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Til The End Ch.5

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Roberts House

The household was tense to say the least.

Lucas wasn't speaking at all, Will was taking after his father and being silent, Greta had tried to talk, but the two silent males hadn't cooperated, which left six –old year Gina, trying to carry the entire conversation.

"Then Mrs. Jones said since I found him, I got to name him, so I named him…."

"Give it up Gina, no one cares." Will couldn't believe that she was still talking, didn't she feel the hostility in the air, and it was like being with in a room with Grandma and his mom.

"Watch you tone, Will, and leave your sister alone." Lucas was feeling guilty again, he hadn't meant to bring his feelings about Chloe and Brady into the house, but he couldn't help it, no matter what Chloe said, he blamed someone, and it was Brady. Not only that but he had to deal with the fact that his sister had been lying to him for over two years.

"Guys, why you go do your homework, Dad and need to talk?" Greta knew what Lucas was thinking, and it needed to be stopped now, before it starting tearing them apart. "Will, can you help Gina with her work."

"Sure, come on rug rat." Will took the plates that he and Gina used and waited by the kitchen door to for to say goodnight to everyone, rolled his eyes, when tried to finish her story. "Let's go Gina, Dad and Greta want to fight."

"We're not fighting." Greta rubbed her temple as she tried to convince not just herself, but also her 14-year-old stepson.

Lucas looked at his wife and raised an eyebrow, he didn't want to fight, but he knew it was going to happen. He heard the door shut, and looked up at his wife. " I know, I shouldn't be this angry, but she's been lying to me."

"Well, I imagine it hard to tell your big brother, that your marriage is over." "Especially, when it's you."

"Why especially, me?"

"Lucas, you put Chloe on this pedestal of perfection, where your little sister can do no wrong" She ignores his scoff. "You do, and she loves it, she lives for your approval, and she was probably scared that you'd be disappointed in her, and after your performance tonight she was justified."

"You don't do the same thing with Brady."

"I try not to, but the point it they're divorced, and we just have to deal with it without letting it interfere with our marriage."

Will runs back into the room with the phone. "Greta, it's Grandpa John."

Greta takes the phone, and walks into the kitchen. "Hey Dad."

Miles away John straightens at the strange sound in her voice. "Hey, what's wrong?"

Greta debates telling her father what she knows, but decides it Brady place to tell his parents about the collapse of his marriage. "Nothing just the usual."

"Oh, Lucas." John chuckles to himself, he loves his son-in law, but he knows the man can test Greta's patience.  

"Yeah, what's up with you, aren't you usually at Tuscany, by now?" Greta checked her watch and sure enough it was seven o'clock, and their standing reservation was for six thirty.

"Change of Plans, Brady's coming home."

Greta drops the phone, and tries to calm her heart, she didn't know the exact status of Brady and Chloe relationship since the divorce, but the thought of Chloe and her boyfriend this close to Brady, was definitely a recipe for disaster. "What?"

"I said Brady's coming home, in fact he should be touching down now."

"Wow, that's interesting Dad." Lucas entered the kitchen and gave a concerned to look to his wife, that was now very pale and fanning herself, he mouths 'what's wrong'. Covering the phone she. "Brady's home."

Lucas rolls his eyes and begins muttering under his breath.

"Greta are you alright?" John tightens his grip on the phone. "Did you need me and Brady to beat some sense into your husband?"

"NO, I mean, no." The thought of Brady arriving at her house now with Lucas so mad at him, was putting visions of hospital waiting rooms and police stations in Greta's head. "How bout I come over, and spend so time away."

"Ok, we'll be waiting for you, Bye sweetie."

"Bye Dad." Greta hangs up the phone and ventures a look at Lucas, who is rubbing his fist in a menacing manner." You're not invited, and stop doing that, you heard what Chloe said, it was no ones fault."

" Yeah, whatever."

Wesley House

Craig looked at his watch as his opened the door, and gasped in shock to see his daughter on the doorstep. "Chloe." Forgetting his shock his wraps her in a hug and pulls her into the house. "What didn't you call, we would have picked you up?" Craig watches her look down, and finally notices that Chloe is not alone, but the identify of companion leaves his speechless.

"Hi Dr. Wesley, I'm Jason Masters."

"I know who you are." The tone implied that Craig did in fact no exactly who he was, and what he was doing here.

"Craig who's at the door?" Nancy Wesley walked into the foyer and squealed with delight at the sight of Chloe. "CHLOE."

"Hi Mom." Breaking away from Craig, Chloe goes to embrace her mother.  

Nancy held onto Chloe at tight as she could, not wanting to break contact, in case it was a dream, but when she looked past Chloe to see Craig glaring at a blonde man in the doorway, the pieces fell into place. "Oh Honey."

"Mom, it's…"

"That's okay Chloe, we understand." Craig ushered Jason into the house, and shut the door, before leading them into the living room.

"Your fathers, right." Nancy pats her daughter's cheek. "But I have someone that will cheer you up." Nancy walks into the dinning room, and returns hold a small child with dark black hair and blues eyes.

Chloe face lights up at the sight. "Hey Gabriela." Opening her arms the small girl runs to embrace her. "How are you sweetie?"

Craig puts an arm around his wife's shoulders and smiles at the sight. "Much better, now that her big sister is here."

"Well, I'm much better now that I'm with her too."

Black Penthouse

Belle knew something was up, Greta had arrived and been distant, and quiet, she knew that her sister had fought with Lucas, but usually she would just vent about annoying he was. Seeing her parents go into the kitchen to get refreshment, Belle made her way over to her sister.

"Alright, what's up princess?" Greta eyes widen and then she looks toward the door. "And don't say Lucas, because obviously this is about Brady."

"I'm just stressed, with this party for Mac, and the surprise of Brady coming home."

Belle is open to grill her further when the door bell rings, Belle jumps up and runs to the door to let Brady in. "Oh my God." Greta looks up and sees her brother enter with a blonde woman on his arm.

John and Marlena enter and stop at the sight.

Brady puts a protective arm around Marie and he leads her further into the room. "Guys, I want you to meet my fiancée Marie."

Greta drops her head into her hands as the scenario of Brady and Chloe meeting each other ends in bloodshed fills her head.

"Brady how exactly do you have a fiancée when you still have a wife?" Belle heard her father's question, but was to caught up in the pain of the realizing that Brady and Chloe were over, just like her and Shawn.