Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. I'm just borrowing them. I don't get paid for these stories; this is purely for entertainment purposes.
Author: Kimmi
Feedback: Yes please.
Rating: PG13
Authors note: Here is another part. I'm posting as many as I can. Sorry for the delay. I hope you enjoy this part.
Summary: Miss Parker meets Jackson for the first time. How will she react to meeting the long lost uncle she never knew she had? The Centre tries to convince Chrissie that she will lose one of the babies. How will she react when she hears their plans?
Strange Things Happen
Part 12
Jarod led Miss Parker up the steps to Jackson's house. He still hadn't told her that Jackson was her uncle. He had promised that Jackson could tell her. He held her hand tight as he rang the bell. She was nervous. She knew that he had been Jarod's mother friend so, for her, it was like if she had his approval she would have Margaret's. She clutched tighter to him as Jackson opened the door.
"Jarod, it's good to see you again." Jackson pulled Jarod into a bear hug. Jarod laughed.
"It's good to see you again as well Jackson. I'd like you to meet Miranda." Jackson looked at Miss Parker and gasped. Tears welled in his eyes.
"Oh my god, you look so much like Cat. Come here." He pulled her into a hug. Miss Parker was confused.
"Did you… did you know my mother?" Jackson smiled.
"I think you'd better come inside."
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Chrissie was sitting waiting for her doctor's appointment. She had been experiencing some pain in her stomach. She was sure it was nothing but Mr. Parker made her go to the doctors about it.
"Mrs. Parker, I think you should know that one of the babies isn't developing as well as we would like." Chrissie was shocked. She hadn't felt as though one wasn't developing properly.
"What do you mean? Which one isn't doing well, the boy or the girl?" The doctor looked at his chart.
"It's the, ah, boy." Chrissie instinctively put her hand on the right side of her stomach.
"Are you sure? I mean, there has to be a mistake." The doctor shook his head.
"There is no mistake. I'm afraid that if you don't have a lot of rest and do what I tell you to do then you might lose the baby." Tears welled up in Chrissie's eyes.
"Okay. What do I have to do?" The doctor handed her some pills.
"Have plenty of rest and take two of these each day. This is a Centre made drug that we're hoping should help the baby." Chrissie nodded and put the pills in her bag. She stood to leave.
"Thank you very much doctor." The doctor nodded. He saw the tears in her eyes and called out to her.
"We caught it early. We might be able to save it." Chrissie smiled slightly. She turned back around and left. The doctor watched her leave then turned around and picked up his phone.
"Mr. Parker, its Dr. Sullivan. She just left and I told her the story you told me to… yes I gave her the pills…I'm sure it won't do anything to harm the baby, just make her think there's something wrong with the baby… yes sir I understand." He hung up the phone and walked away. Lyle stood in the corner of the room unnoticed. He stepped forward. He was fuming. They were trying to make her think something was wrong with Braden. He knew what they were doing. He wouldn't let them.
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Chrissie sat in her office crying. She had her hand on her stomach. She had blocked out the twins voices, afraid that it would be the last time she'd hear Braden's voice. She didn't even notice Lyle enter her office.
"Chrissie are you okay?" She looked up at him, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"He's not doing all right. My baby's not doing all right." She put her hand on her stomach and kept crying. Lyle sighed and walked to her. He knelt in front of her and took both of her hands, placing one on her stomach where Braden was and the other he kept in his hand.
"No, he's fine. They're lying to you. They're trying to make you think he won't survive, but he will. They're trying to do what they did to me." Chrissie looked into his eyes. She still wasn't sure what to believe. Lyle was startled by a voice in his head.
"Lyle, you're right. They're lying to her. She's shut out the twins so she's shut me out as well. If she'd listen to us again then she'd know the truth. Get her to listen again." Lyle was shocked. He didn't know what to think. He decided it was best if he did as the voice told him to.
"Chrissie, listen to the twins. They will know if something's wrong with Braden." Chrissie put her head down. Lyle took her head and lifted it to look at him. "Chrissie, listen to them. I overheard the Centre's plan but I know you won't believe it until the twins tell you." Chrissie nodded. She seemed to be concentrating then she broke down in tears. Lyle held her until she pulled back.
"They're going to pay for this. As soon as I can I'm going to make them pay for making me think like this." Lyle held her again as she started crying again.
