A/n: here's chapter eight I have speeded up the ages of little Ethan and Maria it's a long chapter hope you like it

-RMSOBlue

Chapter: eight

******** harmony general*******

"well everything seems fine your vitals are good its safe to say

that we can release you today. I'll have the nurse fill out your

paper work" the doctor said " thank you doctor Dr. Parker "

Kay said as the doctor turned to leave . "are you ready " John

asked as he walked into Kay's hospital room "yeah" Kay said

grabbing a bag of clothes that Jessica had brought her . she

wanted to just pack up and leave with John in secrecy but John

had some how convinced her to at least explain things to

Miguel and say good bye to Maria. She never thought in a

million years that she would be leaving the only family and

friends she knew to run off with a boy she thought was her half

brother to go find her birthmother . she realized that Miguel

would never love her and that she was wasting her time . a

nurse showed up with a wheel chair ,Kay didn't understand

why when you were leaving a hospital you had to ride in a

wheel chair she'd rather walk out plus hospitals gave her the

creeps ever since her first visit when she was ten . she had

been roller-blading in the park with Simone and Miguel when

she tripped over a tree branch that was lying on the floor she

fell and hurt her leg . at the hospital x-rays were taken that

showed that Kay had broken her leg in three places . she hated

having the nurses hovering over her and the doctor was even

worse he kept on poking her leg and saying "does it hurt here"

over and over again she remembered asking for eve but was

told eve was with another patient since then she had a fear of

the hospital and doctors if eve wasn't her doctor " Kay, Kay!"

John said waking her up from her flashback "yeah ,huh what!"

"the nurse says your free to go and that she'll wheel you out "

John explained "no that's ok I can walk myself out "Kay said

exiting the room "but Miss its hospital rules " the nurse said

following after Kay " well in that case you can take that

hospital rule and shove it" Kay said turning around and

continuing to walk away "fine whatever jeez " the nurse said

fed up she was sick and tired of those b****y patients that didn't

want to be wheeled out " hey john are you just going to stand

there or are you going to follow me " Kay said . John muttered

a sorry to the nurse and ran after Kay "look it that ,she's got

him whipped " one nurse said to another "wish my man was

trained like that " said the other . they started to laugh as they

watched Kay and John walk out the hospital having no idea of

what they would encounter before they left harmony

************ outskirts of harmony*****

"so do you want the information " Maya asked "I uh....." he

stammered " I uh ............. no if he didn't even have the

decency to keep his promise to take care of you and help raise

me then I don't want to meet him." Chad said "mama were

home " a voice called . a few seconds later a girl with brown

eyes and black hair wearing blue jeans and a white shirt and a

blue overnight bag in her hand appeared in the living " hi

mama " she said kissing her mom on the cheek " hello how are

you my names Kaisha- Jane Murphy what's yours" she said

when she noticed Chad . Chad was about to speak when Maya

answered for him " this is Chad Harris he's a relative of ours"

Maya said " really then how come we never met him before " a

boy with brown hair and wearing clothes identical to Kaisha

said walking in" this is my brother Dante-Clark Murphy "

Kaisha introduced " Dante don't be so rude" Maya scolded "I

was only asking a question mom I don't see why you got to you

yell at me for being curious " Dante replied . Maya glared at him

and he quickly apologized " I'm sorry Mr. Harris for being so

rude " he said before siting down next to his sister . Maya smiled

then turned to Chad to say something but Kaisha beat her to it

"so how are you related to us? mama doesn't have any siblings

so you must be a second or third cousin" Kaisha asked Chad

didn't know what to say he glanced at Maya and she nodded

that it was ok to tell them "well I'm not a cousin actually I'm

your big brother " Chad said "really ?" asked Kaisha "nuh un

your kidding me " Dante said looking to his mom to see if what

Chad said was true "yeah its true he's your brother" Maya

confirmed "but how come we never heard of him until now "

Dante asked curious and surprised he had wanted a sibling but

when his parents divorced he lost all hope and now he suddenly

had an older brother that looked more than ten years older than

him "because I just moved to harmony" Chad answered "where

did you used to live" Kaisha asked "in LA" Chad replied "LA

how cool will you take me there someday "Kaisha asked she

was excited that she had a big brother she would have preferred

a sister but Chad seemed really cool she had plans to have him

drive her and her friends places "calm down with the questions

Kaisha your bombarding your brother " Maya said "I actually

have to go into town but I'll be back later to answer all your

questions " Chad said getting up he was happy to finally meet

his mother and his twin siblings were adorable though Dante

seemed a little shy towards him but he would have plenty of

time to get to know his mother ,sister and brother "bye Chad you

promise you'll come back "Kaisha said "you betcha I'll be back

tonight we'll have dinner together how does that sound "he

asked looking at Maya "that would be great I'll make spaghetti

you like pasta ,Chad ?"Maya asked "sure do ,see you later " he

said as he walked out to his car " time to get Whitney back " and

with that said he drove back towards harmony

*******Russell residence********

"what are you doing here Liz" Whitney snapped "shut up

Whitney let her speak " Simone yelled "yes Whitney plus that's

no way to talk to your aunt" Liz said with a smirk "I could

never consider you an aunt not after the way you tortured my

mother " Whitney retorted "what! " Simone exclaimed "

