Chapter 15 Complete
Aidan's POV
I looked at this woman and I knew that I should be scared or even intimidated. She had tried to kill me. But my need to know what happened outweighed any fear that I might have. Is it wrong to hate her? I remember asking my mother that one day when I was like 10 years old. She told me no but she also told me that she knew the type of person that I was and that I didn't hate her. It just wasn't in my nature to hate. I asked her how did she knew that? She simply said "Aidan I am your mother, a mother knows". Now I sit before my biological mother and wonder if she knows me at all. She couldn't though because she never wanted to know me. That's why I'm here. I want to know why she didn't want me, why she didn't care to know me and why it was her life's mission to destroy my family.
"Look I'm not going to lie to you, I spent 11 years in jail and being a liar doesn't really accomplish anything", replied Tess brushing her stringy blond hair away from her face.
Tess's POV
Well this is my son. He doesn't look a thing like me. It's not surprising. He would never have looked like me. God knew what he was doing. What shocked me was that he was sitting here at all. One of the officers had come in and told me that I had a visitor which was shocking in and of itself. Who would want to visit me? I mean come on. I am a woman that hurt her son. Many don't find that a nice trait to have. I spent 11 years in this prison, this hell really and I don't think I've learned anything but to be angry. I have been angry for so long. It took me 5 years to get over my delusions of busting out of here and killing Max Evans and Liz. I hated them both for putting me here and I couldn't stand the idea that they were happy while I was suffering. Then it took me another 2 years to stop wanting to kill my father because if he didn't cheat on my mother then this would have never have happened. The last couple of years of course were spent in denial that I did anything wrong. But this last year was when I finally felt the pangs of guilt that Liz talked about in court that day. I felt guilt and remorse. It overwhelmed me. I couldn't breath and I wanted to die because the pain was too much. I hurt people. I was a monster I knew that. Everyone knew that it wasn't shocking.
"Why did you hurt my family?", asked Aidan looking at the woman.
"Because I could", answered Tess looking into his eyes.
She saw him flinch. She knew he would.
"So what if you could what gives you the right to do it?", asked Aidan getting angry with the vague answers that this woman was giving him.
"Because I hated her, I hated him. It's as simple as that. They were on my hate list. Little boy, you don't know hate yet. I can see it. You are still innocent in that way. The world hasn't harden your heart yet. Look hate is what I'm made of. It's what makes me live through this. Hate Liz I hate your father. It's as simple as that", answered Tess.
"Umm, what would you say if I told you I hated you, that they hated you", said Aidan trying to get a response from the passive woman sitting in front of him.
Then he got his answer. He saw the flicker of pain pass over her face before she quickly covered it up with her mask of indifference.
"Well you are entitled to feel that way, I can't change it", said Tess.
"Do you wish that you could?", asked Aidan.
"No I don't it's what I knew would happen", answered Tess never taking her eyes off of him.
"DO you wish that I died that day?", asked Aidan.
Tess looked up into his eyes confused for a minute then the significance of his statement hit her. He was really asking her if she wished that he never been born.
"Do you want the truth, or a version of it that would make you sleep at night?", asked Tess still looking at him.
Aidan shifted in his seat mentally preparing himself.
"I want the whole truth and nothing but that", answered Aidan.
"I didn't want you, I never did; you were just a pawn in my game. I wanted your father to yield to me, to give me what I wanted and you were just there to be used", answered Tess.
She was shocked when he didn't flinched. His face was as indifferent as hers has been. Aidan nodded his head and looked at her again.
"Do you hate me?", asked Aidan.
Tess looked at him once again trying to get a feel for what he was thinking. She got nothing.
"I don't know you", answered Tess
"That never stop you from hating someone before so again I ask you, do you hate me?", asked Aidan calmly looking her in the eyes, more like penetrating her soul with his eyes.
She knew that look. It was a look that he got from Liz actually not from his father.
"I don't hate you", answered Tess slowly.
"Do you hate my parents?", asked Aidan.
