Chapter 9
"Seth having a seizure under a table?" Anna guesses.
Seth's glared causes an eruption of laughter from everyone else in the small, private, hospital room as they play charades, Kirsten, Sandy and Aurora had come and gone hours ago. "London Bridges Falling Down, come on people. Work with me."
"Does anyone else want to take a stab at this?" Seth asks.
"You said you were going until we guessed one right." Marissa laughs.
"Fine, one more since you are all so amused. Okay.." Seth begins to wave his arm around furiously and when everyone gives him words that have nothing to do with the one he is thinking up he holds up two fingers symbolizing the second word.
Once everyone has nodded he quickly takes Anna into his arms and begins dancing with her , "Seth I don't think you're supposed to use props." Ryan states laughing.
"I don't care you're going to get this one," Seth states before assuming the tango position before tangoing with Anna in Ryan's hospital room.
"Tango," Marissa calls out from Ryan's bed, laughing.
"Good," Seth gently dips Anna back and coming face to face with Summer, a sight that nearly causes him to drop Anna.
She looks beautiful, not that Seth had really been expecting any less, she was dressed simply just a pair of jeans and a white spaghetti strap but there were moments when Summer still took Seth's breath away. The one thing that Seth hadn't been suspecting was that a very handsome guy was standing next to her, Summer clears her throat to break the quiet, "Anna, you're back...that explains a lot of things." Summer doesn't give enough time for anyone to dwell on her comment before she turns to Ryan. "I talked to Coop's mom she said you were moved here, so I guess that means you're getting better. Good. So Tate and I were just going out to dinner and I wanted to stop and make sure you were okay..."
"I'm doing okay, thanks for checking." Ryan responds for lack of anything else to say.
Summer nods, "okay. So I'll see you guys around."
"So are you going to introduce me or am I just supposed to follow you out?" Tate asks glancing at Summer.
"Right," Summer nods. "Everyone this is Tate Sinclaire, he just moved here with his parents. Tate this is Ryan, Seth, Marissa and Anna. Okay, good, now we can go."
"Will you stop laughing?" Kirsten asks.
"I can't help it, but your entire family should be locked up." Sandy laughs.
"Sandy..."
"I'm sorry, it's just you promise to go to your father's house so that you can be there to help when Hailey and Jimmy tell him and Julie that they are getting married. And you get fired in the process...I mean come on..."
"My father fired me!" Kirsten exclaims, "I don't see the humerus side of that."
"You said you were going to quit," Sandy points out.
"I didn't actually think I'd have to..." Kirsten leans against Sandy.
"In the last couple of months you've hated every part of your job, you can always find something you like better when things calm down."
Kirsten nods as Aurora begins crying in the other room, "you're right, I'll go get her. Why don't you order out, maybe Chinese?"
"Let me get her," Sandy responds, "you call and order whatever. You should call Seth too, see if he's going to be home for dinner."
Kirsten nods, "alright. I heated a bottle up for her, it's on the stove."
"Seth, you're home earlier than I figured you would be." Kirsten comments when Seth walks in the door 15 minutes after Kirsten had called for take-out.
"Summer showed up," Seth responds, "jumped to the wrong conclusion about me and Anna...It wasn't fun."
"I'm sorry Seth," Kirsten responds.
Seth shrugs, "where's Dad?"
"He was feeding Aurora last time I heard from him," Kirsten states leading the way into the living room, only to find Sandy asleep on the couch with Aurora snuggled in his arms. "He used to do that with you."
"Really?" Seth asks.
Kirsten nods, "every time he fed you."
Seth leads the way out of the living room and Kirsten follows him, "I think I really hurt Summer," Seth sighs sitting at the counter.
Kirsten makes a sympathetic face, "she loves you Seth, she really does. You broke her heart, you have to give her time."
"We have to talk," Jimmy walks into Caleb's office without knocking.
"I have nothing left to say to you," Caleb doesn't look up from the papers he is signing.
"Well, I do." Jimmy responds dropping into the chair across from Caleb's desk.
"What do you want Jimmy, you're wasting my time." Caleb responds before setting his pen down.
"Marissa is going to be moving back in with me," Jimmy informs, his voice firm.
"I don't think so, that's not the agreement we made," Caleb responds calmly.
"I don't give a damn about the arrangement," Jimmy states. "You're check cleared and I'm not going to play by your rules anymore. You can't exactly force her to stay, because then you'd have to fess up to blackmailing her into moving in here in the first place. Not much you can do, can you Caleb?"
"I've done all of this for her mother, having both of her daughters here with her means everything to Julie." Caleb states firmly, "Marissa isn't going anywhere."
"That's where you're wrong. From what I hear, you're on the verge of being broke, Julie doesn't know that yet, does she? By your silence I'm thinking not. Sandy and I have found the opportunity to open another restaurant and we are going to be taking it, we'll be starting from the ground up and we could be giving all of New Port Group our business, and from what Sandy says that will help a lot of your problems. Keeping Julie in those designed dresses she loves so much, this can all be arranged so long as Marissa comes to live with me and Hailey."
"I'll accept all of this, with the understanding that Julie never hears about any of this."
"I'll have one of my daughters back, that's all that matters to me." Jimmy responds, "as for yours and Julie's wonderful marriage, I wouldn't dream of ruining it."
"I believe this conversation is over?" Caleb questions.
Jimmy nods, "well over." With his words Jimmy walks out of the office just as Marissa is coming into the house.
"Hey Dad, what are you doing here?" Marissa questions.
"Making arrangements with Caleb. He's going to talk to your mother, and you can move in with me soon."
Marissa hugs Jimmy, "thanks Dad. I love you."
Jimmy hugs his daughter tightly, "I love you too kiddo, and everything's going to be fine from now on, I promise."
