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Disclaim.
OMG, an update? This story ISN'T dead? I know, I know I've been a bad writer. Shame on me. Things got in the way, among writers block, and school. But, I am back and hopefully I'll keep updating. But I need to be bugged or it won't get done. So annoy me.
Also a little change, David isn't seeing Eve secretly, but Ivy. Eve and Julian are happily married, Sam and Grace divorced, Grace and David married, and Sam is seeing someone (mysterious).
Chapter 6
Arm and arm they entered the mansion and Paloma cringed as she saw the crowd of people. All there to support whatever cause Alistair had dragged them there for.
She saw the glares, all from women who all thought the same things. She shouldn't be on the arm of a Crane, one of the wealthiest men in the world, she was trash, they deserved him, he was perfect for them. She was an outcast in a world she didn't want to be in. The only thing that made her feel ok was him at her side.
"Father." He whispered.
Mentally she rolled her eyes, Julian was not her biggest fan. He didn't hate her, but he sure didn't approve of the marriage. She was lucky to have his stepmother and mother on her side. Both Ivy and Eve adored her, "Your father is glaring at me again."
But he didn't seem to hear her, "Fox, it's been too long. How've you been?"
Paloma looked up and saw that Fox was talking to Dylan, she sighed. Every time the two of them got together something bad always happened, "Nicholas I'm going to go get something to drink."
He paused and turned to her, "Alright, I'll be around. I figure we can get out of here in about an hour, hour in a half. I'll find you." He gave her a quick kiss on the lips and she walked off.
She grabbed a glass of champagne from a walking waiter and moved over to the corner, lest someone try and approach her. Suddenly she was surrounded, by THEM.
"I love the dress, is it an original?" Paloma was wearing a simple knee length red dress, it tied in the bad and had rhinestones on it, while it looked nice on her it wasn't the most stunning thing ever. She rolled her eyes as she knew they were simply nitpicking her.
"So what's it like being married to a Crane?" How often did they ask her this?
"We haven't seen you around in awhile, have you and Fox been fighting?" No we've been avoiding 'dinners' like this like the plague.
Four or five of the most obnoxious girls she knew and they were poking and prodding her. "Well, only one thing to do," she thought. "Get really drunk." She polished off the champagne quickly and looked for another waiter with something stronger.
"Fox looks really good tonight." Subtle.
"You are so lucky to have him!"
"I heard he's the best lover, is that true?!"
"Don't you wonder if he's really in love with you? I mean he used to be such a playboy!"
"Is he cheating on you? That's got to be horrible!"
"He and I had a one night stand in London a few years ago, but I know he enjoyed it. Is that hard, knowing he's had a taste of me? I wonder if he dreams about me?"
"What?!" Paloma was about to attack when a little help appeared.
"Excuse me ladies, but can I steal my sister away for just a second?" Suddenly the mindless chatter stopped and Paloma breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hi Antonio."
"Hey Antonio."
"Who are you here with tonight?"
"Yeah where's your date?"
"Hello ladies. I'm here alone tonight, but I really need to talk to Paloma." He grabbed his sister's hand and dragged her outside.
"Thank you so much for that." Paloma took a deep breath, "It's so beautiful out here."
"Yeah, it is nice." Paloma looked over at her brother and saw him deep in thought. He had changed so much in the last few years. He wasn't the same person at all. He had first come to town being in love with some mystery woman Diana with amnesia and thinking he was dying to now. A successful businessman, who preferred to staying single rather then have a new woman on his arm every party. He had long ago ditched those horrible farmer style shirts and started wearing more casual t-shirts when he could get away with it and nicer button up shirts when the occasion called for it.
"What are you thinking about?" She asked him suddenly. It wasn't rare for him to be deep in thought, but usually when he was everyone knew to leave him alone.
"Heh, nothing really. Just--When you and Fox got together, everyone was really upset about it, right?"
Paloma looked at her brother as if he'd grown a second head, "What do Nicholas and I have to do with anything?"
"It's just you were so sure of things when you met him. Mama was furious with you and Luis almost killed him." Antonio stopped when he noticed Paloma laughing, "What?"
"I wasn't sure AT ALL when I met him. I mean Fox is a known playboy, and he was kind of a jerk. Well, he was a smooth talker and I didn't really need that. So, he sort of kept bugging me and I gave in. But I was so hesitant to keep a relationship up with him that I pushed him away. Then mama and Luis flipped out and I started dating him again just to bother them. I mean it was sort of spiteful but then I started having real feelings for him. The fact that everyone was so against us being together is kind of what made me look at him differently. I mean. . . no one could be as bad as they were portraying him." Paloma stopped and looked at Antonio, "Sorry, I get a little caught up."
