"I can not believe her!" Piper stammered angrily. "She actually expects me to kill my own child just to please the source!"
"I know it's wrong," Paige tried to explain, "but I think that she was only trying to help us."
"If she really cared about us then she would have left her husband a long time ago. Leo, you're with me, right?"
But Leo just sat there quietly for a moment before saying, "Actually, I think Paige is right. I think this is a sign that Phoebe could be swayed back to our side."
"That exactly what you both said last time and just look how well that turned out." Piper truly wanted to believe that her sister would come back to them but knew that was impossible. Phoebe loved Cole just as she loved Leo and there was nothing that she or Paige could do to change that.
"That doesn't mean there's not hope," Paige answered. "We have to keep trying. She's our sister."
Piper did not know what to say. She just wished that they could find an easier way out of this.
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"Phoebe, what have you done?" Cole demanded aggressively as Phoebe returned back to their home.
Phoebe was shocked as to how quick her husband found out what she was up to but in case he was wrong, she acted as if she didn't know what he was talking about. "What do you mean? I've been here this whole time."
"Then how come when the Seer came to your bedroom, you were not there?"
Phoebe's heart jumped. She forgot that the Seer was supposed to come to give her the tonic today.
"I just went out to get some things for the baby." She hoped that he would buy that, but unfortunately he didn't.
"You have another three months to take care of that," Cole replied. "Now tell me the truth! Where did you go?"
Phoebe knew that there was no point in trying to lie again. Her husband could see straight through her. "Alright, I went to my visit my sisters."
"Do you expect me to believe that you just went back there to simply visit them? What else did you do?"
"What do you want me to say?"
"Did you tell them of our plan?"
Phoebe paused for a moment and then answered, "Yes."
Cole punched his fist against the wall in frustration. "Damn it, Phoebe! How could you do this? Now they know what we are up to!"
"Cole, they are still my family! You promised me that you would not harm them."
"Phoebe, if Piper's child is born then we will both be in grave danger whether they are family or not."
"I know. I really do understand. I'd tried to convince Piper to get an abortion so that we wouldn't have to kill her."
Cole began to calm down. He knew that Phoebe was still loyal to him. He just wished that she would accept that she was not on the same side as her sisters anymore.
"It didn't work," Phoebe continued sadly. "She was too stubborn to listen to me. She didn't understand that I was just trying to help her."
"You can't help her, Phoebe. Piper and Paige have accepted that you are not on their side anymore. You need to learn to do the same thing. They don't care about you anymore and they won't take your advice even if it is what's best. Don't worry about them anymore. I am the only one that truly cares about you."
Phoebe looked up to her husband and then said, "You're right. I promise I won't go against you again." And they embraced into a passionate kiss.