Tess once again thought of giving him a vague answer but she saw the determined look on his face and decided against it.
"I did, but now I don't feel much of anything", answered Tess. She knew it was a lie though.
"You are lying", answered Aidan looking into her eyes once more.
Tess looked at him and answered once more.
"I hate them, I still do and that hate eats at me", answered Tess.
"Do you love Pam Troy?", asked Aidan.
Tess seemed surprised at this. It's been a while since she even seen the woman. They were put in different prisons. Last she heard Pam Troy got parole about 4 years ago. But she went nuts and they put her in the ward. She kept repeating that Tess made her do it.
"At the time yes, now I don't know", answered Tess honestly.
"Did you use her too?", asked Aidan.
"Yes", said Tess simply.
"Why?", asked Aidan but he already knew the answer to that question.
"Because it was easy, and I needed to get back at Max", answered Tess.
"I have one more question then I'll leave", said Aidan.
Tess nodded her head.
"Did you ever in your lifetime love me at all?", asked Aidan.
Tess looked at him and saw the sadness there. It was painful and she resisted the urge to clench her fists. She didn't want to answer this.
"I don't have to answer you", said Tess.
"I know that but I'm asking you anyway", answered Aidan.
Tess looked at him and knowing that he would probably sit there all day until he got an answer.
"No I didn't", answered Tess.
"I didn't love you then because I don't know how to do that. I only know how to hate. I hated Liz and I hated Max, and my father and his whore. I hated them because I don't know how to love", answered Tess.
"But you told me that you don't hate me, then what is it that you feel for me?", asked Aidan.
"Nothing, I feel nothing", answered Tess.
"How can you feel nothing?", asked Aidan getting angry.
She knew he would.
"You wouldn't understand, your father loves you, Liz loves you, you probably have a whole group of people that love you, I was never taught that", said Tess.
"My mother didn't because she herself didn't know how", answered Tess.
"That's", said Aidna then he bust out laughing.
"That's bullshit", said Aidan looking at the woman in front of him.
"My mother loved you, she loved you with her whole heart, and you sent her to destroy my father, Pam Troy loved you, she is in a the looney bin because of what you did, grandpa loved you, he let you get away with anything you wanted, he told you he loved you everyday, I know he did, he tried to keep you from turning out like you she-devil mother, Sorry Ms. Harding if I don't buy your sob story about the poor little girl that is in here because she received no love, I'm 15 years old a bit naïve but not stupid", said Aidan.
Tess looked at him in shock.
"Well I see where you get your attitude from", said Tess crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yeah from my mother Liz Parker-Evans, didn't think I noticed that you refused to say that she is my mother did you?" asked Aidan. Tess shifted in her seat glaring at him.
"She is not your mother, I am", said Tess.
Aidan just smiled. "I'll repeat to you what I said to grandpa at the courthouse 11 years ago. You are not my mother. A mother is someone you reads you bed time stories, a mother yells at you for running in the living room, a mother is someone that helps you with your science project, a mother is someone who loves you", said Aidan looking at Tess.
"And you Tess Harding are none of those things, You will never be any of those things. I have a mother her name is Liz Evans. She is and will always be my mother", said Aidan getting up.
"Good day Ms. Harding it has been an enlightening afternoon", said Aidan.
"Why did you come here", asked Tess.
"Because I needed to confirm what I already know, that you have not changed and to forgive you", answered Aidan.
"Why would you forgive me I thought you hated me", replied Tess.
"Forgiving you is for me, it's for my piece of mind not for your benefit and I don't hate you. I feel nothing for you. You were wrong when you said that I didn't understand. I do, I don't' feel anything towards you. You are a stranger to me, someone that I would pass on the street and not remember in the next minute. You are insignificant now. I won't remember you after this day, I know that. I just needed closure. You were a part of my life that I needed to shut the door too that's all. If I feel anything towards you it would be anger because you hurt my parents; that's all. You are as significant as someone that would have mugged my parents. Yes you hurt them and yes I'm angry but that's all. It will pass. It has passed. I feel nothing for you Ms. Harding. But I know for a fact that you feel something for me and that will eat at you behind those bars at night. Good Day, I hope you find that closure that I received today. Thank you for your time", answered Aidan getting up and walking out.