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"You're my… you're my… uncle? I… I can't believe this." Miss Parker had sat and listened to Jackson's story. Her mother had never mentioned a brother but she had had hints that there was one. She had mentioned that she felt as though there was something missing in her life, that she didn't feel whole. And that wasn't in the way that Miss Parker hadn't felt whole without Jarod. It was in a different way.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you Miranda. I would have told you but I promised that I'd let Jackson tell you." He kissed Miss Parker's hand. Miss Parker turned to him and smiled.
"I'm not angry. I just wasn't… I wasn't expecting it, that's all." She stood up and walked over to Jackson. She bent down and hugged him. "I'm glad that I'll be staying with…family. You can tell me all about mamma from when you were with her… and all about the rest of the family I never met." Jackson smiled and helped her to sit next to him.
"Well I could always tell you about the time Cat and our cousin…"
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Chrissie was tucked into her bed at Mr. Parker's house. He had apparently heard about what the doctor told her and immediately raced to be at his wife's side. It was a minor miracle that Lyle had left only minutes before Mr. Parker walked in. He had taken her home and tucked her into the bed and told her not to move.
"Here's the glass of water, I want you to have the first of your tablets." Mr. Parker handed her the glass and took out her tablets. Chrissie took both the items and swallowed the tablets. Mr. Parker smiled and left her. As soon as she was sure he was gone Chrissie took the tablets she had seemingly swallowed and put them in a container. She looked at the door with disgust. She had no idea how a man could do that. He was going to start the cycle all over again. She picked up her phone and called her friends number.
"Broots, I need you to come here ASAP. I have something I need you to do."
"Sure Chrissie. I'll be there as soon as I can." Broots hung up the phone and gathered together his things. If Chrissie needed him to do something he'd do it.
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"Raines I'm telling you that it will work. She won't have any apprehensions that the boy has died. We can do whatever we want with him." Mr. Parker hung up the phone and smiled evilly. He knew that Chrissie would be easier to trick into thinking that her child had died. He'd done it before so he knew how to play the distraught husband and father.
He remembered getting Catherine to not only think he loved her but also into thinking that Lyle had died at birth. Brigitte had been another easy one to manipulate. Make her think she'd have power and everything she wanted and she'd do everything he wanted to do. Unfortunately with Brigitte she had grown attached to the damn baby she was carrying so she had to be disposed of. And with Brigitte it wasn't really worth it. All she'd managed to produce was a simple Empath. But Mr. Parker knew it would be different with Chrissie. All the early testing showed that while the girl was useless, much as Miss Parker had been, the boy was very promising.
Mr. Parker smiled again and looked through the doors at Chrissie. He had heard that she was strong but he hadn't seen it yet. He'd already beat her up a number of times and she'd been powerless to stop him. There was something special about Chrissie though. She had some sort of influence over Lyle. He knew that although they seemed hostile towards each other, neither knew just how deep their feelings for each other were. Although he was sure that Lyle had convinced himself that he no longer cared about Chrissie, that if anything were to happen to Chrissie he'd be there to rescue her.
"Sometimes it's just too easy." He gathered his work belongings and headed back to the Centre.
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Broots waited until Mr. Parker had left before he headed for the door. He'd heard Chrissie had gone home for much deserved bed rest so he hesitated before ringing the bell. He heard someone bounding down the stairs then the door opened in front of him. Chrissie was standing in front of him looking very relieved.
"Come on in Broots. I'm glad you came." Broots nodded. Chrissie turned and motioned from him to follow her. Broots shut the door behind him.
"Chrissie, what's going on? I heard you were sick or something then you call and tell me you need me. What's going on?" Chrissie sighed and started walking up the stairs.
"Mr. Parker is trying to get me to think that I'll lose one of the babies." Broots gasped. He couldn't believe what a sick person Mr. Parker was. Chrissie caught a look in his eyes and laughed. "I'm fine and so are the babies, I need you to analyse something for me. I've been told to take some tablets and I need to know what they are and what they do. Do you think you can do that?" Broots nodded.
"Yep, I can do that. It may take a while, but I can do that." Chrissie smiled and opened a door. She walked over to a bed and took out a small container.
"Here is one of the tablets. I'm not going to really take them because I know that whatever they do; it can't be good." Broots took the container out of her hands and put it in his pocket.
"I'll have it ready for you as soon as I can." He turned to leave. "Chrissie are you going to be in at work?" Chrissie thought for a moment.
"I don't know. I'll try to come in but I may not be able to. If you don't see me, give the results to Angelo, he'll get them to me." Broots nodded and walked out the room.
