathleen had given me.