Saving Ma
Summary: After Frank proposed to Natalia, Rafe Ave and Emma team up to help their moms.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and I do not make any profit from this.
Chapter 63
It had been three days since the last of the witnesses had been called and they were due back in court the next day. The jury had come up with a verdict late in the afternoon so they will find out in the morning if their family would be safe. Needless to say the family was a little on edge with the wait.
Olivia had just finished getting Natalio down for bed, turned on his monitor and headed out to her own bed. Coming out of his room she noticed the door still open to the balcony where they had been earlier so she headed out to her wife. She found her leaning into the rail looking out over Springfield. The Beacon was the second tallest building next to Towers and she had a perfect view of their whole town from there.
She sensed Olivia before she felt her arms wrap around her and leaned back into her embrace. "Did he go down ok?"
Olivia kissed her shoulder softly. "Yes, once he had his bath and I put his jammies on he was almost asleep in my arms. How about the other kids?"
Natalia turned her head and kissed her cheek. "They went down fine too. I read less than a chapter to Emma and I didn't even get the first paragraph out before Mateo was out."
Olivia chuckled. "Rafe really wore them out at the park this evening. I think that was just as much for him as it was for them. He's been a nervous wreck since the jury went in to deliberations."
Natalia sighed. "I know how he feels. After James and my mama testified I thought I would feel relieved but I don't think I will feel better at all until it's all over and they are locked up where they can't hurt our family."
Olivia squeezed her tightly. "I know princess but we just need to have faith. It's all going to be over tomorrow."
Natalia leaned her head back on Olivia's shoulder. "The waiting is just hard and once this is all over I still have to figure out what to do with mama. She divorced him and now she has no home or money. I'm just not sure what to do."
Pulling her backwards Olivia sat in a lounger and pulled her down into her lap. "What do you want to do?"
"I really don't know. I mean so much has happened with her throughout my life I just don't know how to feel. She has apologized for my childhood and for my father throwing me out, but what happened to Mateo… I have forgiven her for a lot and I know I have to forgive her for that too but I can't forget and I'm not sure how to fully trust her around our babies."
Olivia thought for a moment than kissed her neck lovingly. "Well, she can come stay with us for a while or we can buy her a little house here in town and make sure she is taken care of financially because she is your mother. Either way you can take the time to get to know her again and decide whether or not we can trust her around the kids. Until you are sure that we can we don't leave her alone with them."
Natalia turned to look at her. "I don't want her staying with us, I don't trust her completely. I just… Liv I can't ask you to spend that kind of money. A house is a big purchase and paying for everything for her…"
Olivia kissed her lips to stop her words. "You didn't ask, I offered. She's your mother and I know you wouldn't be able to forgive yourself if you just left her on her own completely. I agree though about not trusting her to stay with us, I would constantly worry until we were sure about her. After everything tomorrow we will look into finding her a little one or two bedroom place in town. Until then she can just stay in her suite here."
Natalia cupped her face in her hand. "Are you sure querida? I hate taking your money for something like this."
Olivia scowled at her and took her hands in her own. "Ok, this is the last time I want to have this conversation. We are married. You are my wife and what's mine is yours and has been since the day I put that ring on your finger. It's our money and she is your mother so we will take care of her even if it's only financially."
She took a deep breath to calm herself. This was still a sore spot with her. "Please princess I hate it when you don't accept that part of our lives. We have money, a lot of it and I want you to accept that it's ours. Part of accepting me as your wife is accepting all that I bring to our marriage and this is part of it. I thought we were done with this baby. I thought that finally after we got the boys and spent a stupid amount of money on our house that you finally accepted all of me into our marriage."
Natalia surged forward and took her mouth in a searing kiss to stop her rant. "Hey, no baby stop. I accept everything about you. Everything. You misunderstand me. I'm just not saying this right. If this was something for the kids or even just something for me I never would have questioned it. I stopped doing that even before we got the boys."
She turned more and straddled Olivia's lap looking deeply into her eyes. "If it was something big for our family I wouldn't have said anything but this is for my mother. The woman who let my father verbally abuse my sister and I my whole childhood. The woman who let him just throw me on the street at 16 years old and pregnant to fend for myself and our son."
Her breath cause for a moment and she took a deep breath. "This is the woman who allowed that monster to lay his hands on our sweet boy and hurt him so badly that he will have to deal with doctors and therapists for a great portion of his life. That's the woman you are offering to spend our money on, that's what I was questioning baby. Not you or any part of what we have together."
She leaned in taking her lips again and kissed her with all the love she had pushing her into the back of the lounger before breaking away and connecting their foreheads together. "I love you so much Olivia. Please don't every think that I don't accept all of you baby."
Olivia sighed and kissed her nose wiping a few tears away. "Ok princess, I'm sorry I misunderstood. I love you too, so much baby. It's up to you what we do about your mother. We can rent a place for a while and let you decide. If all else fails and she is unable to earn your trust we can buy her a house in Chicago and send her back with a month allotment. Like I said, regardless of anything she has done you wouldn't be able to live with yourself if we just send her on her way with nothing."
Natalia melted into her and laid her head in the crock of her neck. "Your right, if we didn't have the means to help it would be different but I can't in good conscience just turn her out. I think we should rent a place until I decide like you said. It makes more sense because if I can't come to trust her I would rather she lives in Chicago."
Olivia pulled her closer and kissed her head. "Ok, than that's what we do. As soon as the trial tomorrow is over and we finish in Chicago with the hotel, we will come home and find her a place. Until then she stays in the suite."
"Thank you, that makes me feel better. " She sat up slightly and connected their lips again then bit down gently on Olivia's bottom lip before deepening the kiss.
Olivia readily accepted the kiss and pulled her impossibly closer by her hips running her thumbs under the hem of her shirt. The kiss turned demanding and passionate quickly. When the need for air arose and they broke apart panting Olivia chuckled. "You know, that last time we were in this position on a balcony lounger we were making the final decisions about our wedding and when to give the children their necklaces."
Natalia smile softly remember their wedding. "Well, I think it's been way to long than." With that she took Olivia's lips again desperately.
Olivia pulled away on a moan as Natalia bore down with her hips into her center. "Oh god… it has been too long but the same this is true now that was then."
Nipping at her bottom lip Natalia just grinned. "And what is that mi amor."
Olivia chuckled and slapped her ass playfully. "If I do to you what I want on this lounger we could likely scar one of our children for life."
Natalia threw her head back and laughed as she got up and pulled Olivia up with her. "Well then I suggest we take this to our room before we have to pay therapist bills."
Olivia pulled her into a searing kiss than pulled her into the suite locking the doors as they headed to bed.
The next morning all of the adult dressed and headed to the courthouse leaving Jane with instructions to have the children dressed and ready to meet them for lunch regardless of the verdict.
They arrived at the courthouse and filed into the room. Ashley and Whitney took the day off work to be there for Ava and Rafe. Olivia and Natalia sat with one child and their partner on either side of them, Marisol on the end of their row. Doris and Blake sat directly behind them surrounded by Philip and his crew.
As they brought in the three men Natalia turned into Olivia and buried her face in her neck. "Oh god Liv I can't do this." She whispered into her ear with desperation.
Olivia wrapped her arms around her and spoke softly in her ear. "Yes you can princess. Everything is going to be ok."
Before they could say any more the bailiff stepped forward. "All rise, the honorable Anthony Watkin presiding."
A/N: Ok, up next the verdict. Getting closer to the end.