"No, I mean it's nice to hear you talk about it. Your eyes light up."
"Yeah, well we were talking about YOU and what you were thinking of. What do Fox and I have to do with anything?" Paloma eyed her brother suspiciously, "Are you seeing someone that the family wouldn't approve of?"
Antonio blushed, "It's not that I'm seeing anyone. I'm not. It's just who I'd like to see. But it's kind of. . .hard. It's just that she --"
::CRASH::
"What was that?" Paloma looked around for the source of the noise.
"Do you hear that?" Antonio walked towards the area the crash was from.
"What?"
"It sounds like a kid, crying." Before Paloma could get a word out Antonio took off.
"Antonio!" Paloma called taking off after him.
Meanwhile on the other side of the Crane Estate. . .
Sheridan set out the dinner plates and smiled when she saw the girls outside playing tag with Sam and Kay.
"They're so cute." Gwen commented as she placed a bowl of pasta on the table.
"Yeah, it's nice to see Kay with her father." Sheridan thought of her father and her non-relationship with him, "Some children aren't that lucky."
"If you ever tell Luis he'll be angry I know, but in the end he'll be happy to have a child." Gwen said, misinterpreting what father Sheridan was talking about.
Before Sheridan could correct her Mika ran inside with Kay on her trail, "I'm gonna get you!"
Mika giggled and ran around the table, hiding behind her mother, "Nu-uh!" Sticking out her tongue.
"You can't use your mother as a base you little cheat!"
"Can so!" Mika giggled then took off out the door again before Kay could argue.
"That girl has way too much energy." Kay commented.
"Where's Shy?" Sheridan asked.
"My dad's chasing after her. Now, I have to go track down Mika." Kay headed out the back door again.
"Oh, Kay, wrap it up. Dinner's almost ready." Gwen said.
Kay nodded then spotted Mika hiding behind a tree, "I'm gonna get 'cha!" Kay ran after her.
Just then the doorbell rang, "Could you get that Gwen?" Sheridan asked as she stirred the sauce.
"Yeah." Gwen headed to the front of the house and opened the door.
"Gwen? What are you doing here?"
"I live here, well temporally. But, what are you doing here Hank?"
"Kay invited me. We were going to have dinner but she asked me to come here instead." Hank explained.
"Oh. Well come in."
::CRASH::
"What was that?!" Gwen asked.
Sheridan looked out the window and saw Mika, "MIKA come inside!" Better be safe then sorry, she thought.
Though the noise came from more towards the mansion Kay got a sick feeling in her stomach, "Shylah." She took off in that direction as she saw her father bringing Mika in.
As she got closer she heard sobs, the sobs of a child, "Oh my lord. Shy!!" She called. The sick feeling turned to fear, as she got no response. "SHY!" She screamed. "SHYLAH SOLANA BENNETT, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME ANSWER ME!!!" Suddenly the sobs stopped, Kay's heart almost stopped, she reached a clearing and saw her daughter lying on the ground. "Oh my god, baby." Running over to her she saw that she was still breathing, she was unconscious, not dead, but the loud "crash" had been a tree, falling on her.
Shylah's leg was caught under the tree and there seemed to be no one around, "HELP!" Kay stroked her daughter's face, "It'll be ok baby." She heard a noise coming from the bushes and a figure approached, "Daddy, Shy's caught under the tree!"
"KAY?!" She looked up and saw Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald looking confused.
"You're not my father." She said quietly.
~*~
Fox laughed at something Dylan said when he suddenly noticed Paloma was missing, "Dylan, have you seen Paloma?"
Looking around, Dylan shook his head, "She was 'talking' to those girls over there, but I don't know where she went after that."
"I'm going to go look for her."
"Maybe your brother's seen her." Dylan pointed over to the corner where he and his girlfriend were talking with Whitney Russell, "Oh, can you send Whitney over in my direction?"
"I'll ask him. " Fox said ignoring his request and he walked over and greeted the three of them, "Hey guys."
"Fox." Charity said smiling, "How are you?"
"Good thanks, have any of you seen my wife?"
Whitney shook her head, "No, sorry."
"Brother John?" Fox said turning to his newfound half brother.
"I think she headed outside with Antonio. But I'm not sure, that was awhile ago." John pointed to the doors leading to the veranda.
"Thank you. Oh, Whitney Dylan wanted to talk to you." Fox nodded in his direction.
"Oh, he did? Ok." Whitney walked over towards him as Fox headed outside.
~*~
I hope it wasn't too confusing and that you all enjoyed it. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon. Let me know what you think and review, review, review!!!