She could still here the noise of his timberland boots hitting the ground as he walked away. She still could hear the doors shutting telling her that she was still in prison. She could here the door behind her open and she could see the officer walking her to her cell. She could hear the women talking to each other. She knew that this was the end. Her own son didn't feel anything for her. She thought that he would hate her, despise her even but he felt nothing and that was worse then anything else. She swallowed back the sob that wanted to escape her mouth. She knew that she would never be the same. She then felt it the overwhelming pain the grief the guilt envelop her whole heart making her tremble. She laid back on her bed looking at the ceiling of her cell. She noticed the cracks that were there but nothing else. She thought she would be able to handle the meeting but she couldn't She couldn't handle a 15 years old boy. She couldn't handle the fact that he didn't hate her. She couldn't handle the fact that they didn't feel anything for her. She knew that they would forget her this day, but she wouldn't forget them. Her son's words came back full force at her.
"I don't feel anything towards you. You are a stranger to me, someone that I would pass on the street and not remember in the next minute. You are insignificant now. You are insignificant now. You are insignificant now. You are insignificant now".
Those words repeated over and over in her mind. The next morning they found her. Her eyes wide open and her expression blank.
"Harding", yelled the officer.
"Harding", yelled the officer again.
Tess didn't make a move. She had retreated. She had lost not only the battle but the war. Her mind was gone now and there would be nothing that would bring it back.
Aidan walked into the waiting arms of his parents hugging them tightly.
"Baby?", asked Liz looking at him almost afraid to see what damage that Tess probably inflicted on her son.
"Let's go home", said Aidan smiling at her and kiss her cheeks.
He reached over and hugged his dad. Max looked at Liz over his son's shoulders. Liz just shrugged her shoulders and sighed. He would tell them on his own time.
"Aidan", yelled Malia looking at her older brother.
She was 11 years old now and didn't understand everything but she knew that Aidan needed her now.
"Yeah babe, I'm coming", said Aidan smiling at his baby sister that was standing there with her hands on her hips.
Their twin brother and sister stood next to Malia trying to copy her stance and he laughed. "Let's go home", said Aidan wrapping an arm around her shoulders walking out of that prison. His family had wanted to be there for him that day and he knew that they would always be there for him.
"Aidan, Aidan", yelled the twins jumping into his arms.
He laughed again. He loved his family.
"Mom dad you coming?", asked Aidan.
Liz grabbed Max's hands and nodded her head following the rest of the family out. They would talk about it but not now.
"Dad stop panicking", said Aidan rolling his eyes.
"But you are getting married, my baby is getting married", said Max pacing.
Aidan just laughed. This was his wedding day and he wasn't surprised when he saw his father acting a fool as his mother would say. Liz breezed into the room, rolled her eyes at Max and went up to her son kissing his cheeks.
"Aren't you the most handsome man in the whole world", said Liz kissing his cheeks.
"Mom", whined Aidan.
Aidan shifted her around so that both of them could look at Max pacing in the room. Suddenly the door open and in walked Maria.
"Max please stop the pacing you are acting like you won't get laid after this wedding, weddings are the best Viagra", said Maria.
Max stopped at this almost choking. "But you wouldn't know anything about Viagra would you Max?", said Maria.
"Maria", yelled Michael into the room.
Max just shook his head.
"Now Aidan I got you this book, it tells you how to hit all the right spots when you are having sex, I know I like to be eaten out but every girl is different", said Maria handing him the book. "Oh and here", said Maria handing him a vibrator and a couple of condoms.
"Maria we are in a church", sighed Liz.
