Danny arrived shortly afterwards, since Steve had warned him that his mother was there.
John went to his grandmother and hugged her.
"Hi Grandma!"
"Hi, John," his grandmother said, hugging him too.
Then John went to his aunt and hugged her too.
"Hi Auntie!"
"Hi honey, it's good to see you".
"Mom, you didn't let me know you were coming". Danny said, hugging her.
"I wanted to surprise you, son". Danny's mother said, smiling.
John's grandmother wasn't happy about the situation.
"I came to get my grandson, Steve."
"What do you mean? John doesn't leave me". Steve told her.
Steven looked startled at his father.
"No, Daddy! Don't let her take my brother." Steven asked, pulling on the bar of Steve's shirt.
"Keep calm, son. John isn't going anywhere".
"I don't want to go, Grandma. I want to be with my dad and my mom Catherine". John said.
"She's not your mother, John! I already told you that ". John's Grandmother said, pointing at Catherine.
"I think I'd better go upstairs with Steven", Catherine told Steve.
"No, Catherine, you stay". Steve said.
"Ok", She said.
"Hey, you two! Go play in the bedroom". Steve told John and Steven.
"Come, brother". Steven said, taking John's hand and they went to their room. John sat on the bed and Steven sat next to him. They were both sad.
"Brother, don't go away, please!" Steven asked, hugging John.
" I'm not leaving, Steven. Stop crying! Daddy will not let Grandma take me".
Meanwhile, in the living room, Steve was confronting John's grandmother.
"Let's wait outside, Mom", Danny said to his mother.
"It's not necessary, Danny. You can stay here", Steve said.
"I don't want to fight, Steve, but I'll fight in court if I have to. I want to take John with me. You have another child and you'll have more children, Marcy only has John, and I don't want my grandson being mistreated by this woman". She said, pointing at Catherine.
"I never mistreated John. Your 6daughter has already assaulted my son, but I never did any harm to John because I'm not like her. And I like him". Catherine replied.
"That's true, Auntie. Catherine takes good care of John and he really likes her". Danny said, defending Catherine.
"Two days ago, John was five years old, he waited for a phone call from his mother and she didn't call him and neither did you. He tell me: "Daddy, my mom and my grandma didn't remember my birthday." I had to go to work and it was Catherine who took him to have fun with his brother, so he wouldn't spend his sad birthday. He asked me for a birthday party, so he could call his friends from school, playground and of the neighborhood, and I had to tell him that I couldn't give him a party now".
Steve paused and then continued to talk.
And you know why? Because your daughter sank me into debt and I don't have the money to throw a party for him. He'll have his party next weekend, because Catherine's giving the party for him". Steve said this very upset.
"You don't have to talk about it, Steve." Catherine said.
"I have to talk about it, Catherine, because I don't think she knows her daughter". Steve said, nervous.
"Calm down, Steve". Danny said.
"And there's more: John is well aware that Catherine isn't his mother, but he likes her as a mother because she treats him like a son." So you never again dare to come my home and speak ill of my wife. I'll never forbid you or even Marcy from to see Jonh, as long as it's in my presence. And you never again push my wife like you did today to get into my house". Steve said to his ex-mother-in-law.
John's grandmother stood up in disgust with Steve. "Danny, can you take us home?" She asked.
"Of course, Auntie". Danny replied.
She stopped in front of Steve and put her finger on his face. "I'll never come back to your house, I'll see you in court". She said, leaving the house.
Danny's mother was ashamed of her sister's behavior. She took Catherine's hand and apologized, leaving with Danny.
Steve was very nervous and punched the wall hard.
"Calm down, Steve!" Catherine said, touching his arm.
"Did you see that, Catherine? She came here just to annoy me. She didn't even ask to see John again, she didn't even give congratulations to him. She doesn't like my son, Catherine. She's like Marcy. She'll not take my son away from me!" Steve said, with tears in his eyes.
Catherine hugged him. "Let's not lose him, stay calm".
Steve looked up and saw John and Steven lying on the floor, looking at him and Catherine.
"Damn, Cath! They heard everything".
Catherine also looked up. "I'm going to talk to them, okay? Take a shower and get some rest".
"Okay, I'll do it". Steve said, climbing the stairs.
Catherine climbed up and took the boys to the bedroom. She sat on the bed to talk to them because she was exhausted. It was a very stressful day for her.
"Mom, I don't want John to leave". Steven said, crying.
"You and Dad aren't going to let Grandma take me, it's not, Mom?" John said, hugging Catherine and resting his head on her belly.
"No, son. No one's going to take you away". Catherine said, stroking his hair.
"Come here, Steven! Hold me too, my love!" Catherine said, pulling her son toward her.
Steven also hugged her and Catherine kissed his head.
"Your brother will stay here with us. I want you two always like this, together. You two and your sisters always together!" Catherine said, with the two boys together to her belly.
"The baby moved, Mom". Steven said, smiling.
"Yes, she moved, Steven". Catherine said.
John was sad, leaning on Catherine.
"Now let's talk about the party, John? I've already taken care of everything, dear. It's going to be a really cool party!"
"Thank you mom". John said discouraged.
"Did Dad take you guys to lunch?" She asked.
"Yes, we ate shrimp". Steven replied.
"Can we play video game, Mom?" John asked.
"Yes, you can, but only a little". Catherine allowed, knowing that Steve didn't like them spending much time playing video game.
When Steve came out of the shower, he found the boys playing video game in the living room and Catherine in the kitchen.
"I thought you were going to get some sleep". She said when she saw him in the kitchen.
"I can't sleep without you". Steve hugged her and sighed.
"I let the boys play video game a little, so they don't think about the things they've heard. John is sad and Steven too, if they were separated they would both suffer a lot". Catherine said.
"I know, Cath".
"You didn't need to talk about the financial problems for them."
"I didn't tell them everything, even for you. When Marcy left, she stole all the money I had kept in the safe".
"What?" Catherine asked in surprise.
"I've never been happy, Catherine. I just haven't separated from her before because of John. I didn't want to be without him. She was never a good person, she was always petty and selfish.
"I'm so sorry, Steve".
"But I'm lucky to have you". Steve said, pulling her to him and kissing her.
"I felt the girls kicking". Steve said, when he touched her belly.
"Me too, they kicked hard, but they always get restless when you're around. They're the daddy's little girls, like you usual say". Catherine said, smiling.
"Yes they're my little girls".