Disclaim.
OMG, an update? This story ISN'T dead? I know, I know I've been a bad writer. Shame on me. Things got in the way, among writers block, and school. But, I am back and hopefully I'll keep updating. But I need to be bugged or it won't get done. So annoy me.
Also a little change, David isn't seeing Eve secretly, but Ivy. Eve and Julian are happily married, Sam and Grace divorced, Grace and David married, and Sam is seeing someone (mysterious).
Chapter 6
Arm and arm they entered the mansion and Paloma cringed as she saw the crowd of people. All there to support whatever cause Alistair had dragged them there for.
She saw the glares, all from women who all thought the same things. She shouldn't be on the arm of a Crane, one of the wealthiest men in the world, she was trash, they deserved him, he was perfect for them. She was an outcast in a world she didn't want to be in. The only thing that made her feel ok was him at her side.
"Father." He whispered.
Mentally she rolled her eyes, Julian was not her biggest fan. He didn't hate her, but he sure didn't approve of the marriage. She was lucky to have his stepmother and mother on her side. Both Ivy and Eve adored her, "Your father is glaring at me again."
But he didn't seem to hear her, "Fox, it's been too long. How've you been?"
Paloma looked up and saw that Fox was talking to Dylan, she sighed. Every time the two of them got together something bad always happened, "Nicholas I'm going to go get something to drink."
He paused and turned to her, "Alright, I'll be around. I figure we can get out of here in about an hour, hour in a half. I'll find you." He gave her a quick kiss on the lips and she walked off.
She grabbed a glass of champagne from a walking waiter and moved over to the corner, lest someone try and approach her. Suddenly she was surrounded, by THEM.
"I love the dress, is it an original?" Paloma was wearing a simple knee length red dress, it tied in the bad and had rhinestones on it, while it looked nice on her it wasn't the most stunning thing ever. She rolled her eyes as she knew they were simply nitpicking her.
"So what's it like being married to a Crane?" How often did they ask her this?
"We haven't seen you around in awhile, have you and Fox been fighting?" No we've been avoiding 'dinners' like this like the plague.
Four or five of the most obnoxious girls she knew and they were poking and prodding her. "Well, only one thing to do," she thought. "Get really drunk." She polished off the champagne quickly and looked for another waiter with something stronger.
"Fox looks really good tonight." Subtle.
"You are so lucky to have him!"
"I heard he's the best lover, is that true?!"
"Don't you wonder if he's really in love with you? I mean he used to be such a playboy!"
"Is he cheating on you? That's got to be horrible!"
"He and I had a one night stand in London a few years ago, but I know he enjoyed it. Is that hard, knowing he's had a taste of me? I wonder if he dreams about me?"
"What?!" Paloma was about to attack when a little help appeared.
"Excuse me ladies, but can I steal my sister away for just a second?" Suddenly the mindless chatter stopped and Paloma breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hi Antonio."
"Hey Antonio."
"Who are you here with tonight?"
"Yeah where's your date?"
"Hello ladies. I'm here alone tonight, but I really need to talk to Paloma." He grabbed his sister's hand and dragged her outside.
"Thank you so much for that." Paloma took a deep breath, "It's so beautiful out here."
"Yeah, it is nice." Paloma looked over at her brother and saw him deep in thought. He had changed so much in the last few years. He wasn't the same person at all. He had first come to town being in love with some mystery woman Diana with amnesia and thinking he was dying to now. A successful businessman, who preferred to staying single rather then have a new woman on his arm every party. He had long ago ditched those horrible farmer style shirts and started wearing more casual t-shirts when he could get away with it and nicer button up shirts when the occasion called for it.
"What are you thinking about?" She asked him suddenly. It wasn't rare for him to be deep in thought, but usually when he was everyone knew to leave him alone.
"Heh, nothing really. Just--When you and Fox got together, everyone was really upset about it, right?"
Paloma looked at her brother as if he'd grown a second head, "What do Nicholas and I have to do with anything?"
"It's just you were so sure of things when you met him. Mama was furious with you and Luis almost killed him." Antonio stopped when he noticed Paloma laughing, "What?"
"I wasn't sure AT ALL when I met him. I mean Fox is a known playboy, and he was kind of a jerk. Well, he was a smooth talker and I didn't really need that. So, he sort of kept bugging me and I gave in. But I was so hesitant to keep a relationship up with him that I pushed him away. Then mama and Luis flipped out and I started dating him again just to bother them. I mean it was sort of spiteful but then I started having real feelings for him. The fact that everyone was so against us being together is kind of what made me look at him differently. I mean. . . no one could be as bad as they were portraying him." Paloma stopped and looked at Antonio, "Sorry, I get a little caught up."
