Chapter 27

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Ryan and Marissa walked into the five bedroom house and Ryan's jaw dropped. The whole house was tore up everything that was once on shelves was broken on the floor. He walked into the kitchen and all the appliances were sitting on the ground. Someone had taken all the food out of the fridge and threw it down onto the floor. There was glass and food all over the floor. It smelled terrible, like rotten food all through the house. He walked up the stairs and into his office where he found his computer smashed all over the floor and all of his pictures of him and Marissa were smashed and torn up. As soon as he saw that he knew who did this.
Ryan: DAMNITT! I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE DID THIS!
Marissa came running up the stairs and ran into the room.
Marissa: Hey, are you okay?
Ryan: Yeah, just my damn luck that I get involved with a crazy bitch.
Marissa: Now Ryan you can't just assume that she did it. Someone could have broke into the house.
Ryan: Yeah, I bet your right I bet someone broke into my house just to smash my house all up and not take anything.
Marissa: Don't snap at me I was just trying to help.
Ryan: Sorry, I shouldn't be yelling at you. It's not your fault.
Marissa: You should go get your clothes and we can go get dressed at the Cohen's house.
Ryan: Yeah, I'll go get my suit. Take Parker outside I don't want him to play in here with all the glass laying around.
Marissa: Okay.

She started to walk out and turned around and looked at him and gave him a smile.
Marissa: Hey, everything is going to be okay, this can be cleaned up. It's just stuff we can get more stuff. Don't worry about it we have more important things to worry about.
Ryan: Yeah I know it just pisses me off.
Marissa walked out of the room and took Parker to the car. Ryan sat down in his chair and put his head into his hands. He was so angry at her but mostly at himself for even getting involved with her. He got up out of the chair and kicked it to the floor. He then went into his bedroom where everything was trashed just like the rest of the house. He grabbed his suit out of the closet and made his way out the door. He climbed into the car and drove over to the Cohen's. They got out of the car and rung the doorbell.
Kirsten: Hey guys I thought you were going home to get ready.
Ryan: Yeah, well my house got trashed.
Kirsten: How?
Ryan: How do you think?
Kirsten: Christie.
Ryan: Yeah probably because nothing was stolen.
Kirsten: Don't you think she would have took the expensive stuff?
Ryan: I have no idea. I just can't think of anyone else who would break into my house.
Kirsten: Well, you two go get ready and I will take Parker over to Julie's.
Marissa: Thanks Kirsten come say bye to us baby.
Parker walked over to Marissa and she picked him up. He kissed her on the cheek and hugged her.
Parker: Bye mommy see you tonight.
Marissa: Bye love you.
Parker: Love you too.
Ryan kissed him on his head.
Parker: Bye daddy.
Ryan: Bye son. I'll see you later.
Parker: Okay.

Marissa put him down and Kirsten grabbed his hand and took him out to the car. Marissa went to the pool house to take a shower and Ryan went upstairs to take one. They get ready and sit down on the couch in the living room.
Ryan: Where's Kirsten and Sandy? We need to leave soon.
Marissa: I guess they are getting ready. (to Kirsten or Sandy) Hey guys you almost ready?
Kirsten: Yeah, we are almost ready. We'll be out in about 15 minutes.
Ryan turned on the t.v. and Full House was on.
Marissa: Oh, leave it here I love this show.
Ryan: You watch this show?
Marissa: Yeah. What's wrong with it?
Ryan: It's really lame.
Marissa: No it's not. You just think that because you're lame.
Ryan: Maybe so, but that show is lamer than you and I put together.
Marissa: It's a good show.
Ryan: I gotta call my maid. Can you turn that down.
Marissa: Yeah, I'll just turn it off give me the remote.
Ryan handed her the remote and she turned it off. He grabbed his cell phone off the table and called his maid, Ashlyn.
Ryan: Hey Ash.
Ashlyn: Hey Ry. How is the move going?
Ryan: Well, it was going good until we went to the house. Did you go over there to clean it the other day?
Ashlyn: Yeah I went over there and cleaned it. What's wrong with it?
Ryan: Well, when I got home it was tore up. All my things broken and food all over the floor. Could you go by and clean it for me I'll pay you triple what I usually do if you'll do it.
Ashlyn: Yes, of course I will.
Ryan: Great, I would appreciate it. When can you do it?
Ashlyn: Well, the kids are at their fathers for the week so I can start today.
Ryan: Thanks Ash. You didn't see anyone hanging around the house did you.
Ashlyn: No. I didn't see anyone.
Ryan: Christie wasn't there was she?
Ashlyn: No.
Ryan: Okay thanks Ash. I'll see you later.
Ashlyn: Okay bye Ryan.
Ryan: Bye.