"Seth having a seizure under a table?" Anna guesses.
Seth's glared causes an eruption of laughter from everyone else in the small, private, hospital room as they play charades, Kirsten, Sandy and Aurora had come and gone hours ago. "London Bridges Falling Down, come on people. Work with me."
"Does anyone else want to take a stab at this?" Seth asks.
"You said you were going until we guessed one right." Marissa laughs.
"Fine, one more since you are all so amused. Okay.." Seth begins to wave his arm around furiously and when everyone gives him words that have nothing to do with the one he is thinking up he holds up two fingers symbolizing the second word.
Once everyone has nodded he quickly takes Anna into his arms and begins dancing with her , "Seth I don't think you're supposed to use props." Ryan states laughing.
"I don't care you're going to get this one," Seth states before assuming the tango position before tangoing with Anna in Ryan's hospital room.
"Tango," Marissa calls out from Ryan's bed, laughing.
"Good," Seth gently dips Anna back and coming face to face with Summer, a sight that nearly causes him to drop Anna.
She looks beautiful, not that Seth had really been expecting any less, she was dressed simply just a pair of jeans and a white spaghetti strap but there were moments when Summer still took Seth's breath away. The one thing that Seth hadn't been suspecting was that a very handsome guy was standing next to her, Summer clears her throat to break the quiet, "Anna, you're back...that explains a lot of things." Summer doesn't give enough time for anyone to dwell on her comment before she turns to Ryan. "I talked to Coop's mom she said you were moved here, so I guess that means you're getting better. Good. So Tate and I were just going out to dinner and I wanted to stop and make sure you were okay..."
"I'm doing okay, thanks for checking." Ryan responds for lack of anything else to say.
Summer nods, "okay. So I'll see you guys around."
"So are you going to introduce me or am I just supposed to follow you out?" Tate asks glancing at Summer.
"Right," Summer nods. "Everyone this is Tate Sinclaire, he just moved here with his parents. Tate this is Ryan, Seth, Marissa and Anna. Okay, good, now we can go."
"Will you stop laughing?" Kirsten asks.
"I can't help it, but your entire family should be locked up." Sandy laughs.
"Sandy..."
"I'm sorry, it's just you promise to go to your father's house so that you can be there to help when Hailey and Jimmy tell him and Julie that they are getting married. And you get fired in the process...I mean come on..."
"My father fired me!" Kirsten exclaims, "I don't see the humerus side of that."
"You said you were going to quit," Sandy points out.
"I didn't actually think I'd have to..." Kirsten leans against Sandy.
"In the last couple of months you've hated every part of your job, you can always find something you like better when things calm down."
Kirsten nods as Aurora begins crying in the other room, "you're right, I'll go get her. Why don't you order out, maybe Chinese?"
"Let me get her," Sandy responds, "you call and order whatever. You should call Seth too, see if he's going to be home for dinner."
Kirsten nods, "alright. I heated a bottle up for her, it's on the stove."
"Seth, you're home earlier than I figured you would be." Kirsten comments when Seth walks in the door 15 minutes after Kirsten had called for take-out.
"Summer showed up," Seth responds, "jumped to the wrong conclusion about me and Anna...It wasn't fun."
"I'm sorry Seth," Kirsten responds.
Seth shrugs, "where's Dad?"
"He was feeding Aurora last time I heard from him," Kirsten states leading the way into the living room, only to find Sandy asleep on the couch with Aurora snuggled in his arms. "He used to do that with you."
"Really?" Seth asks.
Kirsten nods, "every time he fed you."
Seth leads the way out of the living room and Kirsten follows him, "I think I really hurt Summer," Seth sighs sitting at the counter.
Kirsten makes a sympathetic face, "she loves you Seth, she really does. You broke her heart, you have to give her time."
"We have to talk," Jimmy walks into Caleb's office without knocking.
"I have nothing left to say to you," Caleb doesn't look up from the papers he is signing.
"Well, I do." Jimmy responds dropping into the chair across from Caleb's desk.
"What do you want Jimmy, you're wasting my time." Caleb responds before setting his pen down.
"Marissa is going to be moving back in with me," Jimmy informs, his voice firm.
"I don't think so, that's not the agreement we made," Caleb responds calmly.
"I don't give a damn about the arrangement," Jimmy states. "You're check cleared and I'm not going to play by your rules anymore. You can't exactly force her to stay, because then you'd have to fess up to blackmailing her into moving in here in the first place. Not much you can do, can you Caleb?"
"I've done all of this for her mother, having both of her daughters here with her means everything to Julie." Caleb states firmly, "Marissa isn't going anywhere."
"That's where you're wrong. From what I hear, you're on the verge of being broke, Julie doesn't know that yet, does she? By your silence I'm thinking not. Sandy and I have found the opportunity to open another restaurant and we are going to be taking it, we'll be starting from the ground up and we could be giving all of New Port Group our business, and from what Sandy says that will help a lot of your problems. Keeping Julie in those designed dresses she loves so much, this can all be arranged so long as Marissa comes to live with me and Hailey."
"I'll accept all of this, with the understanding that Julie never hears about any of this."
"I'll have one of my daughters back, that's all that matters to me." Jimmy responds, "as for yours and Julie's wonderful marriage, I wouldn't dream of ruining it."
"I believe this conversation is over?" Caleb questions.
Jimmy nods, "well over." With his words Jimmy walks out of the office just as Marissa is coming into the house.
"Hey Dad, what are you doing here?" Marissa questions.
"Making arrangements with Caleb. He's going to talk to your mother, and you can move in with me soon."
Marissa hugs Jimmy, "thanks Dad. I love you."
Jimmy hugs his daughter tightly, "I love you too kiddo, and everything's going to be fine from now on, I promise."