"No, I mean it's nice to hear you talk about it. Your eyes light up."
"Yeah, well we were talking about YOU and what you were thinking of. What do Fox and I have to do with anything?" Paloma eyed her brother suspiciously, "Are you seeing someone that the family wouldn't approve of?"
Antonio blushed, "It's not that I'm seeing anyone. I'm not. It's just who I'd like to see. But it's kind of. . .hard. It's just that she --"
::CRASH::
"What was that?" Paloma looked around for the source of the noise.
"Do you hear that?" Antonio walked towards the area the crash was from.
"What?"
"It sounds like a kid, crying." Before Paloma could get a word out Antonio took off.
"Antonio!" Paloma called taking off after him.
Meanwhile on the other side of the Crane Estate. . .
Sheridan set out the dinner plates and smiled when she saw the girls outside playing tag with Sam and Kay.
"They're so cute." Gwen commented as she placed a bowl of pasta on the table.
"Yeah, it's nice to see Kay with her father." Sheridan thought of her father and her non-relationship with him, "Some children aren't that lucky."
"If you ever tell Luis he'll be angry I know, but in the end he'll be happy to have a child." Gwen said, misinterpreting what father Sheridan was talking about.
Before Sheridan could correct her Mika ran inside with Kay on her trail, "I'm gonna get you!"
Mika giggled and ran around the table, hiding behind her mother, "Nu-uh!" Sticking out her tongue.
"You can't use your mother as a base you little cheat!"
"Can so!" Mika giggled then took off out the door again before Kay could argue.
"That girl has way too much energy." Kay commented.
"Where's Shy?" Sheridan asked.
"My dad's chasing after her. Now, I have to go track down Mika." Kay headed out the back door again.
"Oh, Kay, wrap it up. Dinner's almost ready." Gwen said.
Kay nodded then spotted Mika hiding behind a tree, "I'm gonna get 'cha!" Kay ran after her.
Just then the doorbell rang, "Could you get that Gwen?" Sheridan asked as she stirred the sauce.
"Yeah." Gwen headed to the front of the house and opened the door.
"Gwen? What are you doing here?"
"I live here, well temporally. But, what are you doing here Hank?"
"Kay invited me. We were going to have dinner but she asked me to come here instead." Hank explained.
"Oh. Well come in."
::CRASH::
"What was that?!" Gwen asked.
Sheridan looked out the window and saw Mika, "MIKA come inside!" Better be safe then sorry, she thought.
Though the noise came from more towards the mansion Kay got a sick feeling in her stomach, "Shylah." She took off in that direction as she saw her father bringing Mika in.
As she got closer she heard sobs, the sobs of a child, "Oh my lord. Shy!!" She called. The sick feeling turned to fear, as she got no response. "SHY!" She screamed. "SHYLAH SOLANA BENNETT, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME ANSWER ME!!!" Suddenly the sobs stopped, Kay's heart almost stopped, she reached a clearing and saw her daughter lying on the ground. "Oh my god, baby." Running over to her she saw that she was still breathing, she was unconscious, not dead, but the loud "crash" had been a tree, falling on her.
Shylah's leg was caught under the tree and there seemed to be no one around, "HELP!" Kay stroked her daughter's face, "It'll be ok baby." She heard a noise coming from the bushes and a figure approached, "Daddy, Shy's caught under the tree!"
"KAY?!" She looked up and saw Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald looking confused.
"You're not my father." She said quietly.
~*~
Fox laughed at something Dylan said when he suddenly noticed Paloma was missing, "Dylan, have you seen Paloma?"
Looking around, Dylan shook his head, "She was 'talking' to those girls over there, but I don't know where she went after that."
"I'm going to go look for her."
"Maybe your brother's seen her." Dylan pointed over to the corner where he and his girlfriend were talking with Whitney Russell, "Oh, can you send Whitney over in my direction?"
"I'll ask him. " Fox said ignoring his request and he walked over and greeted the three of them, "Hey guys."
"Fox." Charity said smiling, "How are you?"
"Good thanks, have any of you seen my wife?"
Whitney shook her head, "No, sorry."
"Brother John?" Fox said turning to his newfound half brother.
"I think she headed outside with Antonio. But I'm not sure, that was awhile ago." John pointed to the doors leading to the veranda.
"Thank you. Oh, Whitney Dylan wanted to talk to you." Fox nodded in his direction.
"Oh, he did? Ok." Whitney walked over towards him as Fox headed outside.
~*~
I hope it wasn't too confusing and that you all enjoyed it. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon. Let me know what you think and review, review, review!!!
