Chapter 5: The Party

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With all that was going, the days turned into the last weeks of March now, and Zeke's 5th birthday was going to be a huge blast tomorrow once Kimberly was done. It was surprising that just about 4 weeks ago, less than a month, Kimberly was planning this spectacular wedding to Clark. Now that was over with, seeming like a distant memory. With her break-up from Clark, Kimberly put all her effort and concern in making her son happy so not to think about his mother's failed relationship and broken wedding plans. It took those few weeks for Kimberly to convince Zeke, Clark left because of her and not because of him. Clark stopped by the day before Zeke's birthday. He had brought some things leftover at his place that were Kimberly's along with some gifts for Zeke. Clark had some games he knew Zeke would love. Clark had made sure first that Kim's son was not home before he came inside the place. Kimberly was surprised, but happy to see Clark after no contact the entire time apart.

"Clark, I am so sorry about…"

"Hey, I'm not here for that today. I just wanted to give the little man some things for his birthday." Kimberly took her box of things as she saw the glittery bag filled with wrapped presents.

"You didn't have to do that."

"I know," Clark said.

"He asks about you all the time."

"He'll get over that." Clark put down the bag of gifts for Zeke. "Have you told Tommy?" Kimberly looked down into her box.

"Clark I…"

"You should tell him. He'll be happy to know he has a son with you. Look, I better go. Take care Kim."

"Won't you come tomorrow? I know Zeke would just love it," Kimberly said.

"I'm sorry, I just can't."

"Please, I know I hurt you so much and I'm so sorry for that, but come on. It's a party and Zeke would love to see you again."

"And I would too, but I have to be in Chicago tomorrow."

"For what?" Kimberly asked putting down the box.

"I got this job lined up. This new computer graphics company wants me on their team."

"Oh, that's great!" Clark could see Kim's face. She put on a front of happiness, but he could tell the truth. She was saddened to find out he was leaving the city. "I… I'm happy for you."

"Thanks. I should get going before…"

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Clark smiled. "I'm okay." He hugged Kimberly after a kiss on the cheek. She sighed in his arms. Clark had always been a comfort, a helping hand in Kim's life for years. To hear he was leaving the city, their city saddened her deeply. Oh, how she would wish some things were different, then maybe they could have a chance, but that was not their lives. Kimberly pulled away from the long hug.

"Hav-have a safe flight."

"I will."

"Clark…"

"Take care Kim. Goodbye." Clark walked out the house.

"Goodbye."

Zeke lay asleep in his mother's bed. She smiled and kissed his forehead. The party wasn't set-up to start until 2pm. It was just 9. Kimberly planned on barbecuing in the backyard. She went to shower. Zeke woke up as Kimberly returned from her shower.

"Well good morning birthday boy." Zeke smiled as he sat up on the bed.

"Morning Mommy." Kimberly opened her closet and pulled out a wrapped present. She had left all other presents from her nosy son, who seemed to be able to seek out present ever since he started walking. She guessed he gained those genes from her. Kimberly would always be searching for her presents.

"Happy birthday!"

"For me?" Zeke asked.

"Of course!" Zeke hesitated before taking the green striped box. "Nothing but happiness today for my baby!"

"Only happiness?"

"Happiness and presents on my baby's birthday!"

"Can I open it now?"

"If you don't I will!" Zeke tore through the wrapping paper with a huge smile. He opened the box.

"Wow, Mommy!" Kimberly had brought her son a brand new outfit to wear today, brand new Elmo top with Elmo sneakers just because he saw it and really wanted the shirt and shoes.

"Do you like it?" Kimberly asked her son.

"Yes! Thank you Mommy!" Zeke hugged his mother tightly.

"Anything for my baby."

