You think I'd have plenty of chapters out since I've been quarantined since the 22nd of March but nope! I'm super lazy! So idk lol

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"You need to calm down! I know exactly what's up with you Shaunie!"

Shaunie rolled his eyes "And what? You're gonna tell mom?"

Paddy glared "Yes I am!"

"No he's not." Fanny said coming down the stairs slowly, leaning heavily on the railing "Paddy, mom doesn't need to know."

"I'd love to know what you both THINK you know about me." Shaunie said while rolling his eyes and looking very annoyed "If it has anything to do with Nick and/or Nia..."

Fanny scoffed "You know it does! They're practically force-feeding you drugs!"

Paddy glared between his brother and sister "They aren't forcing him to do anything."

The front door opened and Patron walked in "Bad time?"

Fanny rolled her eyes "No. Paddy, don't tell mom or dad anything. Shaunie, I'm begging you to respect yourself more."

Shaunie swore and stood up, stomping out the door and slamming it behind him. Paddy sighed and buried his hand in his hair.

"Is he getting worse?" Patton asked, watching Shaunie stomp out the gate "Natalie said he's hanging out in the Old Business District more..."

Paddy sat down in a chair "He's...yeah? He's on something. Probably heroin, that was always Nick's drug of choice."

Fanny sighed "Paddy, give him a chance."

"To what? OD?"

"No! I got this pamphlet from Mrs. Lincoln at school the other day. It's a summer camp for kids who are starting high school next year. I gave it to mum. Hopefully being out on Felica Island will help him sober up."

Paddy smiled at her "I hope that works. Shaunie isn't like us, he's too emotional about everything."

Fanny laughed "Dude, you used to be the biggest cry baby in the world."

Paddy scoffed and stood up "No I wasn't!"

Fanny laughed again and walked towards the stairs "Sure thing bud, whatever keeps a girl in your bed."

"There has never been a girl in my bed!"

Patton ruffled Paddy's hair "Aw, such a good little Catholic boy!"

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Fanny dropped down on the bed and rubbed her lower leg. Patton shut the door and smiled at her "So...medical school?"

She laughed "Rachel mentioned it? Yeah I figured I'd go one step further than expected. My dad expects me to be a nurse so I'll be a doctor. Not just a doctor though, I'm going to be a specialist."

Patton sat next to her "In what?"

"Oncology."

"...in what?"

Fanny giggled "Cancer. A cancer doctor."

Patton blinked at her a few times "Uh...why?"

Fanny shrugged "My grandmother has beaten breast cancer 3 times."

"Fulbright?"

"Yeah. Probably so filled with rage for everyone lesser than her that the cancer got scared and ran. My mom also had a tumor on her left kidney when she was 16, it wasn't cancerous but they had to remove the whole kidney. They told her she'd never have kids with 1 kidney, she had 3."

"Your mom is amazing though." Patton pointed out, matter of fact.

"That she is. Oncology is more than just cancer though, it's a lot. It's not going to be an easy field to work in at all..."

Patton twirled one of Fanny's curls "Well, your amazing mother has an amazing daughter so...I'm sure you'll manage somehow."

Fanny grinned and kissed him. "I actually had something to ask you about."

Patton sighed "No I haven't seen Uriah since he had his top surgery. I talked to Aunt Zophia on the phone but that's as much as I know. I assume he's alive though and he should be in town on Wednesday."

"Oh...well that's good news but that's not what I was going to ask."

"Oh...okay..."

"Trina mentioned that you are planning on studying business..."

Patton sighed "Yeah, I meant to tell you about that...so I've mentioned that Campbell owns a pawn shop in Praga right? Well he wants to open one here and he wants me to be his manager. For that I need to study appraisal and management."

Fanny gaped at him wordlessly for a moment. She then smiled "Wow! So that's a job for when you aren't deployed!"

"Yeah, he's gonna have to steal me from mama though..."

Fanny laughed "He's stealing his ex-girlfriend's son from her restuarant to work at his pawn shop haha I can't wait to see that fight."

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"Are you okay? We haven't talked and we should..."

Dominic looked up as Nigel sat down at the counter beside him. "Hi there Nigel, I would have figured you'd be at the town hall meeting for undecided seniors."

Nigel stared blankly.

"You didn't know that was happening did you?"

Nigel shook his head and looked at the clock "It is not 4 am, Millie!"

Mildred McKenzie turned around and smiled at him "Yes Nigel?"

"It's not 4 am, that clock says it's 4 am! WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THE TOWN HALL THING?!"

Both Dominic and Millie looked at Nigel with shocked eyes, then at each other, then back at Nigel.

"Are you a wee bit stressed?" Dominic asked "You need tea, Ms. McKenzie, could he get some Earl Grey? No honey, he doesn't need more sugar to stress him out."

Millie nodded "I keep telling you to call me Millie dear."

"My mother would drop dead if I referred to you by your first name."

Millie laughed well you can at least call me Ms. Farka. I'm not only divorced but I'm going to be a widow eventually."

Nigel looked up from staring at the counter. "Is Ryan...?"

"Terminal, yes, for being so absent he's trying very hard to pretend he's been there for every single thing that's happened in anyone's life."

Nigel sighed "Well, for what it's worth, I am sorry. I know there has to be some part of you that will be sad."

Millie nodded "The same part of me that was sad when I left home and when I fell out of contact with my cousin YET AGAIN when he went back to Minnesota, that tiny little part that hates change. I'll be fine. Rachel will be fine. I'm worried about Harvey, he doesn't know how to cope with anything involving Ryan."

Dominic sighed "Since we're all venting here...I'm very worried for Emma...I have to leave after school ends for the year and I don't know if she'll be better by then."

Millie sighed "Dear, you've been here every day since the accident."

Nigel looked at Dominic in shock "Really? After the hospital makes you leave?"

The brunette nodded "I just...she was coming to meet me and Kuki and..."

Nigel gasped "Dom, in no way is her accident your fault! Emma has always thought she was indestructible."

Dominic laughed "This is true. She starts physical therapy tomorrow and I plan on being there with her. They think she just needs to build up strength and then her spine will heal. Right now her lower back and legs can't support her."

Nigel sighed "Well, I'm happy there's hope. I'm sorry to say I haven't been in the loop, I was too busy with my own stuff and not paying attention to anything else, this news was kind of a slap to the face."

Dominic grinned "Did you come up with a solution to your problem? I can take you back to England with me."

Nigel sighed "I did decide something...I don't know if it's the right thing though."

Millie finished filling a beer and looked at Nigel.

"Your worried about Rachel or yourself?"

Nigel stood up quickly "Uh..."

"Because you need to think of you. I've raised my kids not to have to depend on anyone to provide for them, I don't want you to be thinking that way either. I'd rather have a strong minded man who is sure about himself be with my daughter than someone who is more concerned with upsetting her. If England is where you need to be than that's where you should go. Rachel will understand."

Nigel and Millie shared a smile.

"Also you and Rachel will have very cute children." Dominic said and Millie laughed "That's usually what we talk about when I come here."

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Now hopefully I won't be lazy anymore and will update again soon.

Love you guys and stay healthy!