CH 2.
"Mother!" Beth Wallace called. "Mother, where did you put Martin's bottle?"
"How am I supposed to know? I'm just a poor old lady living with her psycho daughter." Edna Wallace rolled her walker into the living room. "Besides you're the baby's mother." She slapped her forehead. "Oh wait, how could I forget? You're not!"
"Shut up Edna." Beth rolled her eyes in disgust, reaching behind the couch. "Found it!"
She went to the kitchen and washed the bottle out, before turning to her mother.
"You know, you'd be more useful around here if you'd put a cork in it once in a while!" She filled the bottle with milk and brought it over to three year-old Martin.
"No way Bethie! Someone around here has to remind you of how CRAZY you really are, because sometimes you seem to think otherwise!" Edna took a seat in the couch. "I mean, just look at you! Here you are raising this beautiful boy on your own, while Luis is probably at this moment in bed making sweet love to Sheridan."
Beth bit her bottom lip in anger.
"Shut up Mother!" she cried. "I will get Luis back. He's just sidetracked because that bitch Sheridan got her memory back. But Luis cannot deny his parental duties. He owes it to Martin to be a full-time father to him. Sooner or later he will see that, and then the three of us can be a happy family!"
"Oh, merciful angels!" Ms Wallace looked up to the ceiling. "Help my delusional daughter! She actually believes that Luis loves her, but what she doesn't realize is that he is forever going to love Sheridan." She walked over to Beth and cupped her chin. "Can't you see Beth? Luis will never love you because you are C-R-A-Z-Y crazy! And now that Sheridan and Luis have that gorgeous daughter of theirs, there is no way that he will ever look your way again!"
"Mother I swear to God, if you don't shut up I'm going to kill you!" Beth pulled away from her mother's grip.
"Oh, you mean like you tried to kill Sheridan?" Edna mocked. "You had that poor woman in that cold and dark basement for how long, leaving her in the care of psycho-path Charlie Horse to give birth to that beautiful bambino. Then if that wasn't enough, you dumped her life-less body into the ocean and left her to die! Thank heavens Luis's love guided him to her and he saved her just in the nick of time!" Edna chuckled. "When will you get it through that thick head of yours, that no matter what you do Luis and Sheridan will ALWAYS be together!"
"Dammit!" Beth yelled in frustration. "Why can't I just get rid of her? Luis is supposed to be with me, not that blonde bitch!"
Ms Wallace put two hands over Martin's ears.
"You mind keeping the cursing to minimum? Innocent ears are listening! Then again, you wouldn't know the first thing about being a good parent."
"Oh and you do?" Beth laughed. "You were the worst mother ever to me! Of all people you should be the last person talking about good parenting. All you ever did was go out and sleep with God knows who. It's a surprise that I even came out alright!"
"Ha! What an understatement. You are far from being alright!" Edna chuckled to herself. "Of all the evil things that you have done to that poor sweet Sheridan, I'm surprised the cops haven't already locked you up! But don't you worry Bethie, sooner or later everyone will find out what you've done and then you will spend the rest of your pathetic life rotting in prison!"
"You know what mother? This little song of yours is really getting old. You have been telling me for the longest time that I will eventually get caught for what I've done, but so far nobody even suspects it. I almost got away with cold-murder and no one knows a single thing." Beth laughed.
"Have you forgotten about Gwen Winthrop missy?" Ms Wallace reminded her daughter. "That girl has got you hot on her trial. I can't wait for the day when she exposes you for the loco that you really are!"
"I don't have to worry about Gwen! Alistair made sure that Dr. Culver never tells her about my fake-pregnancy. And now that Sheridan has gotten back her memory and is out of the psyche ward, there is no reason for Gwen to start snooping around again!" Beth laughed. "I am so glad that Alistair is on my side!"
"Ughh, I will never understand why that man is helping you. He is the most evil man that I have ever come across. You better pray to God Bethie that you do not upset him in anyway, because if he can be so cruel to his own daughter, who knows what he will do to you."
Beth bit her bottom lip nervously. She always did wonder why Alistair had been so cooperative in the past. After all, he did pretend to be Charlie and help her try to kill Sheridan. Alistair was an unusual man, but boy was she glad that he was on her side.
"Whatever Mother, I'm not worried. As long as I still have Martin, Sheridan will forever be miserable and that is the number one way to keep Alistair happy." Beth picked up Martin in her arms. "Martin is the key to getting Luis back. Every time he sees his darling face, he can't help but spend time with him. One of these days he will become so infatuated with him that he will never want to leave, and then all my dreams will come true."
"You are even more loonier than some of the people I watch in my stories." Edna said frustrated, walking over to her daughter and Martin. "This sweet little angel needs to be with his real mother and father, not cooped up in this place with you. Of all people, I should know the effect that single parenting has on a child. Look at how screwed up you turned out?" Edna sobbed.
"Oh please mother, the only reason why you had to raise me as a single parent is because you didn't even know who my father was!" Beth yelled, putting down Martin in his playpen. "If you hadn't slept around with so many men like a god-damn whore, you wouldn't have had that problem!"
"That's not my fault," Ms Wallace pouted. "I couldn't help it if all the dashing young men in Harmony found me so hard to resist." She chuckled, patting her hair.
"Whatever mother!" Beth flopped herself on the couch. "If you wanna blame someone for me being a little wacko, blame yourself and your revolting past!"
Edna secretly knew that her distorted past would eventually catch up with her. Not only did she not know who Beth's father was, but she also hardly remembered the other men that she had slept with. Deep inside she was not proud of her past, but she had prayed and asked God to forgive her of her sins. Who knows, maybe God sent Beth to her as a punishment for all the disgraceful things she had done.
Well he sure knew what he was doing, she thought to herself, because what a punishment Beth's existence was!