It wasn't a particular warm day in March in New York City, as Kimberly wanted to throw a barbecue party in the backyard, but ended up bringing the celebrations inside due to the cold windy weather. Jason, Aisha, and everyone else already there enjoying the large party. Jason and Rocky were in charge of the grill that day. Zeke got his Elmo, Pirates theme party. Kids running around the house dressed in their newly crafted pirate outfits. Kimberly had to dodge a sword when the doorbell rung. 'Who was it to agree to such a party?' Kimberly shook her head.

"Zeke! Thomas Zeke Oliver Hart! No sword fighting inside the dining room! Tim! Act your age!" Kimberly yelled as her brother came racing inside with 2 kids on his back.

"Awww… Mommmy!"

"Oh Kim!"

"Seriously, I forget who is the kid here." Tim just grinned. He chased after a few other kids.

"Zeke! Come answer the door with me." Zeke fixed his patch over his eye. Kimberly was taking presents with her son from their guest, parents from the daycare started arriving around 3:30. It was already 5, and the house was filled like a daycare with kids, screaming and running around. "Thanks for coming." Zeke pulled Kimberly aside. "What's up baby?" Zeke held up a box. "What is this?"

"A present for my lady, aye." Kimberly laughed.

"But baby, it's your birthday. You didn't have to get me anything."

"I know Mommy."

"He picked it out himself," Aisha said. Kimberly smiled and opened it. She found a butterfly pendent necklace.

"Oh, baby." Kimberly bent down and hugged him. "Thank you. I'm gonna put it on right now. Now, go have fun."

"Okay, Mommy!" Zeke rushed out to play with his friends.

"I love that boy."

"He is such a great kid. You raised a good boy."

"Thanks." Kimberly touched the necklace much like a necklace Tommy gave her all those years ago.

"Thinking about his father."

"Sometimes I wish Tommy would just walk in the door, but I know, it just won't happen."

"Not unless you tell him the truth."

"I will Sha, in time."

They party went on without any problem for a few hours. Kids were running around, playing games, watching movies, eating tons of food and candy. Everything was set for the big surprise of the night. The cake with sparkling candles just for Zeke.

"Jason, ready to bring out the C-A-K-E?"

"The huh?" Kimberly looked at him. Jason thought for a minute. He mouthed 'C-A-K-E' before getting it. "Oh right! Sure!"

"Should we be giving them any more sugar?" Aisha asked after dodging another stampede of kids.

"Doesn't seem to be too wise," Adam said. Kimberly and Jason disappeared into the kitchen.

Kimberly returned from the kitchen with birthday cake plates and forks and gasped. She couldn't believe the sight before her. Her breath caught in her throat in somewhat horror and disbelief.

"Oh my…" Tommy was hugging Zeke after he took the few bags Tommy carried in for his birthday. Jason was carrying the huge cake out, a 3 tier chocolate cake with a red Elmo at the bottom in decoration and white sparkling candles. He nearly bumped into Kimberly.

"Hey, what the…" Tommy lifted his son up still hugging him. Kimberly took her final breath when the world around her dimmed to darkness. Kimberly fainted in a dead heap as the plates and forks dropped from her hands. Everyone looked down over as Kimberly hit the ground hard. Zeke looked back from his hug with Tommy.

"Mommy!"

Tommy stood by the window. How could he have let all these years go by without one call? He had known something had happened 5 years ago. Tommy had been awakened from his dreams to hear the cries of Kimberly. Somehow deep in his soul she was crying out for him. Tommy had done everything imaginable to get a hold of her, calling Aisha, Trini, Jason, everyone, since Tommy didn't get any answer at Kim's place down in Florida. Tommy was so worried, but then his mother got the call about his uncle's turn for the worst in the hospital. Tommy should have known it couldn't have been just a coincidence to see Tim Hart in the same hospital that night. Kimberly was there. And that was his son he had held and quieted in that hallway.

Tommy took Kimberly to the backroom. He told everyone to keep going ahead with the party while he had a chat with Kimberly, alone. He stressed the alone part, and everyone knew Tommy's tone and look, they backed off. At first, Zeke didn't want to leave his mother's side, as Tommy carried her upstairs, but Tommy assured him he could trust him to take care of his mother. Zeke felt he could trust him, though he had only met him one other time. So, Zeke followed Aisha and went back to his birthday party. Kimberly moaned and rubbed her eyes as she started coming to. Kimberly turned her head and saw Tommy's back. She gasped.

