Chapter 11
Liz took the phone and walked out of the room. Nancy and Jeff Parker looked at their daughter with concern.
"Why now?", asked Phillip looking at where Liz left.
"I don't know maybe it had to do with her seeing the trial, but I don't like this", said Jeff.
Phillip nodded his head and got up.
"I have to make a few phone calls, excuse me", said Phillip.
Max looked at his father that just nodded his head. Max knew that his father was doing a background check on this woman because he like Max didn't want anything to happen to Liz.
"Dad wait for me", said Max.
Phillip nodded his head at this.
"Yeah come on", said Phillip.
Max sat in his fathers office while Phillip made a few calls to run a background check on Liz's "mother".
"Yes, Richard thank you very much", said Phillip hanging up.
"He should have the info in like two hours", said Phillip looking at his son.
"Do you think she is bad news dad?", asked Max.
"I don't know but it seems convenient for her all of a sudden to want to meet her daughter", said Phillip.
Max nodded his head in agreement.
Meanwhile Liz clutched the phone tightly in her hand trying to calm her nerves. She picked up the phone but she couldn't speak. Rosie must have heard her breathing so she began speaking.
"Liz I know that I have no business calling your home and I just this is so hard", said Rosie.
Liz listened but didn't respond. She clutched the seat she was sitting in trying to calm her nerves.
"I know I shouldn't be calling but I couldn't help it, I just I just, I don't know I just wanted you to know why", said Rosie.
"Why what? Why you abandoned me why you left me, why all of a sudden you want to be in contact with me when you haven't even thought about me for the last 23 years", yelled Liz.
She was angry now. How dare this woman disrupt her life?
"I know you are angry, but I can explain. Liz please I can explain", said Rosie trying to make her understand.
"Explain what?", yelled Liz.
She was so angry and tired. She just wanted to have her happy life and something always seemed to be ruining that.
"I please, can we meet, please, that's all I ask. I'll answer your questions, I know you have them I just really please", said Rosie almost crying out.
"I can't I can't meet you, I have my family now I just can't", said Liz into the receiver with tears flowing down her eyes.
She just wanted to be happy.
Rosie sighed, "Please Liz", said Rosie.
"Stop calling me that, only friends and family are allowed to call me that", spat out Liz.
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to explain", said Rosie.
"How did you know where to find me?", asked Liz.
"I can't tell you that now, please I just need to talk to you. Can we meet, like tomorrow?", asked Rosie.
Liz shook her head, she knew it was a bad idea but she couldn't help but feel that she should. This woman gave birth to her and she owed her that much.
"Okay tomorrow at Peter's Park on third, do you know it?", asked Liz trying to calm her nerves.
"Yes I know it, thank you", whispered Rosie before hanging up the phone.
Liz sighed and tears flowed down her face. She was trembling so much. She felt a hand come down on her shoulders and she looked up into the eyes of the man that she will always love.
"I love you Max", whispered Liz before she fell into his arms.
"It's okay baby, its okay", whispered Max.
"She asked to meet me", said Liz.
Max looked at her and nodded his head.
"Okay if you want to but I'm going to be there, in the background Liz", said Max.
Liz nodded her head. She knew that he would never let her go alone. Kyle walked into the room signaling Max.
"Let's go eat baby", whispered Max.
Liz nodded her head and smiled at him and went to sit with her family. Nancy tried not to protest when Liz told them that she was meeting with her birth mother but she held her tongue she knew that this was something that Liz had to do for herself.
"So what did he find?", asked Max after finding his father sitting in his office.
An office that used to intimidate him as a child because of the large desk that made his father look larger than life. It seemed that Phillip Evans was apart of that office and that large mahogany desk.
"Yeah a little but I need more time, but I know I few things", said Phillip.
Max sat, listened, with wide eyes, at the news that his father gave him. He was angry and is was just something that he knew that Liz did not need.
"She is going to meet this woman tomorrow, I don't think she should", said Max.
"Let her, Liz needs to hear and see it for herself", said Phillip.
Max nodded his head and got up. What he saw in the dinning room made him stop and stare. Liz was sitting at the table smiling full on laughing. It made Max feel good. He didn't want that smile to ever go away.
Morning 9:00 am
"Aidan let's get dressed", said Liz waddling into the room.
"Okay mommy", said Aidan running out his room and looking into the closet.
"So what do you want to wear sweetheart", asked Liz looking down at her son.
"Umm what you wearing mommy, asked Aidan reaching out to rub her tummy.
"So pretty mommy, she gonna be pretty momma", said Aidan.
"Oh she is, you are going to be a great big brother Aidan, I going to wear a dress", replied Liz.
"Umm", said Aidan tapping his chin with his finger and looking at his closet.
Liz had to stifle her laughter. He little boy was so adorable.
"Mommy, daddy say you going to meet yous mommy dat had you in her tummy", said Aidan looking into her face for confirmation.
Liz nodded her head.
"She bad like mommy dat had me in tummy?", asked Aidan.
"I hope not", whispered Liz.
"Lets get you dress baby", said Liz.
Aidan nodded his head and lifted up his arms wanting a hug.
Liz drove to the park. She saw a woman that looked lost. She had dark hair and from where she was sitting Liz noticed that was looking around.
Liz walked up to her and said, "Rosie?", asked Liz.
Rosie looked up with tears in her eyes.
"Liz?", asked Rosie.
Liz nodded her head.
"Oh please sit down", said Rosie moving over to allow Liz to sit down.
"So how far along are you?", asked Rosie.
"About 8 months", whispered Liz.
Rosie nodded her head.
"Look I know this is weird it's just that, I wanted to tell you why I did what I did", said Rosie.
Liz nodded her head so she could continue.
"I was 16 when I met him, I was stupid and naïve, I thought he loved me, I was a virgin and I god I was so stupid. I thought he would be there for me. When I turned 18, I found out I got pregnant and thought it was the best thing, but I didn't know that the man I loved was married with a child of his own", said Rosie looking down at her hands.
"I never wanted to give you away, I never did, but when I told him he told me that he wanted me to get an abortion. I didn't believe in that, I begged him to be with us, but he told me that he couldn't that I was just a quick fuck that went on too long", said Rosie wiping her tears away.
Liz looked up at the woman.
"Why did you give me up then?", asked Liz.
"Oh Liz I didn't want to but he threaten me telling me that, I was this slut and he would take you away from me. I saw a side of Ed Harding that I didn't want to know. I didn't want him raising my child but I knew that I couldn't do it alone. I was only 18 and I just couldn't. I'm so sorry but I hate to say this but I don't regret my decision you got excellent parents, you are happy and I wouldn't change that for the world", said Rosie.
Liz nodded her head.
"I have to tell you something Liz", said Rosie looking at the young woman next to him.
"What?", asked Liz.
"Ed is after you, I found out, he is going to hurt you", said Rosie.
"How?", asked Liz.
"By playing you on your emotions", said Rosie smirking and pulling out an object from behind her back.
"What are you doing", yelled Liz trying to get up.
Rosie grabbed her arm.
"Making sure that you forever remember hurting my daughter", said Rosie pointing the gin at Liz.
"What, I'm your daughter", said Liz backing away from the crazy woman.
"Please little girl are you that stupid, your mother was a druggie, that just got out of rehab. She was nothing but a whore. She stole my husband I'll steal her daughter", said Rosie moving towards Liz.
Liz looked at her and lunged.
"Liz", yelled Max and was startled back when he heard the bullet bang out throughout the air. It hit his eardrums so hard he thought he would go deaf just from the sound. What he saw made his heart stop. Liz and Rosie on the fall covered in blood.