Chapter 194
Alex woke up first and glanced over to her husband and she saw him still sleeping, she got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom and then walked downstairs towards the kitchen. She saw Luca standing behind the stove making eggs and Alex wasn't sure if she could trust her brother's cooking or not.
"Uuuhhhmmm, are you sure you know what you're doing?" She asked smiling and he looked at her with a smirk nodding his head.
"Of course I do. I've lived off eggs for about a month nonstop so I know the exact ways on how to make it fluffy." He said turning towards her and putting two on a plate as he slid the plate over to her side on the counter.
"Well, allow me to be the judge of that." Alex said putting two slices of bread in the toaster and walking over to the nursery to check on her daughter. Upon entry she saw Phoebe halfway out of the crib trying to get out by herself. Alex stood in the doorway and waited until her daughter noticed her, causing her to get such a big fright that her hands slipped and she fell the rest of the few feet to the ground.
"Because you're not supposed to climb out of the crib bub. Come here." Alex reminded her gently as she walked over to check on her daughter who got more of a fright than what she actually hurt because as soon as her mother kissed the places that she pin pointed on where it was sore the tears soon dried up. The two of them walked out of her room towards the kitchen, seeing that Ryan joined Luca in making coffee.
Ryan picked his daughter up and placed her in the high chair until her food were done before he handed it to her. Ryan and Luca both looked at each other and then Luca looked at Alex trying to signal something to Ryan making it uncomfortable for both of them. "Okay what's bothering the two of you?" Alex asked looking at the two of them waiting on their answer. "Do you have any idea how much I love you?" Ryan asked looking at her and she frowned.
"What do the two of you want?" She asked again walking over to her daughter's high chair and giving her food.
"You remember those tickets you gave me, well the game is this weekend and Luca and I need to bond so…."
"Yes just go so I can get a break from both of you." Alex decided, and the two of them smiled at each other as if that was the biggest achievement they ever had. "On one condition, the two of you make dinner and clean the kitchen for the rest of the week." She concluded looking at them as they sighed simultaneously. In an attempt to show how grateful he was Ryan got their daughter ready for day care and left the house a little earlier so he can see how his mother is doing.,
Dressed in sweats and sitting in a chair reading a journal Ryan was surprised to see his mother up and out of bed when h walked into her room. "What's going on here?" He questioned looking at her and the fact that her bed was made, but before she could answer the door opened revealing his sisters. Nadia walked over to him and greeted him friendly as if nothing was wrong, which he was grateful for but the other two stood stagnant in the doorway looking at him and then at her mother. "We'll come back later." Simone said as she and Amorey turned around.
"No, you are not." Theresa said and got up from the chair signalling that her two daughter should join their other two siblings in the not so big hospital room. "This ends right now. I need the four of you to make peace."
"Mom you mean the three of them, I'm not mad at anyone." Nadia said where she laid on the bed and ate her mother's breakfast, not bothering to become part of their family feud.
"I'm not going to apologize to him. He chose to abandon us when we needed him the most. If it hadn't been for Alex who knows when he would've showed up here? You know what Ryan, sometimes you're not so different than dad was." Simone said looking at her brother, her eyes spitting fire while he stood there not saying a word.
"He bailed when things got hard, and in the same line you did it too." Amorey said while Theresa looked at her bickering children and the one on the bed eating her breakfast. "They say hospital food sucks but this isn't too bad you know. Should I keep you some mom?" Nadia asked trying to get her mother to not worry about the other three but it didn't seem to help as she shrugged and continued eating.
"I had personal things to deal with, Alex and I weren't in a good space do you honestly think I would ignore you or not take time out to come see what's wrong with mom?" He asked trying to state his point in all of this. "And by the way, I am not dad. I'm as much mom's child as the three of you are and I'm tired of constantly being compared to him." Ryan yelled as his frustrations grew more with his sisters as he can't seem to get through to them and in them being upset over things as petty as this.
"Enough! All of you!" Theresa said out of breath looking at her children. "I woke up today and decided to give chemotherapy a try. But if this is what I'm going to be dealing with then maybe it'll be best if I let cancer win."
"Mom, don't say that." Nadia said now sitting up on the bed.
"I am sorry if your father wasn't the best role model, but your brother's right. He has a family of his own, he cannot be around 24/7 when his responsibilities is with them. "
"Stop taking his side, mom!" Simone yelled. "Ryan has a wife he can depend on when things get hard, who are we gonna go to when you're not there anymore? And I know I've been petty towards Ryan but we're not as strong as we pretend to be mom." She confessed looking at her sisters and her mother as it seems like now is the only time to talk openly and honestly about all of this.
"Nadia hasn't been performing at school and Amorey's been to the doctor twice in one week because of stress. The one person we can talk to is in hospital refusing to fight cancer and we cannot shop up at Ryan's house because he has his own things to deal with." Simone said softly wiping her eyes. "And using Ryan as a scapegoat felt like it made the load a bit more bearable."
Theresa was about to answer when the door opened and the nurse apologized for interrupting, but she explained that it was time for Theresa's chemotherapy and internally her children sighed gratefully and were thankful for the fact that their mother decided to go ahead and fight. She looked between the four of them before following the nurse out the door.
"Are you alright?" Ryan asked looking at his eldest sister and she nodded her head, but he walked over to her and hugged her regardless, the other two joining them in their group hug making Ryan and Simone laugh a little. "By the way, you guys are always welcome at the house. I'm making dinner so you're invited."
"I think I'll pass Nadia laughed." As the four of them walked towards the cafeteria to get something to eat while waiting on their mother's return. The thought of having to go to work soon forgotten.
Hey guys! Its been a while, here's another one. I will try to upload another chapter tomorrow depending on my workload, but I will try my best to make time for writing. Thank s for reading. This was for all of you who asked that they make peace and that Theresa fight the cancer.
Lovies-S