"It wasn't… I wasn't… dreaming…" Tommy turned around to face Kimberly. She sat up on her elbows. "You're… you're really here?" Kimberly's eyes locked with Tommy. His eyes filled with anger and sadness as he stood there by the window.

"How could you lie to me?"

"Tommy, I…"

"How could you lie to me Kimberly?!" Tommy yelled this time.

"I… I'm sorry."

"No! No, you don't get to say I'm sorry after keeping my son from me for 5 years!" Kimberly flinched at his voice. Tears rolled down her face.

"I'm sorry, I never meant to…"

"My son Kimberly? My son! You kept my son from me!"

"I didn't want to lose you too!" Tommy looked at Kimberly confused.

"Lose me? How could you have lost me Kimberly?"

"The same way I lost my parents."

It was mid-June, the Olympic Trials for the men and women's Olympic team that would be heading to Gymnastic 3-week camp in July before the 1996 August Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

It was a live feeding for the Trials, and everyone was in the Youth Center watching it. During the practice, everyone gasped. Kimberly hit her head on beam during the first practice run on the first day at the Olympic Trials for the United States. She had won Pan-Global which earned her chance to be at the Olympic Trials. Kimberly shook it off as nothing and went to compete on beam. She had a tiny slip when she had to grip the beam with her hands to stay on, but she did stay on. After Kimberly landed her double pike, but then fainted under the lights. Luckily that was the last event for the girls that day and her score didn't drop her out of the top 5 in the standing, which meant she still had a chance to win. With only 24 girls competing, it was a close group of ladies trying to go for Olympic gold in Atlanta.

Tommy went to Zordon and begged to go see her. Katherine couldn't believe it, Kimberly had broken Tommy's heart just 3 weeks ago, and now he was begging to see her. Zordon called the team together and let them vote. Everyone agreed, Katherine was the last to agree after she knew her vote didn't really matter since the others wanted Tommy to find out what happened to Kimberly.

Kimberly laid in her bed, her head covered with an icepack. Her vision blurry, thanks to the headache, but she didn't care. The other girls were out for dinner after competition, Kimberly was told to just go and rest and they would bring her something. There was a constant ringing at her suite door. Kimberly groaned. She didn't want to move, but the person kept ringing the damn door. Kimberly had hoped the girls would be back by now and answer the door for her, but at last she got up. Kimberly got to the door and found no one there.

"Weird." Kimberly thought. She went into the kitchen to get some juice when she heard something fall in her bedroom. Kimberly gasped. There she was all alone in a suite for 7 girls and someone was in her room. Kimberly picked up an umbrella and went to her room.

"Hiyah!" Kimberly yelled as she opened her door with a kick and went to attack the person standing there, but the umbrella popped open up on her.

"Whoa! It's me!"

"Tommy?" Tommy stood there smiling with his hands up. Kimberly held her hand to her chest.

"Yeah. What did you plan on doing with that umbrella, shielding me from any rain. We are inside." Kimberly laughed.

"What are you doing here?" Kimberly asked as she closed the umbrella.

"I was worried about you. You collapsed and… you haven't answered any of our calls."

"I'm sorry. A bump of the head tends to tire you out. I just haven't gotten around to calling people. With the media constantly calling for answers, I tossed my phone aside. I mean, I just had to shove my mother and father away to get some sleep."

"Are you in pain?"

"No more than usual." Kimberly felt her neck and sat down on her bed. "Is there something else?"

"No."

"How exactly did you get here, and why are you wearing red, that's Rocky's color?" Tommy laughed.

"Actually, Rocky's blue now, Adam's green."

"What?"

"New rangers, Zeo Rangers. Didn't anyone tell you?"