"So, like God didn't get busy himself, please God invented sex, and I must thank him", said Maria kneeling down and crossing herself before thank the hold father for the invention of sex. "Maria", yelled Michael put his head down into his hands.
His woman drove him crazy. Aidan just smiled.
"Well Mrs. Evans, let's see if Maria was right", said Max walking into their now empty home.
Their youngest were sleeping at friends' homes and Malia was staying at her dorm room.
"What could Maria possible be right about?", asked Liz.
"Weddings being the best Viagra", said Max with his eyes twinkling.
"Why Mr. Evans, I do believe that we can check that theory out", said Liz unzipping her dress and making it fall to the ground.
Even at her age Liz Evans was still a sight. She was beautiful and elegant and Max Evans loved her with his whole heart. Max quickly removed his pants and rushed her making her giggle out. He didn't waste anytime slipping into her waiting heat. He trembled at how even after all these years she was still tight and wet. She could make a man die from such pleasure. Being married to Liz for the last 30 years have been a dream come true for Max. He had happiness and family. It was all he ever wanted. He remembered that day Aidan went to see Tess. He did tell them everything and Liz cried but Aidan told him that it was an experience that he needed to have. He needed to meet this woman that had made a change in his life and brought him a mother. Liz cried at that. She was always afraid that Aidan wouldn't love her anymore and that Tess would become his mother. It was one of her biggest fears. Max was actually shocked as well as Aidan but Aidan quickly reassured her that would never happen because she was his mother forever and a day. They spent the remainder of the night sleeping on Aidan's bed because they didn't want to be too far away from him. Life continued on after that. Maria still said things that made Isabel and Alex shoot her disapproving looks and Phillip Evans chock on his wine. Liz and Max were still lovy dovy. Their whole family still had Sunday dinners at least once month to catch up on the happenings of their lives. Amy Deluca and Jim Valenti did eventually tie the knot that of course Amy bragged out her sex life. That sex life must have been good because they welcomed a baby girl 9 months after the honeymoon. Alex and Isabel had two more children spent their time lavishing them with gifts. Isabel fit well as a mother. Serena and Zan loved each other and continued to do so even when Serena was diagnosed with Cancer. She made it through and had been in remission for years now. It was a tough time for all of them especially Zan that feared that he would lose her but Serena has always been a fighter. Ava and Kyle had a little trouble especially when he had gotten shot almost dying. She begged him to leave the police force. He refused and he had moved out but when she visited him at work intending to give him a piece of her mind she saw why he loved his work so much. He sat there talking to a rape victim, he caught the rapist making the young woman get her closure. Ava finally understood why he did it. He loved helping people and that was one of the things that she loved most about him. He returned home shortly after that and 9 months later they welcomed a baby girl. That was a fine make up session. Phillip and Jeff Parker's business flourished as well as their friendship. Nacny, Rosie, Diane, and Amy all still hang out and talk. They found peace in each other that they loved. Darcy did go to jail and ended of killing herself a short time later. The woman that cause them such grief, didn't have a single person show up at her funeral. Ed and Rosie's marriage was rocky sometimes they had a lot of issues but that didn't stop them from loving each other. They loved each other in ways that they didn't think possible. All the children ventured out into the world doing good. Something that their mothers taught them to do.
"Liz I'm cumming", yelled Max thrusting into his wife.
He loved her so much.
"Cum Max, Cum", yelled Liz grabbed his butt and pushing him closer to her waiting heat.
"Liz", yelled Max when he felt his orgasm rip through him.
"Max", yelled Liz surrendering to her own orgasm.
A while later as they cuddled up on their bed Max reached over and kissed her forehead.
"I love you my Liz, you are my everything, these 30 years have been the best I could have ever asked for, you are my soul mate, my everything", whispered Max once more.
The only response that Liz has was "Oh Max".
Those words were spoken for the next 40 years until the day that these two soul mates died in each other's arms.
The End..
Thank you all for reading this fic. This was my first alternate Universe fic and I don't know if I did good but that's all I had. SO thanks once more for letting me share it with you.