"Mother!" Beth Wallace called. "Mother, where did you put Martin's bottle?"
"How am I supposed to know? I'm just a poor old lady living with her psycho daughter." Edna Wallace rolled her walker into the living room. "Besides you're the baby's mother." She slapped her forehead. "Oh wait, how could I forget? You're not!"
"Shut up Edna." Beth rolled her eyes in disgust, reaching behind the couch. "Found it!"
She went to the kitchen and washed the bottle out, before turning to her mother.
"You know, you'd be more useful around here if you'd put a cork in it once in a while!" She filled the bottle with milk and brought it over to three year-old Martin.
"No way Bethie! Someone around here has to remind you of how CRAZY you really are, because sometimes you seem to think otherwise!" Edna took a seat in the couch. "I mean, just look at you! Here you are raising this beautiful boy on your own, while Luis is probably at this moment in bed making sweet love to Sheridan."
Beth bit her bottom lip in anger.
"Shut up Mother!" she cried. "I will get Luis back. He's just sidetracked because that bitch Sheridan got her memory back. But Luis cannot deny his parental duties. He owes it to Martin to be a full-time father to him. Sooner or later he will see that, and then the three of us can be a happy family!"
"Oh, merciful angels!" Ms Wallace looked up to the ceiling. "Help my delusional daughter! She actually believes that Luis loves her, but what she doesn't realize is that he is forever going to love Sheridan." She walked over to Beth and cupped her chin. "Can't you see Beth? Luis will never love you because you are C-R-A-Z-Y crazy! And now that Sheridan and Luis have that gorgeous daughter of theirs, there is no way that he will ever look your way again!"
"Mother I swear to God, if you don't shut up I'm going to kill you!" Beth pulled away from her mother's grip.
"Oh, you mean like you tried to kill Sheridan?" Edna mocked. "You had that poor woman in that cold and dark basement for how long, leaving her in the care of psycho-path Charlie Horse to give birth to that beautiful bambino. Then if that wasn't enough, you dumped her life-less body into the ocean and left her to die! Thank heavens Luis's love guided him to her and he saved her just in the nick of time!" Edna chuckled. "When will you get it through that thick head of yours, that no matter what you do Luis and Sheridan will ALWAYS be together!"
"Dammit!" Beth yelled in frustration. "Why can't I just get rid of her? Luis is supposed to be with me, not that blonde bitch!"
Ms Wallace put two hands over Martin's ears.
"You mind keeping the cursing to minimum? Innocent ears are listening! Then again, you wouldn't know the first thing about being a good parent."
"Oh and you do?" Beth laughed. "You were the worst mother ever to me! Of all people you should be the last person talking about good parenting. All you ever did was go out and sleep with God knows who. It's a surprise that I even came out alright!"
"Ha! What an understatement. You are far from being alright!" Edna chuckled to herself. "Of all the evil things that you have done to that poor sweet Sheridan, I'm surprised the cops haven't already locked you up! But don't you worry Bethie, sooner or later everyone will find out what you've done and then you will spend the rest of your pathetic life rotting in prison!"
"You know what mother? This little song of yours is really getting old. You have been telling me for the longest time that I will eventually get caught for what I've done, but so far nobody even suspects it. I almost got away with cold-murder and no one knows a single thing." Beth laughed.
"Have you forgotten about Gwen Winthrop missy?" Ms Wallace reminded her daughter. "That girl has got you hot on her trial. I can't wait for the day when she exposes you for the loco that you really are!"
"I don't have to worry about Gwen! Alistair made sure that Dr. Culver never tells her about my fake-pregnancy. And now that Sheridan has gotten back her memory and is out of the psyche ward, there is no reason for Gwen to start snooping around again!" Beth laughed. "I am so glad that Alistair is on my side!"
"Ughh, I will never understand why that man is helping you. He is the most evil man that I have ever come across. You better pray to God Bethie that you do not upset him in anyway, because if he can be so cruel to his own daughter, who knows what he will do to you."
Beth bit her bottom lip nervously. She always did wonder why Alistair had been so cooperative in the past. After all, he did pretend to be Charlie and help her try to kill Sheridan. Alistair was an unusual man, but boy was she glad that he was on her side.
"Whatever Mother, I'm not worried. As long as I still have Martin, Sheridan will forever be miserable and that is the number one way to keep Alistair happy." Beth picked up Martin in her arms. "Martin is the key to getting Luis back. Every time he sees his darling face, he can't help but spend time with him. One of these days he will become so infatuated with him that he will never want to leave, and then all my dreams will come true."
"You are even more loonier than some of the people I watch in my stories." Edna said frustrated, walking over to her daughter and Martin. "This sweet little angel needs to be with his real mother and father, not cooped up in this place with you. Of all people, I should know the effect that single parenting has on a child. Look at how screwed up you turned out?" Edna sobbed.
"Oh please mother, the only reason why you had to raise me as a single parent is because you didn't even know who my father was!" Beth yelled, putting down Martin in his playpen. "If you hadn't slept around with so many men like a god-damn whore, you wouldn't have had that problem!"
"That's not my fault," Ms Wallace pouted. "I couldn't help it if all the dashing young men in Harmony found me so hard to resist." She chuckled, patting her hair.
"Whatever mother!" Beth flopped herself on the couch. "If you wanna blame someone for me being a little wacko, blame yourself and your revolting past!"
Edna secretly knew that her distorted past would eventually catch up with her. Not only did she not know who Beth's father was, but she also hardly remembered the other men that she had slept with. Deep inside she was not proud of her past, but she had prayed and asked God to forgive her of her sins. Who knows, maybe God sent Beth to her as a punishment for all the disgraceful things she had done.
Well he sure knew what he was doing, she thought to herself, because what a punishment Beth's existence was!