"Must be in those letters I haven't opened. So, Zordon just let you come here?"

"We voted."

"Well, you can tell the others I said hi and thanks for caring. I am okay. I will be competing."

"Okay. You get some rest then. We'll be cheering you on."

"Thanks." Tommy lifted his wrist with the communicator and went to teleport… "Wait!" Kimberly stood up quickly. Tommy froze. "Don't go."

"Maybe I…"

"I missed you." Tommy dropped his arm. He walked over to Kimberly.

"I missed you too." Kimberly got a head rush staring into Tommy's eyes. Tommy caught Kimberly by an arm when she swayed a bit. "I got you Beautiful."

"I'm sorry, must be… beautiful? Did you just…" Tommy took her hand and rubbed his thumb over the top of her hand. Kimberly remembered that touch.

"I was so worried about you. I don't know what I would do if…" Kimberly covered his mouth with her hand after shaking her head. They looked at each other before Tommy bent down, paused before bending down more and kissing Kimberly on her lips. Kim's arms went around his neck. They kissed passionately.

"I'm sorry."

"I kissed you."

"No, I shouldn't have done that," Kimberly said pulling her head away as she slowly brought her hands down to holding Tommy's arms. Kimberly finally stepped away from him.

"Why? Because of him?" Kimberly turned back to Tommy. She shook her head. "Then what?"

"I lied okay! I lied and that's why I'm sorry," Kimberly said as tears formed in her eyes.

They made love, which leads to the conception of their son. She was 8-weeks pregnant by the second week of August, during the Olympics, when Kimberly is tested. Kim finds out she is pregnant right before second night of competition, but she couldn't stop, she had her teammates relying on her to compete. Kimberly ended up winning team gold, but lost the all-around title, taking a 4th place finish though she was a heavy favorite that night. Kimberly just was too tired and sick that morning and it showed that night during her routines. But Kimberly came back for beam 2 days later, wanting to leave this Olympics with at least one individual gold medal and she earned 2 gold with her amazing performances on beam and floor.

A few days later

Kimberly was in the hospital room with her parents. The doctor had returned to confirm Kim's pregnant. Kim's parents were outrage, demanding more tests that their daughter wasn't this irresponsible, but the doctor was 100 percent sure.

"No, my daughter can't…"

"I'm afraid Mrs. Dumas she is." The ride from the hospital was quiet. As soon as the doors opened and they were inside Kim's mother's hotel room, the yelling started. Kimberly just sat there taking it. What could she say, here she was 16, about to be 17 and pregnant with a baby? She knew they would be upset. They were parents and their only daughter was pregnant.

"Well don't you have anything to say?!" Kim's mother asked.

"Why? You two obviously have your mind set. You've been yelling at me for the past 20 minutes."

"Don't sassy your mother…"

"I'm not, but I know that having this baby is not the end of the world!"

"You are 16!"

"I will be 17.."

"Oh wow, a year more, you have no idea what a baby means?"

"I think I do, mother."

"So you want to have this baby?" Kim's father asked.

"Why not? What else other option do I have?"

"Adoption!"

"Abortion."

"Daddy!"

"Jonathan!"

"What, she is too young for this! Just end it now."

"I will NEVER have an abortion! Daddy, that's cruel and unchristian!"

"Having sex before marriage is just an unchristian, yet here we are."

"Daddy, you cannot believe I could.. live with myself after that."

"You will."

"I won't."

"IF you have this baby, then I am threw with you," Kimberly's father said to his daughter.

"Jonathan!"

"No! I will not be apart of this!"

"I'm your daughter… how can you just… turn your back on me."

"You turned your back on me when you went off and got yourself pregnant."

"I will not have an abortion nor will I give my baby to someone else to raise."

"Then… I am threw with you."

"That's the decision you have to live with yourself Daddy." Mr. Hart stood up and walked to the door.

"Jonathan…Jonathan!" Mr. Hart slammed the door on his way out. Kimberly sat back down, holding her stomach, caressing her belly. Kim's mother looked at his daughter.

