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Part 4

After calming his wife down, Alex headed towards Wilgul to talk to Nick and sort the misunderstanding out as best he could. He knew it wouldn't be easy but soon he'd know both sides and he's be able to help more. His brother and Tess deserved happiness more than a lot of people he knew and it made Alex angry to think his bother's mistake may have been Tess's reason for leaving her family and friends, her home.

He entered the house and pounded on the doorframe to make his presence known. He walked into the kitchen and Nick looked up.

"Hey, you're back!" he exclaimed, smiling until he saw the expression on Alex's face. He stood up to meet his brother.

"Yes. Because I need to hear the truth," Alex explained, stony faced.

"The truth? What truth?" Nick asked, perplexed.

"I want you to tell me the whole story again Nick," Alex said, taking a seat at the kitchen table.

"I told you the story Alex!" he exclaimed. He shook his head and then continued a little quieter. "I don't want to talk about this anymore."

"Well, you have to talk. Tess told Claire all about your new girlfriend!" Alex exclaimed.

"My what?" Nick shouted, sitting back down at the table.

"Come on, Nick! Just tell me what's going on," Alex replied.

"Well now, I don't know," Nick admitted, quietly but still angrily. "I have no idea about what the bloody hell is going on!!"

"She told Claire you were with someone else."

"When? Today?" Nick said, as it all began to make sense.

"Yeah, jackass. Today," Alex said.

"Oh man! That was Sarah Carter, a new friend of mine. Mum brought her over here today," Nick explained, realizing where this was going.

"Mum, aye," Alex said. "I should have known that she was pulling a number on you. Interfering old bat."

He was angry but he loved his mother, any names he called her were affectionate. But it didn't change the fact that, although, on the exterior she was sweet and innocent, on the inside she could be as calculating and manipulative as everybody else.

"It's not about Mum, Alex! It was Tess's decision and her fault. She came here but didn't want to see me! She left a message-"

"Message, message, message!" Alex exclaimed, slamming his hand down on the table. How? Did she write a note or something for you?" He was really sick of it anymore..

"No, she told Mum," he said slowly. Then he realized, "OH MY GOD!"

"Yeah, oh my exactly," Alex said patting him on the sholder for support. "You see, I knew that."

"I have to see Tess!" Nick exclaimed jumping up. "I have to explain this to her." Now his face was full of regret.

"Well, you cant," Alex said, standing up and putting his hat on.

"What?" he asked. "Why not?"

"Cause, she's gone. She left, Nick, when she saw you and Sarah..."

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"Which photo did you show Liz?" an angry Harry yelled at his mother.

"Photo? What photo? I didn't show her anything!" Maude exclaimed, putting on a front of piety and innocence.

"Don't lie to me, Mother! I know you did. Now tell me who was I with in that photo?" he asked, not taking any of it. He held his mothers arm.

"Let go my arm!! It hurts, I dont know what you are talking about!" Maude said calmly.

"Mother! Marj told me! I know you did something. Now TELL ME!" he yelled so loudly that even Maude jumped.

"She is lying!" Maude exclaimed, recovering quickly.

"MOTHER!"

"Okay," she said finally giving in. She put a hand to her heart, acting scared. "It was the photo of you and Stephanie."

"Stephanie?" he asked incredulously. "Mother, why would you show someone a photo with me and Stephanie?"

"I wanted Liz to think that you were happy with someone else," she said, with no remorse.

"But I am not happy without her! Plus, Stephanie is my cousin," he exclaimed.

"Yes, I know that. But..."

"STOP IT MOTHER!! I hate you when you pull tricks on me like that and try to take over and ruin my life!" he screamed. "God what am I going to do now? Damn! I've lost her now. Thanks a lot, Mother."

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"You are what?" Liz said, her eyes widening in shock.

"I'm so sorry Liz! I know I should have told you this in the very beginning," he tried to calm her down.

"BRYCE, YOU'RE MARRIED!" she screamed.

"Yes, It's just the unfortunate truth," he said.

"Oh I can't believe this," she said, but she seemed distracted. This seemed to go further than him just being married.

"Please forgive me Liz," he begged. "I love you so much. But I just can't leave my family. I can't disgrace them like that."

"Just go Bryce," she said, brushing it off. "I don't want to see you anymore."

"Ok. I understand," he said, a little sadly. "But at least you have learned that before starting to make plans about us, huh?"

It was little comfort to Liz to here him say that.

"GO!" she screamed. "GO! GO! GO! JUST LEAVE!"

When Bryce was gone anymore,

"Oh yeah plans. I had plans, but not for you and me, but they were ruined," she muttered to herself. "But tell me now, what am I going to do with this baby, you bloody bastard!"