Whitney are you alright I heard shouting what's going on " fox

asked suddenly appearing " what are you doing here crane" t.c.

said coming out of his reverie " looks like your turning out just

like your mother , are you sleeping and drugging it up with

crane jr. here , tsk tsk Whitney I expected more from you I

thought you would be smarter than that" Liz said rather

haughtily "you b**** " Whitney said lunging at Liz but fox

pulled her back "let it go whit calm down don't let her get to

you " fox said attempting to calm her " dammit fox I cant sit

here and listen to her say those things about me and mother no

matter what she did she's still my mother" Whitney said

sobbing into fox who put his arm around her " you know Liz is

right first you steal Chad and by the way where is Chad did

you dump him for crane here your nothing but gold digging

slut aren't you "Simone said clearly disgusted . Whitney was

speechless she couldn't believe that her little sister had turned

into such a hateful person " daddy how could you drag her back

here she obviously cares more about sex and money then her

own family" Simone whined to her father who had slipped back

into his reverie . he looked at her and slowly started to look at

Whitney and fox Liz then at Simone he stood up and seemed to

think for awhile before he spoke " shut your whining Simone

the dogs down the street can hear you I'm thinking its about

time you and your traitor sister get the hell out of my house "

t.c. said "but daddy why me I didn't do anything its all

Whitney's ..." Simone started but was cut off by t.c. " there you

go with your whining again with Whitney did this and Whitney

did that face it Simone Chad was never yours nor will he ever

be because you're a whinny little brat now all of you GET THE

HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!" t.c. yelled " you don't have to

tell me twice you kicked me out and disowned me before I'm

not surprised that you've done it again " Whitney said leaving

with fox in tow . Simone on the other hand wasn't so quick to

leave "I'm glad that she's gone " Simone said " I'm still kicking

you out now leave and take this broad with you " he said

shoving Simone and Liz out. They landed on the lawn "daddy

wait what about my clothes " Simone said heading for the door

t.c. opened the door and yelled "I'll send them in the mail" then

he locked the door and went upstairs while Simone stood outside

in her pajamas banging on the door

********************************

"I cant believe he would do that where am I gonna go I guess I

could stay with Theresa" Whitney said in the car with Chad "

I'm sorry whit he probably wouldn't have thrown you out if I

didn't show up" fox said "no fox don't blame yourself it was my

choice to go of with Chad and that caused a rift in my

relationship with my dad and look what happened with that ,I

cant believe I was so stupid " Whitney said mentally slapping

herself "Whitney it wasn't your fault ,you couldn't have known

that Chad was married to latoya " fox reassured her " yeah I

guess your right" Whitney said with a sigh . fox hated to see her

so down he wanted to kiss her beautiful lips and look into her

brown eyes and tell her how he felt but he knew he couldn't he

at least wanted to say something else reassuring but Whitney's

cell went off before he could "hello" Whitney said as she

answered her phone " hey whit its Theresa your still coming

today right " Theresa asked " today what? Oh right you and

the little Ethan's b-day party yeah I guess I could have fox drop

me off" she said glancing at fox to clarify he nodded and

Whitney went back to talking to Theresa "yeah he'll drop me .

what's that " she turned to fox again and said "Theresa said

your invited too " fox nodded and said " tell her we'll be there

in a bit I want to get her a present" Whitney smiled and told

Theresa " see ya in a bit bye" whiney said hanging up with that

they headed for the mall and later to Theresa's

*********Lopez - Fitzgerald residence ******

"happy birthday to you ,happy birthday to you, happy birthday

little Ethan and Theresa happy birthday to you" they all sang

"ok little Ethan ready to make a wish and blow out the candles "

Theresa said he nodded and they blew the candles on there

individual cakes and all the guest clapped "can we open

presents now mommy " little Ethan asked he was so happy it

was his and his mommy's birthday and he had all his favorite

people at the party his uncles Luis and Miguel , his auntie

Sheridan and auntie Charity and his favorite person his god

mother aunt Whitney he was so glad that she was back he

missed her . his cousin Maria, who was one and a half and his

new cousin Carlos who was a month old were also there along

with other residents of harmony and Theresa's other friends

from school. his uncle Antonio had disappeared as soon as he

saw Sheridan and Luis with baby Carlos and " so can I open

them now mommy" little Ethan asked again " of course sweetie

which one do you want to open first "Theresa asked Ethan

pointed a big package wrapped in green paper "that one" he

said "it from me and Luis " Sheridan said Ethan handed the

toddler the present and watched as he ripped through the paper

to reveal his present "look mommy it's a fire truck" little Ethan

said squealing in delight " little Ethan what do you say" Theresa

said "oh sorry mommy thank you aunty Sherrie and uncle Luis "

little Ethan said remembering his manners . they nodded and

smiled at him . little Ethan opened four more presents

consisting of clothes trucks and figurines from Paloma, charity

Miguel ,and Theresa's friend Marissa" Theresa why don't you

open a present " Ethan said they all agreed and Whitney handed

Theresa a present rapped in gold paper "I want you to open

mine first "Whitney said when Theresa took the gift ."oh I

wonder what it is "Theresa said shaking the box to her ear . she

ripped through the box to reveal a silky red shirt with a

matching skirt bottom "oh my gosh whit thank you " she said

hugging her best friend " I saw this at the mall and I knew it

would be perfect for you" Whitney explained " oh I love it "

