Evelyn laughed and shook her head. "No no no. Error's grown up now, he's...17. Got a fiance actually."
Klutzy's eyes widened. "Our little boy?" He asked shocked, emphasizing the word 'our'.
She nodded. "yeah she's a real beauty too." She said sighing looking at her feet. "You know he never got over you leaving. He thought you abandoned him."
He closed his eyes. "Oh my God..." He choked, that was not what he wanted.
She quickly looked up. "And then I got married and he lost his other 'parent' so I have no room to kick."
"Does he hate me?" He asked. "I mean either of us?"
She shook her head. "No he don't...though he probably should..."
Klutzy nodded and leaned on the table with his elbows. "You think he'll let me see him again?" he asked.
Evelyn smiled at him. "I think he'ld be thrilled to know your back in town...he's not too happy with me though."
"Why not?"
She laughed sadly. "well for starters I married Oscar instead of you and I bore his children...he considers me a traitor."
He sighed and stared at her for a moment. He didn't want to respond to this, he just reached over and touched her hand. She smiled slightly up at him and then looked at the clock.
"I've gotta go. He's gonna be home soon and if I'm not back..." She pulled away her hand. "I'll be back soon I promise. Don't let anyone know I was here. Please."
Klutzy sat back in the chair watching her leave. He stared at the door for a moment after it shut. He closed his eyes sliding his hand over his face. He slowly wiped away the tear that escaped from his clinched eye.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quietly she put the groceries away up in the cupboards, listening the sounds of her children. Anna was chasing Joseph around the room, while Christopher was drawing at the kitchen table. She turned around when she heard the front door open.
"Honey is dat you?" She called out.
Oscar came in the room smirking, He pulled his hat off and looked at her. "It bettah be or someone's gonna be in trouble for looking at me wife dis way." He said walking over putting his arm around her.
"You're not mad at me now?" She asked. He just shrugged and nuzzled against her neck. She touched his hand gently.
Turning around pulling his wife to his chest he looked at their oldest boy. "You feeling better now?" He asked.
Christopher nodded. "Yes papa. I'm making something for Uncle Klutzy."
Evelyn saw anger flash in Oscar's eyes at the mention of the other man. "Why don't you make something for me instead?" he asked.
The little boy looked up and gulped a bit. "I mean for you papa. I don't like that man." He said frightened.
Oscar nodded. "Dat's more like it."
Evelyn just stared at him. "Don't be teaching my child your hatred." She exclaimed.
He turned his eyes focusing his anger now on his very pregnant wife. "Bedroom. Now." he ordered, grabbing her arm as the reached the living room.
He dragged her to the bedroom slamming the door behind him. Twisting her arm, he threw her down on her stomach on the bed pinning her down. "You've been seeing him again."
"No I haven't!"
"You're lying." He snarled pulling her hair, giving it a yank.
"Please Oscar you're hurting me."
Oscar put his knee in her side. "If I hear his name in dis house one more time I'm gonna have you followed and then there really will be hell to pay."
Evelyn nodded quickly. "you won't I promise! Just let go of me, Please!"
He loosened his grip on her slightly. "you better put out for me tonight." He growled in her ear.
She turned around shooting him a glare. "Don't I always?" She asked bitterly.
He lifted up his hand preparing to strike her but pulled it back. "I'm gonna go out with the children." he said.
She watched as he left closing the door behind him. She curled up putting her arms around her stomach, crying softly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So it was just like that?"
Evelyn sighed. "I don't wanna talk about it Klutz." She said looking away.
He reached out his hand to her. "Sor...if I'm the cause of it. I wanna..." He stopped when she pushed it away.
"Don't worry about it, I'll heal and if I miscarry, we'll make another one. Just like he says." She folded her arms and looked down at the ground pushing back tears. She hated when Oscar talked about their unborn children like that.
"Oh that's a real manly way to talk about your offspring." Klutzy growled. "Why the hell don't you just leave him?" He demanded
"Why don't you leave the stage huh?" She spouted back.
He gave her a strange look. "What? What do you mean why don't I leave the stage."
She stared back at him. "why don't you just answer me huh?"
Klutzy sighed. "because I love it." He replied. "I've dreamt of this all my life." It was his second love his first being her, but he wasn't going to say that.
"That's why I can't leave him," She choked. "I've loved him since I was real young."
"but he abuses you. He can't love you."
Evelyn sighed and looked him in the eye. "He does. He really does. You don't' know what you're talking about."
"The hell I don't!" Klutzy shouted. "If he loved you he wouldn't beat you like he does."
"Yeah but if someone loved someone like you say they're supposed to they wouldn't make love to someone who's supposed to bee their dream and then run off, breaking off all contact for 9 years and expect to be able to come back and everything be the same!"
He stared at her, his mouth dropped open. He searched her eyes trying to remember how to speak. He swallowed hard and started to say something.
"Can it Romano." She said turning around to the door. She gave him one last look before opening it and slamming it shut.
Klutzy watched the door, hoping she would come back. He slumped down in the nearest chair. The memories started to come back mixed with the words she had just spoken. Closing his eyes he let it take him over.
