Chapter 9

Lizzie's eyes widened in fear. Gone again? Where..why...how...? Gordo let go of Lizzie's hands a split second and walks towards the house, falling to his knees and his head into his hands.

"My kids..." He whispers to himself, tears falling down his cheeks. "My children..." Looking at Lizzie and the house he doesn't seem to notice the figure sneaking through the backyard, carrying a bundle in their arms.

"What is that?" Lizzie says quietly, AT is laughing and crying at the same time and Gordo is speechless while the cops search the house again. No one is noticing this figure in the backyard. No one but Lizzie. Lizzie shook her head and bolted to the backyard, as soon as she made it back there she heard the others calling her name. She didn't care. She wanted her children back and Miranda was not going to get away with taking them from her. Not her or her demented daughter. No one.

"Miranda..." Lizzie said, breathing slowly as Miranda snuck towards her, not realizing who it was.

"What do you want Lizzie what? Look all I'm doing is helping my daughter, if you want to save your kids don't come any closer." She cried at Lizzie. That was when she heard a baby cry. Erica.

"ERICA! Oh my god, Miranda you give my child or so help me god you will regret it." Lizzie clenched her fists and was inches from Miranda's face before she held up a beeper. "The hell? what is that?" Lizzie asked her, venom sptting from her at this point.

"It is a beeper, if you try to take Erica from me I beep my friend, he finishes off your kids, those cops, your husband...everyone except you. Then how will you feel." Miranda smirked as she stared at Lizzie's dumbfounded face. Lizzie may have been a bimbo blonde but she wasn't an idiot. She knew there was not even a battery in the so called 'beeper' because the light wsn't on. There was nothing stopping Lizzie from taking her daughter. Except her other kids.

"Where are my other kids Miranda, just tell me that." Lizzie plead, her hands clasped tightly in front of Miranda's face, Erica squirming in Miranda's arms. "AT has hurt them?" Lizzie hoped for her to shake her head, she did. "Have you hurt them?" Again she shook her head. Lizzie's head fell back in a thanking god position. "Please just tell me where they're at so I have some comfort. Lizzie begged. Miranda smiled through tears and nodded towards the neighbors house, where all the lights were off.

With that Lizzie smiled smugly at Miranda. "Never trust an enemy." She sighed, swiping the beeper from Miranda in her shock. "Oh it's fake, false security huh?" Grabbing Erica gently Lizzie held her tight. "Oh god Erica babygirl...oh god thank you..." Hugging her daughter she socked Miranda in the jaw, knocking her down to the ground, her strength was nil, she was done fighting for her psychotic daughter. "Never mess with my children again Miranda." Running towards the front she began yelling at the cops "They're in the hosue on the right, the house on the right please hurry!" She stopped in front of Gordo, sharing their joy in having Erica in their arms once again. Gordo felt his face tighten and he knew what he needed to do, he just didn't want to. He loved his family more than anything in the world. But Gordo knew that AT wouldn't stop tormenting his family until they won, the police would eventually buy her plea, no matter what she'd be back.

Sighing he kissed Lizzie on the forhead and placed Erica gently in the arms of his beautiful wife. "I love you more than anything in the universe Liz," He whispered in her ear loud enough for AT to hear. At's ears perked at this, was he saying goodbye? She smiled wickedly. Lizzie could feel the tears drenching her cheeks and she was sure they were falling on Erica too.

"Gordo...please don't do this," Lizzie begged, holding onto his shirt with a clenched fist. He stared at her, the heartbreak in his eyes, she knew it was killing him. But that wasn't stopping her from hating him at this very moment, hating him so much for quitting on her an dgoing to the slut in front of her. "You stupid whore," Lizzie spat, "Dont you worry, I will get you," Lizze promised before turning to see the police carrying her other three children to her. "Oh my god!" She cired pulling all her children to her and once in a huge hug. No one stopped Gordo from walking to each of his kids and hugging them tightly.

"I love you more than anything, you're my world you guys." He told them. "Please never forget that I love you." He told them, tears falling down his broken face. He hated himself. He hated AT, he hated Miranda. He hated everyone for letting her get away this, eventually.

Matt scratched his head and unclasped the handcuffs on AT as Gordo walked forward,nodding at him to do just that. Sighing Gordo took her hand and squeezed it violently. "I hate you AT," He whispered. She giggled. "Dont think I'm going to love you," He answered angrily as she began to cringe from the pain in her hand from his own. He wasn't going to abuse her, but he sure as hell was going to make her regret this. The two headed towards AT's car. Lizzie fell on the ground in hysterics as her children surrounded her. She had no idea howlong he'd be gone. But she hatedhim...she hated David Zephyr Gordon more than anyone at that moment.

Walking over towards his sister, picking her up and standing her tall, Erica squirming in her arms gently he led her to his car and opened the door. She shook her head and shut the door. She was going to drive her own car, to her house and she was moving. They were leaving. Gordo abadoned them.

"He left us Matt, he left." She said, her voice empty emotion.

"Liz, he left for you guys to live." She shook ehr head. She knew this in her heart but her brain was shooting anger out instead of pain. She was so angry she could die. She just shook her head and hearded her four beautiful children to her car, where was she going to find a job. What waas she going to do to survive? Sighing Lizzie drove home, her kids crying in joy and soon they were asleep. She wasn't about to leave them in the car to carry one inside, so they slept in a locked car in the Gordon driveway.

How has my life of happiness turned out so horribly wrong? Lizzie looked in the car around her and stared at her children. Each one with their own amazing attributes, each one with their own identities taht couldn't be mistaken for anothers. Shaking her head yet again she flipped the radio on.

-And I don't want the world to see, cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everythings made to be broken I just want you to knwo who I am.-

Angrily Lizzie flipped the station.

-An empty room can be so defeaning , the silence makes you want to scream, it can drive you crazy.-

Lizzie gave up trying to find a song that wouldn't make her thrink of gordo, because every song would. For a long time, the love of her life had broken her heart. He'd left. She didn't care at that moment if it was to save her or if it was to save their kids. All she could see was how much she hated gordo right then.

-Your not the person that you used to be, the one I want who wanted me.-

With tears glistening in her eyes and on her cheeks she too fell asleep, with nothing else to do but protect her children and see her mother the next day, she just slept. Not kniowing what was next, just knwoing she had no heart.