Different Paths Part 13:
Doubts

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Andy orbed several minutes later back in and smiled at his wife
"hey"
"hey"
Andy leaned down and kissed her for several minutes before pulling away
"how are ya?"
"tired... tired but happy"
Andy forced a smile. Prue raised an eyebrow at him
"what?"
"nothing..."
he told her and kissed her again...
"your mom said, the girls are pretty active already..."
"yeah... megs' powering Paige out and Phoebe tries to stop Ann from crying"
Andy told her, again with a forced smile. Prue's smile first grew but then saw in his face there was something wrong
"what?"
she asked worried
"no..."
"don't you dare finishing that word now! What's wrong?"
"Prue..."
"Andy, I don't need your protection, so spill it!"
Andy looked down. Prue sighted slightly and grabbed his hands, crawling them
"whatever it is... you can tell me..."
"I know... it's just... I'm afraid this will be too much for you, if I'm right..."
"right with what?"
"I... umm... think... you know... that... Meghan's not Meghan..."
"what?"
Prue asked looking confused
"Andy... you told me last night... that was our daughter"
"she was..."
Andy answered and saw Prue's even more confused look
"the... girl last night was Meghan... the girl downstairs' not..."
"so what you say is?"
"that somehow someone replaced or possessed her"
Prue let out a laugh
"you try kidding me now, right?"
"no..."
Andy answered seriously
"Andy... how and when? We slept all together... it was impossible to take someone away from us without us wakening"
"well... we were exhausted... and I woke last night once... and saw Meghan returning from the toilette... maybe that's how it happened"
"Andy... this is... nonsense... it's only natural people go from time to toilette... and... How do you come to such... stuff anyway?"
"I... Prue I lived with Meghan for the past year... I watched her first step and words and whatever else... I know our daughter... I know every word which came out of her mouth so far... and I know that some of the words she used today already would never come form or daughter... she... behaves weird... and... She's so wild... Meghan's more the silent, shy kind of kid... yesterday she not even wanted to be with anyone else but me and Leo in one room and today she goes on her won playing with Paige... that's not like her"
"well... Andy, honey... she's her aunt..."
"I know... but... I also know there's something very wrong..."
"look... umm... let's just... wait till tonight... maybe... you suspect something wrong"
Andy looked away
"Andy... please... I promise... if you are tonight still sure about this... then I... will do whatever necessary to prove if she's really our daughter and if not, where real Meghan is, okay?"
"yeah... okay..."
Prue smiled and pulled him down... kissing him a few times...
"I love you"
Andy smiled a little as well
"you too"
he told her and kissed her back
"now... get me downstairs... I'm hungry"