Klutzy's eyes widened. "Our little boy?" He asked shocked, emphasizing the word 'our'.
She nodded. "yeah she's a real beauty too." She said sighing looking at her feet. "You know he never got over you leaving. He thought you abandoned him."
He closed his eyes. "Oh my God..." He choked, that was not what he wanted.
She quickly looked up. "And then I got married and he lost his other 'parent' so I have no room to kick."
"Does he hate me?" He asked. "I mean either of us?"
She shook her head. "No he don't...though he probably should..."
Klutzy nodded and leaned on the table with his elbows. "You think he'll let me see him again?" he asked.
Evelyn smiled at him. "I think he'ld be thrilled to know your back in town...he's not too happy with me though."
"Why not?"
She laughed sadly. "well for starters I married Oscar instead of you and I bore his children...he considers me a traitor."
He sighed and stared at her for a moment. He didn't want to respond to this, he just reached over and touched her hand. She smiled slightly up at him and then looked at the clock.
"I've gotta go. He's gonna be home soon and if I'm not back..." She pulled away her hand. "I'll be back soon I promise. Don't let anyone know I was here. Please."
Klutzy sat back in the chair watching her leave. He stared at the door for a moment after it shut. He closed his eyes sliding his hand over his face. He slowly wiped away the tear that escaped from his clinched eye.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Quietly she put the groceries away up in the cupboards, listening the sounds of her children. Anna was chasing Joseph around the room, while Christopher was drawing at the kitchen table. She turned around when she heard the front door open.
"Honey is dat you?" She called out.
Oscar came in the room smirking, He pulled his hat off and looked at her. "It bettah be or someone's gonna be in trouble for looking at me wife dis way." He said walking over putting his arm around her.
"You're not mad at me now?" She asked. He just shrugged and nuzzled against her neck. She touched his hand gently.
Turning around pulling his wife to his chest he looked at their oldest boy. "You feeling better now?" He asked.
Christopher nodded. "Yes papa. I'm making something for Uncle Klutzy."
Evelyn saw anger flash in Oscar's eyes at the mention of the other man. "Why don't you make something for me instead?" he asked.
The little boy looked up and gulped a bit. "I mean for you papa. I don't like that man." He said frightened.
Oscar nodded. "Dat's more like it."
Evelyn just stared at him. "Don't be teaching my child your hatred." She exclaimed.
He turned his eyes focusing his anger now on his very pregnant wife. "Bedroom. Now." he ordered, grabbing her arm as the reached the living room.
He dragged her to the bedroom slamming the door behind him. Twisting her arm, he threw her down on her stomach on the bed pinning her down. "You've been seeing him again."
"No I haven't!"
"You're lying." He snarled pulling her hair, giving it a yank.
"Please Oscar you're hurting me."
Oscar put his knee in her side. "If I hear his name in dis house one more time I'm gonna have you followed and then there really will be hell to pay."
Evelyn nodded quickly. "you won't I promise! Just let go of me, Please!"
He loosened his grip on her slightly. "you better put out for me tonight." He growled in her ear.
She turned around shooting him a glare. "Don't I always?" She asked bitterly.
He lifted up his hand preparing to strike her but pulled it back. "I'm gonna go out with the children." he said.
She watched as he left closing the door behind him. She curled up putting her arms around her stomach, crying softly.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So it was just like that?"
Evelyn sighed. "I don't wanna talk about it Klutz." She said looking away.
He reached out his hand to her. "Sor...if I'm the cause of it. I wanna..." He stopped when she pushed it away.
"Don't worry about it, I'll heal and if I miscarry, we'll make another one. Just like he says." She folded her arms and looked down at the ground pushing back tears. She hated when Oscar talked about their unborn children like that.
"Oh that's a real manly way to talk about your offspring." Klutzy growled. "Why the hell don't you just leave him?" He demanded
"Why don't you leave the stage huh?" She spouted back.
He gave her a strange look. "What? What do you mean why don't I leave the stage."
She stared back at him. "why don't you just answer me huh?"
Klutzy sighed. "because I love it." He replied. "I've dreamt of this all my life." It was his second love his first being her, but he wasn't going to say that.
"That's why I can't leave him," She choked. "I've loved him since I was real young."
"but he abuses you. He can't love you."
Evelyn sighed and looked him in the eye. "He does. He really does. You don't' know what you're talking about."
"The hell I don't!" Klutzy shouted. "If he loved you he wouldn't beat you like he does."
"Yeah but if someone loved someone like you say they're supposed to they wouldn't make love to someone who's supposed to bee their dream and then run off, breaking off all contact for 9 years and expect to be able to come back and everything be the same!"
He stared at her, his mouth dropped open. He searched her eyes trying to remember how to speak. He swallowed hard and started to say something.
"Can it Romano." She said turning around to the door. She gave him one last look before opening it and slamming it shut.
Klutzy watched the door, hoping she would come back. He slumped down in the nearest chair. The memories started to come back mixed with the words she had just spoken. Closing his eyes he let it take him over.