"Your father was wrong, but you cannot raise this baby."

"I'm keeping my baby Mom."

"This is a colossal mistake!"

"A colossal mistake is not having it and thinking in the future how horrible a person I was, for giving up this miracle."

"You don't know anything about a baby," Kimberly's mother yelled.

"Neither did you, but you still had Tim."

"I was married!" They fought and fought until Kimberly just couldn't take it anymore.

"Don't walk out this room."

"I'll call you later Mom… right now I…"

"You walk out this room without agreeing.."

"I will not give up my baby!"

"Then don't expect anything from me! That means no money Kimberly Hart!"

"Fine by me!" Kimberly slammed the door as she left. Kim's parents were so upset and mad about their daughter's condition, they left Atlanta, not speaking with their daughter or acknowledging they had one.

Kimberly didn't know what to do or who to call. Tim was stopping by to see and congratulate Kimberly about the Olympics. He was on tour with his band and couldn't leave, but after seeing the team win on tv, he booked a flight to Atlanta immediately. Tim was shocked that his parents refused to talk about his sister over the phone. And when he asked if anything was wrong, they simply told him to ask his sister, because they had no daughter.

"What is going on here sis? Why are Mum and Dad so mad at you?"

"I'm pregnant."

"What?" Kimberly nodded. "Oh Kim…" Tim went over to his lil sister and hugged her.

"They hate me. They both hate me!" Kimberly cried.

"They are fools. You know Mum and Dad, they always over-exaggerate things. Just time they some time to think this over…"

"No, Tim. It's over. They want nothing to do with me. I'm all alone."

Fearing, Tommy would do the same, Kimberly refused to tell anyone else about the baby. Tim invited Kimberly to come with him and he would take care of her. Tim did want Kimberly to tell the baby's father, but Kimberly believed Tommy will do the same, so she calls Tommy and dumps him again, telling her that she can't settle down in her life. That them having sex was a colossal mistake and he should just forget about it. Kimberly knew saying that would hurt Tommy more than the first letter. Kimberly always said, she had too much more to do in her life than settle down with one guy and plus he has his ranger duties to concern himself over her. Tommy didn't want to hear that again, and went to win Kimberly back this time unlike he did the first time he got her life, but Kimberly basically disappeared, no calls, no letters, nothing for anyone to find her. She even made Zordon swear never to allow Tommy to locate her by his powers, so thinking he had lost her again, Tommy goes on his spiritual journey where he finds his brother and moves on to heal his broken heart again.

"That still doesn't explain why you lied to me after Trini's funeral!"

"I thought it was all for the best!" Kimberly cried out.

"Best for whom! Not me! Not our son!"

"My son has been fine…"

"He is not just yours, not anymore."

"What does that mean?"

"That means you are not keeping me from my son anymore. The days of your lies are over with."

"Like your lie too."

"What does that mean?" Tommy asked.

"You lied to me too Tommy."

"This is not the fight we need to be discussing here! Besides, I didn't lie..."

"Now who's lying? Tommy, I know we slept together that night. As much I tried to deny it, I knew it that morning deep down, I knew it."

"We didn't…"

"Please, no more lying."

"Fine, I did lie, but that doesn't excuse your lies for years."

"No, it does excuse, but it shows that you lied to protect me. I lied to protect you…"

"Protect me? I would have given up everything for you and our baby…."

"And that couldn't happen."

"What?"

"You were a ranger! The world depended on you! I couldn't take that away just because I was pregnant!"

"That is not an excuse for not telling me…"

"I was going to tell you…"

"When? When?!"

"At the right time…"

"You had the right time, that morning you could have told me the whole truth."

"And risk you hating me like now?"

"I don't hate you."

"Right… because that look in your eyes is not hate directed at me." Kimberly tried to block the tears.

"What I hate is that you lied to me, Kimberly. You lied to me."

"I know! I'm so sorry!"