"I'll get you the results as soon as I can."
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Miss Parker finished her dinner and sat back in her chair. She put her hands in her stomach and slowly rubbed. Jarod had left the day before, leaving her to get to know Jackson by herself. Broots had contacted her telling her that Mr. Parker had been planning something to do with Chrissie and Lyle's twins. The thought of it made her sick to the stomach. She got up from the table and looked around the house. She stopped when she came to a picture she hadn't noticed before.
"Who's this Jackson?" Jackson stood and took the picture out of her hands. He smiled.
"This is a picture of your mother and me when we were younger." Miss Parker stared at the picture. She stared particularly at Jackson.
"You look like… I mean… you look like Lyle." Jackson smiled. He nodded and started walking back to the table.
"Yes, Lyle does look like me. He's an attractive fellow." He chuckled and started clearing the table. Miss Parker was stunned.
"You know what Lyle looks like?" Jackson nodded and walked into the kitchen with the dirty dishes. When he came back he answered her question.
"Yes, I do. I met him a while back, just after I met Jarod. He was in the hospital I was staying at and he was upset. I knew immediately he was Cat's son." Miss Parker knew when he was talking about.
"He doesn't… I mean he doesn't know you're related to him does he?" Jackson laughed.
"He was too preoccupied to even have a look at me to know that we were related. So to answer your question, no, he doesn't know." Miss Parker nodded.
"That was a really hard time for him." Jackson nodded.
"I know. I got him to tell me about it. By the way, what happened with him and the girl who took a bullet for him?" Miss Parker smiled.
"She's pregnant with his children." Jackson laughed.
"So it was her that you were telling me about." Miss Parker nodded.
"When are you going to meet him properly? I mean he does need to know he has more family out there, just like I did." Jackson thought about her question for a moment. She was right. He did need to know.
"I guess when things quiet down a bit, or maybe when you have your baby." Miss Parker nodded. She looked at a few more pictures. She found one of her mother.
"You two were close weren't you?" Jackson took the photo from her hands and stared at it.
"She was the other half of me. Being twins we were always going to be close but because of the gift that we later learned was the 'Inner Sense' we were always that much closer. I miss her so much and I do wish that I had known both you and your brother when you were growing up. I think if I had it would have been easier to get over her death… for everyone." Miss Parker nodded and put her arm around Jackson.
"Jackson, we're together now. As soon as Lyle meets you properly we can try for that family we never got to experience."
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It had been a few days since Chrissie had given Broots the tablets to be analysed. Mr. Parker hadn't let her go anywhere other than her room. She was even hardly able to see Lockie. She was watching T.V when a knock at her bedroom door startled her.
"Who is it?" Angelo popped his head around the door. Chrissie smiled and motioned for him to come in. He was carrying a folder.
"This for you." He sat at the end of her bed. She took the folder from him and read the contents.
"This is supposed to make me weak and show signs of miscarriage. I can't believe them. Thank you Angelo and thank Broots for me as well." Angelo smiled. He put his hand on her stomach.
"Babies okay. Mother okay. No need to worry." He stood and left. Chrissie smiled. She wasn't going to let the Centre get away with this. She picked up her things and headed for the Centre.
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Mr. Parker was working at his desk when he heard a knock at his door. He sighed and called for them to come in. He was shocked to see Chrissie walking towards him.
"Tina, sweetie, you should be in bed. What are you doing here?" She threw a folder at him. He opened it and read the contents. He was shocked. He had no idea how she got this information. He decided to play dumb. "What is this?" Chrissie sneered.
"Don't play dumb. I know you organised for this to happen." He decided to continue with his act.
"I did not organise for this to happen. I promise you; whoever did this will pay." He tried to put as much concern into his as eyes as he could. He noticed something in Chrissie's eyes seem to snap. She reached across the table and grabbed him by the collar. She brought his face to an inch in front of hers.
"I am not, despite what you seem to think, stupid. I know you are behind this. You try anything and I mean ANYTHING like this again and you'll see exactly what I'm capable of." She threw him roughly back into his seat. He was frightened. She glared at him.
"Tina, I… I…" He was at a loss for words. Chrissie put her hands on her stomach.
"I WILL get back to work and trust me, I will find out if you try ANYTHING like this again." She turned around sharply and left his office leaving him totally dumbstruck. He hadn't seen her get like that ever before.
"It seems I have chosen a wife who will actually stand up to me if need be."
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To be continued…