Chapter 4
Matt got home and was surprised to see his sister Mary there waiting for him. "Mary, what are you doing here? ", asked Matt. "I wanted to ask you how everything with Ruthie? ", replied Mary. "Everything is fine, she even told me that she is quitting smoking. It's that great? ", Matt said. "Yeah, that is great Matt. ", replied Sarah. "Matt, what makes you think that she is telling you the truth? I means she could be lying to you. ", said Mary. "Ruthie has always been sneaky and not always honest" Mary said. "Look I trust Ruthie, Okay? If she says that she quit smoking then she is going to quit smoking. ", Matt replied. "Okay, lets change the subject. Um. why don't we all go into the kitchen, dinner is ready. ", said Sarah. Finally this family isn't so perfect after all thought Sarah.
As they all sat down to eat dinner, the phone rang. Sarah picked it up. "Hello, Camden residence. ", said Sarah. It was Simon. "Hi Sarah, is Matt there? I really need to talk to him." "Sure Simon, hold on I'll go get him." Sarah replied. "Matt's it's Simon, he really needs to talk to you." "Okay" said Matt. "Hey Simon, what's the matter?" asked Matt. "Well. mom is really out of it" said Simon. "What do you mean?" asked Matt. "Well this afternoon, she started to cry for now reason. Then when I asked her what has wrong she yelled at me and ran out of the house and she hasn't been back yet. ", said Simon. "Well. aren't you going to go and try to find her? ", demanded Matt. "I can't leave Sam and David here by themselves can I? ", Simon answered. "Okay, call me when she gets back. ", said Matt. "Alright. ", replied Simon.
Annie drove to the church. She pulled into the church's parking lot. She sat in her car crying about 20 minutes. She had to talk to someone, but didn't know who. Then she though of Chandler. When she had gotten herself together, she walked into the church. She didn't even look at Eric's office. She walked to Chandler's office and noticed that the door was shut, so she knocked on the door. "Come in. ", said Chandler. When he saw that is was Annie he immediately got up from his desk. "Annie what brings you here? ", he asked. Annie started to cry again. Chandler helped her to a chair. "What's wrong Annie? ", Chandler asked. "I don't know where to begin with this whole mess. ", Annie cried. "My family is falling apart. I found out that Eric has been having an affair for almost a year now. Ruthie is smoking. Everything is just falling apart. Also there has been this big secret that I can't bring myself to tell Eric." Chandler looked at Annie for a few minutes and started to talk. "Maybe you should be talking to Eric about this." said Chandler. Annie had this weird expression on her face. "No no I can't tell Eric. This could actually hurt him. As mad as I am at him I don't want to hurt him." said Annie.
Annie sat there for a few minutes thinking about how to tell Chandler about the secret that she had been hiding for such a long time. "Chandler, I have been holding this secret in for such a long time. You are the first person that I am ever going to tell. I never told anyone before you. The twins Sam and David are not Eric's kids. 9 months before they were born I had a one-night stand with a man named Tom. I knew they were not Eric's because the timing is not right, and they don't look like him." Said Annie still crying. Chandler was in shock. He never knew the people at the church like he knew the Camden's. He never thought that this would ever happen to the Camden family. "Annie..........I don't know what to say. Usually if someone else I didn't know as much as I know your family, I would tell them to work out their problems. If they couldn't do that, I would suggest a divorce. I love your family. Of course Eric was not as nice to me as he is now, but we are managing. I always thought of the Camdens as a second family for me." Said Chandler.
Matt got home and was surprised to see his sister Mary there waiting for him. "Mary, what are you doing here? ", asked Matt. "I wanted to ask you how everything with Ruthie? ", replied Mary. "Everything is fine, she even told me that she is quitting smoking. It's that great? ", Matt said. "Yeah, that is great Matt. ", replied Sarah. "Matt, what makes you think that she is telling you the truth? I means she could be lying to you. ", said Mary. "Ruthie has always been sneaky and not always honest" Mary said. "Look I trust Ruthie, Okay? If she says that she quit smoking then she is going to quit smoking. ", Matt replied. "Okay, lets change the subject. Um. why don't we all go into the kitchen, dinner is ready. ", said Sarah. Finally this family isn't so perfect after all thought Sarah.
As they all sat down to eat dinner, the phone rang. Sarah picked it up. "Hello, Camden residence. ", said Sarah. It was Simon. "Hi Sarah, is Matt there? I really need to talk to him." "Sure Simon, hold on I'll go get him." Sarah replied. "Matt's it's Simon, he really needs to talk to you." "Okay" said Matt. "Hey Simon, what's the matter?" asked Matt. "Well. mom is really out of it" said Simon. "What do you mean?" asked Matt. "Well this afternoon, she started to cry for now reason. Then when I asked her what has wrong she yelled at me and ran out of the house and she hasn't been back yet. ", said Simon. "Well. aren't you going to go and try to find her? ", demanded Matt. "I can't leave Sam and David here by themselves can I? ", Simon answered. "Okay, call me when she gets back. ", said Matt. "Alright. ", replied Simon.
Annie drove to the church. She pulled into the church's parking lot. She sat in her car crying about 20 minutes. She had to talk to someone, but didn't know who. Then she though of Chandler. When she had gotten herself together, she walked into the church. She didn't even look at Eric's office. She walked to Chandler's office and noticed that the door was shut, so she knocked on the door. "Come in. ", said Chandler. When he saw that is was Annie he immediately got up from his desk. "Annie what brings you here? ", he asked. Annie started to cry again. Chandler helped her to a chair. "What's wrong Annie? ", Chandler asked. "I don't know where to begin with this whole mess. ", Annie cried. "My family is falling apart. I found out that Eric has been having an affair for almost a year now. Ruthie is smoking. Everything is just falling apart. Also there has been this big secret that I can't bring myself to tell Eric." Chandler looked at Annie for a few minutes and started to talk. "Maybe you should be talking to Eric about this." said Chandler. Annie had this weird expression on her face. "No no I can't tell Eric. This could actually hurt him. As mad as I am at him I don't want to hurt him." said Annie.
Annie sat there for a few minutes thinking about how to tell Chandler about the secret that she had been hiding for such a long time. "Chandler, I have been holding this secret in for such a long time. You are the first person that I am ever going to tell. I never told anyone before you. The twins Sam and David are not Eric's kids. 9 months before they were born I had a one-night stand with a man named Tom. I knew they were not Eric's because the timing is not right, and they don't look like him." Said Annie still crying. Chandler was in shock. He never knew the people at the church like he knew the Camden's. He never thought that this would ever happen to the Camden family. "Annie..........I don't know what to say. Usually if someone else I didn't know as much as I know your family, I would tell them to work out their problems. If they couldn't do that, I would suggest a divorce. I love your family. Of course Eric was not as nice to me as he is now, but we are managing. I always thought of the Camdens as a second family for me." Said Chandler.