"No, you can't cry your way out of this."

"I'm not!" Kimberly wiped her face. "Please don't be mad, I swear, I was going to tell you!"

"I want to tell our son tonight."

"What, no! We can't!"

"Why not?"

"He doesn't know you! You can't just come out with this on his birthday!"

"I am his father!"

"But I am his mother!" Kimberly shouted back.

"I am telling our son tonight."

"You can't!"

"I am telling him tonight!"

"Tommy please! Can't we just wait and do this…"

"No! He has to know that I am his father! He has to the right to know tonight!"

"He can't know!"

All of a sudden, the door opened. Zeke came through the door. He had yelling muffled yelling from downstairs, though Zack tried to turn up the music while the kids enjoyed cake and ice cream. Zeke sneaked away from his birthday and pressed his ear to the bedroom door to hear his mother's last words.

"Know what Mommy?" Kimberly looked at her son.

"Baby…"

"Why are you two fighting about? Isn't Mr. Tommy your friend?"

"Yes baby. Mr. Tommy was… is a friend Mommy has known for many years now."

"Before me?" Kimberly smiled as she kneeled down to her son's level.

"Yes baby."

"Your mother and I were actually, just discussing you."

"Me? Why me?"

"Because Thomas, I am your…"

"Tommy, no."

"We have to tell him the truth!"

"Not tonight!"

"Yes tonight! I will not go another day without him knowing the truth!"

"What truth?" Zeke asked. Kimberly looked at her son, eyes filling with tears.

"Baby, I…"

"Mommy, why are you so sad?" Zeke asked he went right to his mother. Kimberly hugged her baby tightly. "Mommy, you're shaking! Mommy, what's wrong?"

"Baby I…"

"You did this." Zeke looked up at Tommy. "You did this to my Mommy!"

"No, I…" Tommy tried to explain.

"No! I don't care, I don't want to know! Get out." Tommy looked at his son. "You hurt my Mommy! Get out of here! I don't want you here!"

"Zeke…"

"Thomas wait, I'm your…"

"Tommy…" Kimberly and Tommy looked at each other as Kimberly stopped him again.

"Thomas I am…"

"No! My name is Zeke! Only my Mommy can call me Thomas! Get out! Leave right now! He's a mean, mean man, Mommy."

"Thomas…"

"No! You are making my Mommy cry!"

"Your mother is crying because…"

"No! Stop it! I don't want to know! Get out! Get out now!" Zeke yelled. Tommy was taken back again. Something about his son yelling at him for the first time really hurt. Not at what he said, but how he acted. Protecting Kimberly was always his job, and now Tommy sees his son doing it. Tommy exchanged an angry look with Kimberly. But knew right now would not be the best time to reveal the truth. Tommy took a calm breath before going to the door. Tommy looked back at Kimberly hugging Zeke. Her eyes were demanding he leave, if just for right now. She hoped he got the message, that she just couldn't face this right now, but later she could and would.

"Don't worry Mommy, the mean man won't ever hurt you again." Tommy shook his head. He closed the door behind him. Kimberly lifted her son and sat on the bed with him in her lap.

"Thomas Zeke Oliver Hart, I need to tell you something."

"You never call me Thomas, you only used my full name when you're upset or mad because I did something. Did I do something wrong Mommy?"

"No, I just, I have to tell you…"

"Not tonight Mommy. It's my birthday remember. Only happiness."

"But…"

"Happiness."

"Right, only happiness." Kimberly smiled. She hugged her son again. "Just happiness." They went back to the party.

After the cake and ice cream ceremony, and after Zeke had opened mostly all his gifts in front of his guests and friends, the party begin to wear down. Kimberly allowed Zeke to go upstairs with Tim and play with his new toys while she cleaned up. Clark a new set of Playstation 2 games for his console. Aisha watched Kimberly with a heavy heart. She knew her sister was struggling with everything that had happened tonight. Not only was her baby getting older, but now Tommy knew the truth. Someone wise said that secrets and lies always find a way to revealing themselves. Aisha hoped nothing but happiness and joy would come from this, knowing however how that may be so untrue. Tommy knew the truth, he has a son, a son he has missed out on many years.

