Chapter 29- Not My Baby!
**"Lillian, I'm going to go wake the boys," Lionel told his wife.
"I'll do it sweetheart," Lillian said standing up from the elaborate vanity table. Lillian slipped on her silk robe and walked across the hall to another room. There was an eleven-year old asleep in the bed. Lillian sat next him and began to rub his back affectionately.
"Alexander, it's time to wake up, baby," Lillian said softly.
"Not yet, Mom," Alexander moaned.
"Yes, darling. I'll go get Julian, you need to be up by the time I get back," Lillian said standing and leaving.
Lillian hummed happily as she made her way to a room down the hall. She flipped on the dim lamp and walked to the white bassinet.
"Julian-" she said stopping short.
The baby was totally still and had a bluish tint to its skin.
"Julian?" Lillian asked picking him up.
The baby wasn't breathing.
"Julian?!?" Lillian asked becoming frantic. "Julian!!" Lillian clutched the lifeless baby and screamed.
A moment later Lionel came running in. "Lilly, what is it?"
"He-He's not breathing," she said starting to sob. "He's-He's-He's-" she couldn't bring herself to say 'dead.'
Lionel took Julian as Alexander ran in.
"Momma, what's wrong?" Alexander asked.
"Go to your room," Lionel commanded harshly.
"What's wrong with Julian?" Alexander asked as Lillian took the limp baby into her arms.
"No…no, no, no," Lillian said over and over again as tears streamed down her pale cheeks.
"Lex, go!" Lionel shouted.
"Momma, why are you crying?" Alexander asked moving to his beloved mother's side.
"Now, Alexander!" Lionel boomed, grabbing Alexander's arm roughly and throwing him towards the door.
"Oh, God! No…no, no, no. Please?!?" Lillian begged.
Lex took one last look at his parents and fled the room.**
Chloe woke with a start. She rolled onto her back to think. The man had been Lionel. From her previous dream she knew the boy to be Lex, and the woman to be Lex's mother. Who was the baby? Obviously he was Lex's brother, but Lex had never spoken of a brother.
Chloe was lying on a large pallet between Lex and Lana. She turned to face Lex while she thought. Chloe had no idea if this dream was reality or her imagination. From the others, she was pretty sure it was something that had really happened. If it had happened it would explain why Lex was so troubled. First, his brother, then his mother? How horrible!
Chloe decided to ask Lex about his 'brother' in the morning. She mentally filed away the name Julian.
Chloe yawned and scooted closer to Lex. She laid her head on his chest and draped an arm across his stomach. Lex wrapped his arms tightly around Chloe without waking up. Chloe was asleep within minutes.
**"Lillian, I'm going to go wake the boys," Lionel told his wife.
"I'll do it sweetheart," Lillian said standing up from the elaborate vanity table. Lillian slipped on her silk robe and walked across the hall to another room. There was an eleven-year old asleep in the bed. Lillian sat next him and began to rub his back affectionately.
"Alexander, it's time to wake up, baby," Lillian said softly.
"Not yet, Mom," Alexander moaned.
"Yes, darling. I'll go get Julian, you need to be up by the time I get back," Lillian said standing and leaving.
Lillian hummed happily as she made her way to a room down the hall. She flipped on the dim lamp and walked to the white bassinet.
"Julian-" she said stopping short.
The baby was totally still and had a bluish tint to its skin.
"Julian?" Lillian asked picking him up.
The baby wasn't breathing.
"Julian?!?" Lillian asked becoming frantic. "Julian!!" Lillian clutched the lifeless baby and screamed.
A moment later Lionel came running in. "Lilly, what is it?"
"He-He's not breathing," she said starting to sob. "He's-He's-He's-" she couldn't bring herself to say 'dead.'
Lionel took Julian as Alexander ran in.
"Momma, what's wrong?" Alexander asked.
"Go to your room," Lionel commanded harshly.
"What's wrong with Julian?" Alexander asked as Lillian took the limp baby into her arms.
"No…no, no, no," Lillian said over and over again as tears streamed down her pale cheeks.
"Lex, go!" Lionel shouted.
"Momma, why are you crying?" Alexander asked moving to his beloved mother's side.
"Now, Alexander!" Lionel boomed, grabbing Alexander's arm roughly and throwing him towards the door.
"Oh, God! No…no, no, no. Please?!?" Lillian begged.
Lex took one last look at his parents and fled the room.**
Chloe woke with a start. She rolled onto her back to think. The man had been Lionel. From her previous dream she knew the boy to be Lex, and the woman to be Lex's mother. Who was the baby? Obviously he was Lex's brother, but Lex had never spoken of a brother.
Chloe was lying on a large pallet between Lex and Lana. She turned to face Lex while she thought. Chloe had no idea if this dream was reality or her imagination. From the others, she was pretty sure it was something that had really happened. If it had happened it would explain why Lex was so troubled. First, his brother, then his mother? How horrible!
Chloe decided to ask Lex about his 'brother' in the morning. She mentally filed away the name Julian.
Chloe yawned and scooted closer to Lex. She laid her head on his chest and draped an arm across his stomach. Lex wrapped his arms tightly around Chloe without waking up. Chloe was asleep within minutes.