Ryan hung the phone up and Marissa was staring at him.
Ryan: What?
Marissa: You have your maids number in your phone?
Ryan: Yeah. She's a nice girl.
Marissa: How old is she?
Ryan: She's 25.
Marissa: So do you just call her to chat?
Ryan: No, I call her on the days I need her to work and I talk to her while she's there because she was the only person that I could talk to around the house.
Marissa: I've never seen someone have a convorsation with their maid.
Ryan: I wansn't always rich Marissa. I am not going to treat my maid like trash because she's the help.
Marissa: I think it's cool. I haven't ever seen someone treat their maids like civilized human beings.
Ryan: Now that you're moving in I see no need for a maid.
Marissa: Huh?
Ryan: Kidding. I know you can't clean that whole house by yourself.
They sat there for 10 minutes just talking about what they wanted the wedding to be like. Marissa wanted a small wedding and Ryan agreed. Marissa told him about her dream wedding that she had dreamed about since she was a little girl. She talked about what Theresa had said about what she wanted her wedding to be like. Ryan hadn't even thought of Theresa in years. He remembered back to the last time he saw her.

Flashback
It was 12 o'clock at night and Ryan was sleeping in the pool house. He heard a knock at the door.
Ryan: Seth, go away I'm sleeping.
Theresa: Hey Ryan it's Theresa.
Ryan got up and threw some pants and a wife beater on. He walked over to the door and opened it. Theresa was standing there looking beautiful as ever.
Ryan: What are you doing here?
Theresa: I came to talk to you. I wanted to tell you something really important.
Ryan: What is it?
Theresa: You know when you went to Portland and I told you I lost the baby.
Ryan: Yeah. What's all this about.
Theresa: Well, I lied to you Ryan I didn't lose the baby. I was hoping it was Eddie's but the more he grows up the more he looks like you.
Ryan felt like he was going to pass out. He sat down on the bed to keep himself from falling down. He didn't say anything for about five minutes. He couldn't seem to find any words to say. He had never been good with words but this was different. He couldn't believe she lied to him.
Ryan: How could you have lied to me like that kept a kid from me.
Theresa: You weren't happy and I didn't want us to keep you from where you wanted to be because you would have ended up resenting us for it.
Ryan: You could have let me make the decision for myself.
Theresa: You wouldn't have left and you know that!
Ryan: You're right I wouldn't have I couldn't let you raise a baby by yourself.
Theresa: I couldn't let you do that. You deserve better than that.
Ryan: Then why are you here?
Theresa: I just wanted to tell you because it just didn't seem right that you don't know about him.
Ryan: Yeah, thanks for that. I can't believe you did this to me Theresa. I thought I could trust you. We have been friends since we were little kids. How could you?
Ryan was getting very upset.
Theresa: Tell me something Ryan were you happy?
Ryan: What does that have to do with anything?
Theresa: It has everything to do with it.
Ryan: I wasn't happy. You're right but that doesn't give you the right to keep a baby from me.
Theresa: It was best for you, the baby, and me. It was driving me nuts that you were always sulking.
Ryan: So if it was best for all of us why drag it back up?
Theresa: I just needed to know so I was coming to ask you to take a paternity test.
Ryan: Yeah I'll do it.
Theresa: Thanks Ryan.
She walked out the door and left. Ryan tried to go back to sleep with no luck. He kept going over what she said in his mind over and over again. He knew he would have to go to school the next day and he needed to get some sleep. He just couldn't he really wanted to know if it was his. He really hoped it wasn't because he was about to go off to college and he didn't want to have to blow his chances to go to college because of Theresa and her baby. He finally fell asleep out of sheer exhaustion. The next day after school he went to the doctor with Theresa and she had the kid and Eddie with her.
Eddie: Hey man.
Ryan: Hey.
Eddie and Ryan just stood there staring off into space. Neither one of them wanted to be there. They just all needed to know. The doctor called their names and they did the paternity test. Ryan probably got seven hours total in two days. He couldn't keep from thinking what if it was his. He had to make some plans, so he packed up his famous runaway bag and slid it under the bed. Just in case it was his so he would be ready to go back to Chino. He really didn't want to go back to Chino but he felt if the kid was his that he had no choice. Two days later Theresa called and said that they had the results and she was going down there to find out and asked him to come along. He went along just to be there so he would know as soon as she did. They went to the clinic and waited for the doctor to come in.
Doctor: We have a match. Eddie is the father of Jake.
Ryan felt a wave of relief come over him and he felt like jumping up and down. He was so happy that this kid wasn't his. Theresa wasn't very happy though so he acted like he was dissapointed. He got up and hugged Theresa and told her how sorry he was and hoped that she would be okay.
End Flashback

Theresa and him have not seen each other since. He figured she was probably married to Eddie and they have a lot of kids together. Ryan's thoughts were interrupted by Sandy and Kirsten walking in saying they were ready. They all left and rode in one car together. They were all together talking about old times, but Ryan was in his old little world thinking about his mother and his childhood. Theresa had always been there for him through everything and he really missed her. They were on their way back to Chino.. Right back where it started from.