Theresa said hugging her best friend " open mine next " fox

said handing her a black velvet box . Ethan glared at fox when

he and Whitney had arrived at the party , fox and Ethan had

got into a heated argument . Whitney convinced fox to set aside

his differences with Ethan during the party for Theresa and

little Ethan so Ethan had to oblige he wanted to yell at fox that

he was Theresa's sons father but decided to wait till later when

they would tell everyone ad promised when they all arrived

shocked to see Ethan back in harmony. Ethan shook himself out

of his thoughts and watched as Theresa opened the box to reveal

a necklace with her birthstone in the center with a matching

bracelet "happy birthday Theresa" fox said " oh my gosh fox its

beautiful " Theresa said hugging him which made Ethan cringe

with jealousy "what about me uncle fox did you buy me

something " Ethan said tugging at fox's jacket "of course I got

you something buddy, but its outside come on I'll show ya " fox

said leading the toddler outside the other guest , curious

followed in suit . they walked out side and there was a big box

about the size of a big screen near the drive way little Ethan ran

to it and opened the box to reveal a motor cycle power wheel

deluxe "mommy look , look what uncle fox gave me its like

the one on TV" little Ethan said hopping on the mini motorcycle

"thank you uncle fox" Ethan said as he explored his new toy.

Ethan couldn't believe it fox had gotten his son a better gift

then he did and to make matters worse he had bought an

identical power for Carlos and a Barbie car for Maria for when

they got a bit older . how could the medium sized bulldozer

and six race cars compare to the huge gift fox had given him "

isn't that dangerous for a three year old " Ethan said trying to

make fox look bad " your forgetting that our son is mature for

his three years plus when he's using his new toy I'll have

someone watching him . so Theresa no need to worry " Theresa

said as she watched her son as he happily drove his toy motor

cycle .

********* party different scene********

while everyone had gone outside to see fox's gift for little Ethan

Sheridan had gone into Theresa's room so she could breast

feed CJ(Carlos) who was getting fussy . she sat on Theresa's bed

as her baby silently sucked on her left breast she sat there she

felt as if someone was watching her she turned around and

screamed when she saw Antonio watching her she quickly

covered up her exposed breast and started yelling which caused

CJ to cry she rocked the child and he calmed down "Antonio

what are you doing you scared me " Sheridan said getting up

and seriously freaked out " I wanted to see our son" Antonio

said stepping closer to her . " I'm sorry Antonio but your

mistaken CJ is Luis's son" Sheridan said shifting uncomfortable

with his movement toward her " Sheridan we can make this

work we're still married you can't give up on our marriage , you

loved me once you can do it again so that me you and our son

can be a family again" Antonio said advancing some more until

he was inches away from her "I'm sorry Antonio but I am in

love with Luis and come Monday I'm filing for an annulment

then Luis and I will be married " Sheridan said walking across

the room towards the door but Antonio stood in her way

"Sheridan I know you love me and I know that in my heart that

baby is mine Luis has just confused you I'm the one you love "

he said grabbing her "Antonio stop it your hurting me "

Sheridan said as his grip tightened Sheridan cried out in pain

and fear for CJ when the door swung open "Antonio what are

you doing let her go " Paloma said pushing him off of Sheridan .

Antonio stumbled and ran out of the room " are you ok" Paloma

asked "yeah I'm fine" Sheridan said shaking she tried to pull

herself together so she would drop CJ .Paloma noticed

Sheridan's shakiness and took her nephew from her "wait till I

tell Luis about this" Paloma said once Sheridan calmed down

"no its ok he's just emotional because I told him I wanted an

annulment " Sheridan explained "but that doesn't give him a

right to attack you" Paloma said "your right ,but don't tell Luis

yet . I'll tell him when we go back to the cottage I don't want

him starting a fight here " Sheridan said getting up and leaving

the room Paloma didn't want to let it go though she realized

that her older brother needed some serious help after the party

she planned on calling the hospital and finding out a way to

have Antonio admitted with that thought she walked out of the room

******** unknown location*****

"damn you I'll kill you when I get out of here ,you and your

bastard sister too" he said

"I'd like to see you try Alistair you've ruined enough lives in

harmony by blackmailing and creating lies now that everything

is out in the open there's no more lies for you to use for

blackmailing " Jason said "really but what are you going to do

when the people of harmony find out who let out all of there

dirty little secrets" Alistair taunted "don't worry about it its now

of your concern" Jason said leaving the room he couldn't

believe he was letting that evil man get to him Alistair had

taken some much and done so much to him and sister its about

time that he turned the tables .

A/n: hi did you like it are you surprised that Jason has Alistair captive can you guess who Jason and his sister are yet please review and I'd love to read your guesses thanks to all who reviewed the last chapter

-RMSOBlue