Chapter Four
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Alice's eyes bugged out and her face turned so red he thought she might explode, "Excuse me?"
"I have a daughter," he explained, "Sydney and I - we have a daughter."
"How can you have a daughter?" Alice demanded, "She's been gone for years."
"Before she left Alice," he told her, "She was pregnant when she left LA 5 years ago."
"Are you leaving me?" she screamed, "You're leaving me for that little tramp?"
Vaughn wanted to walk out that door forever, slam it behind him and never come back. Running into Sydney's arms was exactly what he wanted to do.
"She comes back 5 years after *she* left *you,* tells you the two of you have a daughter and then you're ready to just leave your whole life behind to go back to your old one," Alice scoffed, "How do you think that makes me feel? To know that you have a child with someone else? Something we've wanted since we got married?"
"Alice I really don't care what you think anymore," he sighed, "You're really starting to piss me off, because all you think about is you, never anyone else, just you."
He turned around and walked towards the door, needing to get out and away from her, to go somewhere, anywhere but this house.
She stomped behind him, "Michael where do you think you're going?"
He didn't answer her, and instead slammed the door in her face.
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Sydney and Kiera arrived back at Jack and Irina's house, and everyone watched as Sydney walked up the stairs and to her room.
Jack and Irina looked at each other confused, before Kiera pulled Irina away and off into the den.
Jack just stood looking at the stairs where Sydney had vacated, debating whether or not to follow her up the stairs and find out what was going on.
Once he was assured that Irina was keeping Kiera occupied, he took the trip up the stairs.
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"What are we doing?" Irina asked Kiera as she dragged the paper out from under the cupboard.
"I'm drawing Daddy a picture," Kiera replied matter-of-factly, "You can draw him one too!"
"'Daddy'?" Irina questioned, "What are you talking about Kiera?"
"I met my daddy today!" Kiera exclaimed, "Me and mommy were in the park and he was there."
"You met Vaughn?" Irina asked.
Kiera nodded, "And he was nice to me, so I'm going to draw a picture for him and mommy can give it to him for me, and then he can know that I love him."
Now she knew exactly why Sydney was acting the way she had been acting when they came home. Taking Kiera's hand, she led the little girl out into the backyard, "Come on Kiera, let's go play soccer."
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Jack knocked on Sydney's door, waiting outside until she answered.
"Go away," she sniffled.
"Sydney please let me in," Jack begged.
"Fine," she sighed, and a second later she felt her beg sag under Jack's added weight.
He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "Sweetheart what's bothering you?"
She buried her head in her pillow, wishing to erase the last few days from her memory and changing her mind about coming back to LA, "Nothing."
"Sydney Ann Bristow!" Jack exclaimed, "Don't you lie to me! I am your father!"
She pulled her face away and looked Jack in the eyes, "Vaughn was at the park when Kiera and I went."
"Oh," Jack said, "And I suppose he asked who Kiera was and you had to tell him?"
She nodded miserably, "And Kiera loved him just like I knew she would."
"What are you going to do?" he asked.
She shook her head, "There's nothing I can do, he's married to Alice."
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Vaughn walked up the sidewalk of Jack and Irina's house, unsure if he was doing the right thing.
He knocked on the door, and looked around at the yard as he was waiting for it to be opened.
The door was opened and he smiled at Irina, "Is Sydney here?"
TBC...
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Let me know what you all think please and thank you!
-Nicole
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Alice's eyes bugged out and her face turned so red he thought she might explode, "Excuse me?"
"I have a daughter," he explained, "Sydney and I - we have a daughter."
"How can you have a daughter?" Alice demanded, "She's been gone for years."
"Before she left Alice," he told her, "She was pregnant when she left LA 5 years ago."
"Are you leaving me?" she screamed, "You're leaving me for that little tramp?"
Vaughn wanted to walk out that door forever, slam it behind him and never come back. Running into Sydney's arms was exactly what he wanted to do.
"She comes back 5 years after *she* left *you,* tells you the two of you have a daughter and then you're ready to just leave your whole life behind to go back to your old one," Alice scoffed, "How do you think that makes me feel? To know that you have a child with someone else? Something we've wanted since we got married?"
"Alice I really don't care what you think anymore," he sighed, "You're really starting to piss me off, because all you think about is you, never anyone else, just you."
He turned around and walked towards the door, needing to get out and away from her, to go somewhere, anywhere but this house.
She stomped behind him, "Michael where do you think you're going?"
He didn't answer her, and instead slammed the door in her face.
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Sydney and Kiera arrived back at Jack and Irina's house, and everyone watched as Sydney walked up the stairs and to her room.
Jack and Irina looked at each other confused, before Kiera pulled Irina away and off into the den.
Jack just stood looking at the stairs where Sydney had vacated, debating whether or not to follow her up the stairs and find out what was going on.
Once he was assured that Irina was keeping Kiera occupied, he took the trip up the stairs.
****
"What are we doing?" Irina asked Kiera as she dragged the paper out from under the cupboard.
"I'm drawing Daddy a picture," Kiera replied matter-of-factly, "You can draw him one too!"
"'Daddy'?" Irina questioned, "What are you talking about Kiera?"
"I met my daddy today!" Kiera exclaimed, "Me and mommy were in the park and he was there."
"You met Vaughn?" Irina asked.
Kiera nodded, "And he was nice to me, so I'm going to draw a picture for him and mommy can give it to him for me, and then he can know that I love him."
Now she knew exactly why Sydney was acting the way she had been acting when they came home. Taking Kiera's hand, she led the little girl out into the backyard, "Come on Kiera, let's go play soccer."
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Jack knocked on Sydney's door, waiting outside until she answered.
"Go away," she sniffled.
"Sydney please let me in," Jack begged.
"Fine," she sighed, and a second later she felt her beg sag under Jack's added weight.
He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "Sweetheart what's bothering you?"
She buried her head in her pillow, wishing to erase the last few days from her memory and changing her mind about coming back to LA, "Nothing."
"Sydney Ann Bristow!" Jack exclaimed, "Don't you lie to me! I am your father!"
She pulled her face away and looked Jack in the eyes, "Vaughn was at the park when Kiera and I went."
"Oh," Jack said, "And I suppose he asked who Kiera was and you had to tell him?"
She nodded miserably, "And Kiera loved him just like I knew she would."
"What are you going to do?" he asked.
She shook her head, "There's nothing I can do, he's married to Alice."
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Vaughn walked up the sidewalk of Jack and Irina's house, unsure if he was doing the right thing.
He knocked on the door, and looked around at the yard as he was waiting for it to be opened.
The door was opened and he smiled at Irina, "Is Sydney here?"
TBC...
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Let me know what you all think please and thank you!
-Nicole