Author's Note- This chapter was written by AngelsInstead.

Chapter Two

Tea rubbed her rounded belly as she sat on the couch, waiting for her husband to finally wander home. Ever since Victor's death, Todd had stood in for his brother, playing "Dad" to his daughter Daniela as he always wanted to do, helping out with Blair's little Sam, and comforting Tea as she swelled with Victor's offspring. But despite all that, there was someone else standing in between Tea and Todd. For Tea, it was Blair. Tea was in love with Blair and she didn't not know how to tell Todd about her feelings. He had been so good to her after Victor's death, taking care of her, Dani, and Sam - How could she tell him that she had fallen in love with Todd's beautiful and blonde ex-wife? Todd had a vicious temper and she didn't want to unleash his hellish, bad side.

When he came in, Tea asked, "Where have you been?"

"I went to Vicki's," he said as he walked to the refreshment table for a chilled beverage.

"Vicki's? What... what were you doing there?"

"What does it matter, Tea? I know you don't care about me. I know who you had in your bed last night."

She and Todd were married, but they had been sleeping in separate beds.

"You... you know?"

"Of course, I know. I heard you screaming in ecstasy as Blair went down on you..."

"Ohhh my God!" Tea gasped as she hadn't thought that Todd had been listening in and in the process, discovered her little secret.

"Yep, that's exactly what you said as Blair was licking your hot, little..."

"Stop it!" Tea yelled. "Don't be so vulgar. What I feel for Blair; you couldn't possibly understand!"

"You think I have never been in love before?!" Todd sneered. "I HAVE. And it's HELL."

"You're in love with Marty...and you can't have her, because she's marrying John," Tea taunted.

"Over my dead body," Todd quipped.

"Don't be a fool, Todd. Marty's never going to love you or want you. You fucked it ALL up! Admit it!"

Todd gave her a death-stare, because his heart ached and deep down, he believed Tea was right. He didn't deserve Marty, but that didn't mean he would let John have her either. He had to stop the wedding, but how? He knew that Marty didn't belong with that ass-clown John! Natalie had refused to help him, so what could he do? He had to make Marty realize that John was totally wrong for her.

"I'll admit nothing...besides, it's none of your business. Why don't you head over to see your lover Blair? I am sure she can make everything feel better for you, Tea."

"She can, far better than you ever did, Todd," said Tea as she grabbed her purse. "I will go over to see Blair. And by the way, our marriage is OVER. I was a fool to marry you anyway. I am better off alone."

Todd laughed. "But you won't be alone. You'll be having steamy sex with my beautiful and blonde ex."

"Well, we both know YOU'LL be alone and you'll be using your hand!"

"What the hell do you think I've been doing since I got married to you?! A guy's gotta find pleasure somewhere!"

Tea rolled her eyes at him in disgust. "Bye, Todd. Tell Dani I will be at Blair's."

After Tea left, Todd sunk down on the couch. He had tried so hard to make Tea happy so ultimately he could take care of his brother's child. He feared Dani would hate him now; he was nothing but a failure.

"You fucked up everything, Manning," Todd berated himself. "You lost Marty...Blair... and now Tea. You're going to lose your kids next. John McBain shouldn't get to have it all. He doesn't deserve it; Marty and a baby, too."

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Tears streamed from Marty's eyes as she left Vicki's. Sure enough, it was raining. It reminded her of that dark and long ago night at the frat house. Why did it always have to rain just before or right after a confrontation with Todd?

The truth was that Marty didn't really want to marry John. Everything that Todd had said had been exactly right. She couldn't trust John, not after she had caught him making out with Natalie not long after she had learned of her pregnancy. She was pretty sure that her soon-to-be husband was probably somewhere fucking his ex at that very second. Natalie wanted John and she would never let him go. The only reason Marty agreed to marrying John was that he had promised to be a good father to her unborn child. Even if he wasn't the baby's biological dad, Marty had accepted his proposal. John didn't know that she had miscarried their baby. The baby inside her was NOT John's.

As her child kicked vigorously in her belly, Marty was struggling to see the road between the pouring rain and her tears. She should have pulled off on the shoulder of the road to wait out the storm, but it was too late. She careened across the median and crashed into another car. There was the awful sound of twisting metal, busting glass, and screeching tires as the accident knocked Marty unconscious. Her last thought was that she couldn't lose another baby.

Xxxooo

When Nora arrived home, she saw her husband seated in front of the fireplace. "Where have you been, Nora?" Clint asked her accusingly. "Did you go to see my brother?"

"I went to see... a friend," Nora said.

"Which friend?"

"J-John," Nora said uneasily when she realized her husband was holding a shotgun in his hands.

"I don't believe you. I think you're cheating on me...with my own brother," said Clint as he was caressing his gun. "Are you going to make me use this...are you going to make me shoot Bo, my own little brother?"

At that moment Nora didn't care about her marital vows. Clint was acting psychotic. He wasn't her husband; he was her captor. All she wanted was to run back to Bo, the man whom she loved with all of her heart.

"Put the gun away," Nora insisted. "You're not going to use that on Bo. You're not going to use it on anyone."

"If you want me to put the gun away, you have to come over here and give me pleasure. Show me that you want me and only me. You'll be a good wife to me. If you don't do as I say immediately, I will know for certain that you've been spreading your legs wide for my brother."

Nora felt nauseated when she heard her husband's demands for sex. She had been married to Clint for months, but they hadn't had sex even once. Every time they tried, Clint hadn't been able to maintain an erection. Nora hoped and prayed that he never would.

What Nora didn't know was that Clint had paid a visit earlier to his doctor. He now had a bottle of viagra. He vowed he would be the man and the lover that Nora needed, then she wouldn't stray from him again... not ever.

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Tea was on her way to Blair's when another car crashed into her. She was pinned in her vehicle as she was wracked with fierce contractions. "Ohhh no! The baby can't come now!" Tea sobbed mournfully as she was pinned in the car and unable to get out of the twisted up death-trap that had once been her car.

"Hold on, baby," Tea said to her child. "Mommy's gonna get us out of this...somehow."

Meanwhile, in Marty's car, she was whimpering in pain. It reminded her of another car crash on a certain rainy night long ago. Todd had came to save her. Where was he now...when she needed him most?

Were she and her unborn child going to survive the terrible accident? She was just a few weeks away from her due date and despite her fears, she tried to reassure herself that everything was going to be just fine.

"Hang on, Little One. Everything's gonna be alright. Someone's coming to save us...I don't know who, but someone..." Marty said in a faint murmur.

As blood poured steadily from her head wound, Marty drifted in and out of consciousness. In her agitated state, she thought she saw someone standing right next to her car, peering at her through the cracked window.

"You can't be here. You're dead."

She blinked her eyes, but he did not leave. "Does this mean I am dead, too?" she whispered just before pain and oblivion took her away.