I'm back again with a brand new chapter! And this is another shocking twist in this one!

Date: December 17, 2005

"Baby, wake up," a soft, gentle woman whispered in her ear.

Lisa slowly woke up and looked into the eyes of her mother, Alicia. Her body tensed up at the sight of her mother, but then she relaxed. Deep down inside, she was glad her mother was alive but she wanted some answers.

"Where am I?" Lisa asked as she sat up on the bed.

"You fainted on the street so I drove you back to your hotel room. Your fiancé let me inside after I told him who I was," Alicia replied.

"Speaking of Randy, where is he? I need to talk to him," Lisa said as she proceeded to climb out of bed.

Alicia held her down. "Don't move. You need to rest, honey. Besides, we need to talk."

"Talk about what? My father lied to me! He said you were dead. Now, you wanna talk? Why should I talk to you?" Lisa forced all her anger out on Alicia but she wasn't mad at her. This was all her father's fault. If he hadn't lied to her, if he hadn't sold her life away to Jeremy...

"Lisa, you have every right to be upset. You have a right to know what happened." Alicia took her in her arms.

"Why did Daddy lie? Why did he lie about you?" Lisa just wanted some answers.

"When we left home to go visit Aunt Lucy, he hired someone to follow me. He wanted to make sure you come back to him. That someone crashed into the car, causing me to crash against the telephone pole. When I was in the hospital, your father came by to see me..."

Flashback

"Where is she, Alicia?" Marcus asked when he came inside the room.

Alicia was lying in the bed, sore all over her body. Thank goodness she didn't suffer any major injuries. The crash had been painful for her to watch.

"Lucy came and picked her up. Lisa's over her house," Alicia announced.

"Have you lost your fucking mind? I told you I didn't want our child hanging around your slut of a sister! Now, I'm gonna have to go over there and get her," Marcus ranted.

Alicia glared at him. "Baby, leave her alone for a while. Beside, Lisa shouldn't have to come back home after a certain someone hired a hit man to follow me."

Marcus was shocked. "How did you know about that?

"Really, Marcus. When it comes to friends, you make really poor choices." she snorted.

He headed for the door. "It doesn't matter. I'm getting my daughter back. And you're never gonna see her again."

Alicia sat up on the bed. "What? You can't do that! I'm her mother!"

"Not anymore," were the last words Marcus said before he walked out of the room, and out of her life once and for all...

End Flashback

"...and that's how we came to this. Your father lied that I was killed in that car crash. So I ended up staying with your aunt Lucy for a while until someone called me and told me where you were," Alicia said.

Lisa grew curious. "Who was the person?"

Alicia's face scrunched up. "I don't know. It was some guy who calls himself George Michael..."

"Oh, my God! George called you! How did he find you?" Lisa was shocked.

"Actually, I was at his concert. I managed to run into him at the after party afterward..."

New Flashback

"George Michael, may I talk to you for a second?" Alicia asked when she ran into him.

"Sure, darling. What's on your mind?" he escorted her to a nearby table in the back and they sat down on the sofa.

"Were you talking to someone a minute ago?" Alicia asked.

"Of course. She's a real sweetheart. She poured her heart out to me about her childhood, her father, how she lost her mother and how she ended up in an abusive marriage with that jerk. I think his name is Jeremy, I'm not sure," George said.

She grew curious of what he said."Wait a minute. You said her husband's name is Jeremy?"

"That's right," he replied.

"Did she tell you how she got married?" she asked.

"Yes. She said she ran away from home because her father was being abusive towards her. In actuality, her father sold her to Jeremy just so he could get out of debt. I can't believe any man would do something like that to his own child." George shook his head in disbelief.

Oh, my God! How could Marcus do this to her? I should've been there, Alicia thought with tears falling from her eyes.

"Miss, are you okay?" George asked when he noticed the sad look in her eyes.

She wiped the tears away from her eyes. "I'm fine. I'm just digesting what you told me."

He looked at her more closely. "You know something? You look exactly like Lisa. Do you happen to know her?"

She returned his gaze with intensity. "As a matter of fact, I do. I'm her mother."

George was shocked. "You're her mother? Lisa said you were dead."

"Well, her father lied to her. He told her I was killed in a car crash. When he visited me at the hospital, he declared that I would never see her again. When I got out of the hospital, I learned my husband sold the house and moved to another city. I had to stay with my sister." more tears fell from her eyes.

"I'm sorry, darling. I wish there was something I can do to help you out," George said. Then he took her in his arms.

"Actually, there is something you can do, George," Alicia replied with a weak smile.

"Which is?"

"Can you help me find Lisa?"

To her shock, he leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips. "It will be my pleasure, darling..."

End Flashback

"...and he gave me the information I needed to find you, honey. George was very helpful to me" Alicia said with a smile.

Lisa glared at her. " I hope you didn't sleep with him, Mom. He's gay."

Alicia scoffed off at what her daughter said. "I know he's gay, baby. He told me so. After he kissed me, that is."

"He kissed you?" Lisa was stunned.

Alicia shook her head and laughed. "Never mind about that, Lisa. What we need figure out is how we're gonna beat Jeremy and your father at their own game."

Tears started falling from her eyes. "I'm way ahead of you, Mom. You see, I'm set to marry the man I love within a matter of weeks. And, Jeremy escaped from prison."

"I heard what he did to your best friend. I'm so sorry to hear that, baby. I know how much Lacey meant to you," Alicia said before she held her daughter again.

"I just want Jeremy to pay for what he did to me, Mom," Lisa cried.

"I know, baby. I know." Alicia kissed her forehead.

X

"George, what brings you here?" Randy asked when he ran into the pop star at the airport.

"I just got a call from Lisa and her mother. They wanted me to go meet them at the hotel," George said.

"That's weird. I just received the same phone call. Why don't we go there together," Randy suggested.

"Why not?" George agreed.

They left there together, not realizing that, number one, they were being followed and, number two, them going back to the hotel proved to be a set-up.

Uh-oh! Something tells me something bad is gonna happen big time in the next chapter!