Kimberly sighed as she closed another bag filled with trash. Adam nudged Rocky, who nodded.

"Hey Kim, let us take that out for you."

"Thanks Adam." Kimberly walked away from the 2 large trash cans. Aisha was wiping down the table, where seemingly a lot of chocolate frosting from the cake ended up on, thanks to Zeke and his friends.

"Think he will come back?" Aisha asked.

"Huh?"

"Tommy, do you think he will come back?"

"I hope so, but… I don't know. I honestly don't know. He was mad and so hurt, Sha…"

"It's just because he knows, but once calmer heads…"

"Calmer heads, I don't think so."

"Kim…"

"I wish he never knew," Kimberly said.

"You can't believe that. The right thing happened here. Tommy knows the truth. So, it's not the way you always envisioned telling him, but…."

"That's just it. I didn't tell him. He already knew," Kimberly said sadly. "That's why this is worst. If only I hadn't been so afraid to tell him… maybe he wouldn't… He's never going to forgive me now. Never." Kimberly walked away as she went back to cleaning up the downstairs.

Jason came out from the backyard with the final bag of trash from the barbecue pit.

"Well that is it."

"Thanks Jase. Thanks all of you." All of a sudden, there was a ring at the door.

"I wonder who that could be this late," Billy asked. Kimberly felt that similar chill up her back, she knew only one person could do that to her. Kimberly bit her bottom lip as she went to the door. There was knock right before Kimberly opened the door.

"Hey."

"Hey." Tommy waited until after the party before he returned. Aisha, Adam, Rocky, Jason and Billy exchanged looks with each other before looking at Kimberly and Tommy. Zeke could be heard yelling in excitement, as Tim groaned. Zeke was kicking his butt at his new Nintendo game, Crash Bandicoot. Tim couldn't believe this little boy was winning so much.

"Uh, it's late, we should get going," Jason said. "Great party sis."

"Thanks," Kimberly said hugging Jason first.

"Yeah, it was good," Rocky said.

"Thanks to you all for helping out." Everyone smiled and gave Kimberly a hug and kiss before passing Tommy.

"I'll call you later," Aisha said taking the last bit of the trash out with her as she left. Kimberly nodded. "Goodnight Tommy."

"Goodnight."

"Bye guys." Tommy and Kimberly looked at each other.

"Can I come in?" Kimberly nodded.

"Uh of course…" Kimberly moved aside for Tommy to walk through the door. She closed it behind him with a sigh. "Are you hungry or thirsty…"

"I want to see my son." Kimberly sighed.

"Can't we just discuss this first before…"

"No. I want to see my son and tell him the truth."

"Tommy, we have to discuss this first and then we can figure out how to…"

"Discuss? Like how we discussed you would lie to me for over 5 years and kept my son from me?"

"That is not fair!"

"Call my son down here now." Kimberly stood firm staring at Tommy. His eyes bore into Kim's soul.

"Fine. Okay. Zeke! Zeke, could you please come down here!" Kimberly yelled.

"Awww Mommy!"

"Now please!" Tim continued playing the game though Zeke had left. Zeke came running downstairs somewhat pouting.

"Mommy, I was beating Tim badly!"

"Liar!" Tim yelled back.

"You're back! Why?"

"Zeke, please… come sit on the couch with me. We need to talk."

"But why is he here Mommy?"

"Because…"

"Because I am your father," Tommy finished for Kimberly. Zeke gasped.

"Mommy?"

"Come on baby, I'll explain everything."

AN: Thanks again everybody! I appreciate all the loving...keep it coming! You guys rock! Next chapter: The Fight, simply said, the fighting will start much more harsher next... troubling times ahead for Kimberly and Tommy, and there looks to be no rainbow after the storm.

Until next time

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