Chapter 6- Like a Pimple That Won't Go Away

"Hey, Dad," Sam said into her phone and she stepped away from the table where they were eating pizza. "What's up?"

"Well, Leo and I are back home. Spinelli and Curtis ransacked the house and debugged it. We also have a couple police guards for extra precaution."

"Good to know. And Mom?"

"It wasn't easy, but I convinced her to go to the hospital. Andre examined her, but he can't correct her without her consent. He said our best hope is to meet with a lawyer and try to prove she's incompetent. But he wasn't too positive about it because of Franco and Elizabeth."

Sam sighed. "And I gave Elizabeth a hard time about getting Franco to do the procedure…"

"Well, I think that's different. That was changing him back into a sociopath, this is turning a sociopath back into your mother."

"So, are you going to meet with Diane?"

"Yeah, I'm going to meet with her after I take Leo to school tomorrow," he said.

"Okay, well Scout and Wiley aren't at daycare tomorrow, but Lucas has the day off. I want to go with you."

She tucked her phone away and sat down taking a bite of her Hawaiian pizza. Wiley chewed a piece of his pizza and spit it out, then put another piece in his mouth and sucked on it before spitting it out too.

Lucas laughed. "Only like the sauce, bud?"

Wiley grinned and nodded as he put another piece in his mouth.

Scout dropped her slice on Helena's dress.

"Uh oh," Wiley said.

Scout picked it back up. "Now it's red."

Sam chuckled a little. If only Helena were here to see that. "That's okay, sweetie." She turned to Danny. "How was school, Danny?"

"It was okay. I saw Emma Drake in front of the high school side," Danny said. "She was talking to Cam and Josslyn."

Sam's eyes grew wide. "I didn't know they were back in town."

"Can I go finish my homework?" he asked.

"Well, I have something I want to talk to you about first," Sam said.

"But I have to finish my science project."

"Isn't that due next week?"

"Yeah, but I don't want things to pile up," Danny said. "I have to stick to my homework schedule."

Sam sighed. "Sometimes I think you're too much like your grandma or Aunt Molly… Well, at least talk to me first. Let's go to the living room."

"Okay, fine."

He followed her to the living room and joined her on the couch crossing his arms and staring at the floor.

"How are you doing, bud?" she asked.

"Fine."

"You don't seem fine."

"I just need to finish my project."

"Okay, well I want to talk to you about Drew," Sam said.

"That he's alive? I know. Scout hasn't stopped talking about him since I got home."

"Well, you see, we found out something yesterday. It turns out we were wrong. Jason isn't your father. Drew is."

He looked up at her.

"I know you used to love Drew. Is that okay with you?'

He stared at the floor again, then turned back to her. "Why does it keep changing?"

"It's a little hard to explain. But Jason can't be your father because we weren't… together then."

"So, I was kidnapped for no reason then?"

Sam opened her mouth, then closed it not knowing how to respond.

"I didn't have to go through that, but I did anyway?" His eyes started to well up.

"Oh, Danny…" Sam wrapped her arm around him. "I'm so sorry."

He wiped his eyes fast with the back of his hand. "So, Drew's Jake's dad too then, right?"

"No, Danny, he isn't…"

Danny bolted to his feet. "So, he's not my brother?"

"Well, he's technically your cousin, but you can still be brothers."

He darted to the stairs.

"Danny, wait!"

"I have to finish my project. Just leave me alone!" He disappeared up the stairs.

Sam buried her face in her hands and began to cry. It was her fault Danny was kidnapped. It was her fault he's going through this.

Banging on the front door drew her attention and Carly stormed in.

"I want to see my grandson!"

Sam's mouth dropped slightly. "Couldn't you have called? Lucas won custody."

"You think I care what a stupid judge says? Now, where is he?"

"He's with his father."

Carly furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head. "Michael is his father." She walked past Sam and looked around. "Wiley! Where are you? Lucas, bring him to me!"

Lucas walked in carrying Wiley, and Scout stood beside him in Helena's stained dress.

"Carly, what are you doing here?" Lucas asked.

Carly walked towards him and held her arms out. "Wiley, come to Grandma."

Wiley turned his head side to side. "Where Gamma?"

"I am your grandma. I've come to visit you."

Sam rolled her eyes.

Carly tried to lift Wiley from Lucas' arms, but Wiley started screaming.

"Stop it!" Scout kicked her leg. Then she hid behind Lucas but peeked out at Carly and scowled at her. "You're a mean old lady!"

Carly rubbed her leg and Sam bit her lip so she wouldn't laugh.

"Is this how you're raising Michael and Jason's children, to be violent?" Carly turned to Sam and pointed her finger at her. "I'm going to have social services over here first thing tomorrow!"

Sam's eyes grew wide and her mouth dropped. "Over my dead body!"

"You are an unfit mother and Lucas is an unfit—"

"Mama! Mama!" Avery appeared at the front doorway crying. "Donna's choking!"

"What?" Carly shouted.

"The car?" Lucas asked and quickly handed Wiley to Sam. Then he hastened out the door with Carly.

Avery sat on the floor crying. Sam carried Wiley over to her and sat beside her. She rubbed her back. "It's okay… Lucas will help her."

"It's my fault…" Avery buried her face in her knees. "I gave her one of my Starbursts."

"Carly… why would you leave them alone in the car if you were intending to visit Wiley?" Lucas reprimanded as he carried a crying Donna inside.

"Don't blame this on me," Carly said, then pointed at Sam. "If you want to blame someone, then blame her mother!"

"Excuse me?" Sam scoffed. "How is this my mother's fault?"

"If she didn't go meddling in everyone's lives, then Jason would be babysitting them tonight!"

Sam let out a deep breath and placed a hand on her forehead.

Carly grabbed Donna from Lucas. "Avery, we're leaving."

Avery looked up at her. "Can't I play with Scou—"

"No. Now, let's go."