AN: Finally an update. I apologize for the delay and give a heads up that Im not sure when I will update again. Said Family member mentioned in the last chapter passed away Easter Sunday. I had been with family and have recently come back to my stories.
Once everyone had had enough to eat, Brittany, Kurt and Tina cleared the table and put the left over in the fridge, the group of friends moved to the living room to watch some tv before everyone had to leave. An hour later, Ray looked up as she heard multiple clicks. Quinn, Tina and Brittany had taken a picture of her and Beth, whom was currently sleeping on Ray's chest.
"Awww that's so cute." Tina gushed.
Ray playfully scowled at Tina as both Quinn and Brittany agreed with the assessment.
"I'm a badass, not cute." Ray grumbled softly so she didn't wake the tiny blonde.
"Sure you are Ray-Bear. You're a cute badass." Brittany teased.
"Duckie, stop it." Ray whined, achieving her desired effect of doing so when she heard Quinn's quiet giggles."
"Anndd, I just posted this pic to FaceBook." Tina laughed.
"It is a cute pic Ray." Kurt commented as he checked his FB account and 'liked' the pic.
Ray grumbled under her breath as she shifted gently, standing up with Beth still cradled against her chest.
"I'm going to put her to bed now. Say goodnight."
Kurt kissed the top of his niece's head as Ray walked by him. She walked over to a hidden panel in the wall outside the room, and a pair of doors opened revealing and elevator. Ray knew she could have blurred up to the tiny blonde's room didn't want to take the chance and wake her. The short ride was smooth and took less then ten seconds. Ray quickly walked down the hallway to Beth's room and gently laid the girl down and covered her with a blanket. Ray frowned at the bruise on the little girls head.
"So the littlest Fabray has wormed her way into your heart."
"So she has Noah. She's an innocent, and seeing her with Finn, the way he failed to care for her, to protect her, reminds me of father and how he failed me. I wont allow harm to come to her Noah. Finn may not beat his child, but he is still prideful and only thinks about how 'this' will shame him and how I make him feel inferior. I'm afraid that in his desire prove his manhood, Beth will suffer."
"After everyone has left and the girls are sleeping, we will have a drink and talk. For now Ray, lets go join our friends before they have to leave."
Ray programmed the panel in Beth's room to act as a baby monitor and ensured that the feed would link to hers, Quinn's and Brittany's rooms at all times. She would show Quinn how to program it to feed in any room of her choosing later. Once completed, the twins blurred out of the room, down the hall and back to where their friends were for the rest of the evening.
It was after midnight when the siblings were finally able to talk. Ray had requested they sit in her room, simply because she was tired and had better booze. She poured her brother a glass of the sour mash whiskey that he preferred and a glass of her preferred whiskey. Handing Noah his glass, Ray sat down and waited for him to start.
"I overheard Burt talking with Finn while we there." Noah began after sipping his drink. "They have to get Finn into anger management and he has to see a therapist to get to the root of the issue behind his anger. Burt also informed his stepson to be that the may be forced to get him on some mood stabilizers that would leave him feeling nothing at all."
Ray snorted. "Anyone with half a brain knows that is more dangerous. Right now he has a target for all the anger and rage, they drug him he wont who he hurts when he is in a snit. Christ it may be easier to just have you compel him to bare his soul to th therapist and agree to work out his issues." Ray had a healthy swallow of her whiskey before continuing. "Finn is a stubborn mule and I think Burt threatening him with drugs will back fire. He will go through the motions to get everyone off his back, but he will be a ticking time bomb of resentment. I don't like taking away some ones choice or free will, but this seems to be the only way where everyone, including Finn, stays safe." Ray sighed.
"What happened at the hospital?"
Ray spent the next half hour telling her brother everything, including her talk with Santana's father. Noah had refilled their glasses as Ray had relayed the events.
"So that's why you were purring for the first time in two and a half centuries." Noah mused before continuing. "Oh yeah, I got a call from the contractor. They will be here in the morning. His estimate for completion is three days. He is pulling everyone from their current projects to get this done. For the amount of the money we will be paying him..." Noah trailed off.
"I'll take care of it tomorrow. I will talk to them individually and offer the workers a personal bonus to get it done."
"Well seeing as you are skipping," Noah smirked before continuing. "It's a good thing I told Russo to contact you regarding details. What do you want me to tell Coach?"
"Tell her I'm sick and that our dads have insisted I stay home to recover. If she wants a doctors note I can provide one. Daddy left me a shit of blank pages with his signature on them."
Noah laughed and finished his drink. "Well I'm off to bed, some of us have practice and school in the morning."
"Good night Noah."
Ray spent the next three days making sure that the gate and fence were completed on time and true to her word, she handed each worker a large cash bonus once it was completed and compelled the contractor to pay them their fair share. Ray had arranged all the paperwork for temporary full custody for Quinn and documentation regarding Finn's volatile tendencies should he pursue legal matters. Ray knew that he loved his daughter, unlike her father, but until he got his shit together, she was unwilling to chance Beth's safety. She even had a counter restraining order ready if needed. All documents had been signed off on by a federal judge, they just needed to be dated. Ray had compelled a filing clerk to call if Finn or Russell filed any paperwork and he would be served before he could complete the process.
Quinn had also made good on her word to talk to Santana. Ray remembered their conversation from the other night as well as other events that took place.
Second AN Note: So as this is an on going story I'm not sure that I will be able to update as often as I write everything long hand before typing it all out. I just hope that all the followers continue to stick with it as it goes. Much Love,
Cris
