Part 4

Bianca stood at the front door of her mother's new house, Miranda fast asleep in her arms. Bianca had made it three days before she couldn't take it anymore and had gone looking for Anna for answers about Maggie's disappearance only to find Anna was out on some mission that she couldn't discuss. Bianca had then decided that it was time to go home, because she wasn't sure what to do in Paris now. Maggie wasn't there; Maggie had just left her apartment and didn't even leave Bianca a note or a phone call. (Bianca left before she got M's message) Erica had asked Bianca to come home anyway, Kendall was almost due, Erica wanted Josh to be annotated into the family and the famous Erica Kane missed her daughter and granddaughter.

Bianca sighed and took the final step up to the door and knocked. Bianca wasn't surprised when Erica opened the door in a hurried rush and didn't even need to look at Bianca before she engulfed her into a mind-blowing hug. Bianca had to force her left side against Erica so her mother wouldn't crush or wake her sleeping daughter.

"Bianca…dear!" Erica said pulling back smiling from ear to ear. "You came!"

Bianca put on a smile for her mother's sake and nodded her head as she was shown into the house. "Yes…we did." Bianca said as Erica took her coat after insisting to take it.

Erica smiled as she looked at Bianca, there was something off about her, and Erica knew something was wrong so she took note of it and made sure to remember to ask Bianca about it later. Erica was simply overjoyed that Bianca had come, the last time they spoke Bianca had been hesitant to come but here she was.

"I see you couldn't resist the pull of home, hmm?" Erica said smiling as she watched Bianca take Miranda's coat off and hang the fabric up without waking the sleeping child.

Bianca laughed at her mothers comment and walked over to the couch and sat down across from her mother.

"Yes…mother I just couldn't resist the devils pull on me to get me back into his lovely kingdom." Bianca said rolling her eyes as she smiled.

Erica laughed at this comment it was true! Pine Valley was rather a devilish little town with everything that had happened here…it was a miracle Erica could ever get Bianca to come back.

"Oh…dear you know you love it!" Erica said smiling as she looked at her daughter.

"Only because my family happens to insist on living here!" Bianca said stating the only reason why she ever truly did come back.

"Well…not all of us can move to a different continent and make a living there." Reggie said smiling as he walked from the hallway and saw his sister on the couch.

"Reggie!" Bianca said happily as she was hugged by the young man lightly, so he wouldn't wake Miranda from her nap.

"Oh Bianca she's beautiful…just like her mother." Reggie said looking from Miranda to Bianca a broad smile plastered on his face.

Bianca smiled up at Reggie and looked down at Miranda and ran her hand through her little girl's hair before looking back up at Reggie.

"Well…your biast!"

Reggie smiled and winked at Bianca before taking the seat next to her.

"Would you like to hold your niece?" Bianca asked Reggie when she saw him unable to take his eyes off of Miranda.

Bianca's heart warmed when she saw the bright twinkle in Reggie's eyes as he looked at her. Reggie asked the silent question of 'are you sure' with those eyes and Bianca only nodded. Reggie's smile seemed to get larger as he slowly picked Miranda up from Bianca's shoulder and held the two year old against his shoulder. Miranda opened her eyes slightly and when she looked around once and saw Reggie she smiled and snuggled her head into Reggie's neck before falling back asleep, thumb back in her mouth. Erica and Bianca both watched as Miranda slept and Reggie just sat in awe as he looked down at his niece. Reggie decided he'd just bring them into Bianca's room so that Erica and Bianca could talk because, like Erica, Reggie knew something was up with Bianca.

Bianca watched Reggie carry Miranda into the room she staid in when she came home, she turned back toward her mother when she could no longer see Reggie. Bianca knew Erica wanted to talk to her about something, Bianca hoping beyond hope that it was Josh and not why she was acting like this.

"Bianca…?" Erica said as she looked at her daughter, her eyes telling Bianca that she expected answers to her questions.

"Yes, mother?" Bianca asked looking at Erica acting confused.

"Bianca…. !" Erica said more sternly.

Bianca sighed and looked down at the floor as she sat up and shook her head. When she looked back up again there were tears in her eyes. Erica saw this and she rushed over to Bianca's side and wrapped her arm around Bianca's waist and let Bianca lean against her shoulder as she cried. Erica just let Bianca cry, she rubbed her hand up and down Bianca's back trying to sooth her daughter and help her through this the best she could with the information she had, which was none.

Bianca stopped crying soon after and sat up straight apologizing to her mother for falling apart like that as she wiped her eyes. Erica looked into Bianca's eyes and smiled at her daughter, telling her it was ok to cry.

"I shouldn't talk about this yet…I just…I don't even know what's going on." Bianca said as she looked down at the floor once again, this time when she looked up she hit her hands against her knees and pushed herself up so she was standing.

Erica watched as Bianca started to pace back and forth. Erica knew that if she let Bianca do this for long enough Bianca would start to ramble and rant and once that started then Erica could get a good idea of what was going on. No one had been able to understand Bianca when she started ranting or rambling on and on but Erica and Maggie but for now Maggie wasn't here so Erica was the only one here that could understand what Bianca was going on about.

"I…mom it was horrible. I thought the worst right away and I didn't know how to get in touch with the police and …it was just a wreck. The entire apartment was completely trashed things were missing and she wasn't there…. pictures and her safe were fine…. I just…her bags were gone and so were her clothes. I couldn't find anyone to tell me anything, Miranda got so upset and she wanted Maggie so we went and…. oh mom it was horrible! Maggie wasn't there, there was nothing and Miranda was so upset and I didn't understand what had happened… she didn't even leave a note I thought something had happened to her. Eric said he saw her that day for lunch but she had left in a hurry after getting a phone call, I don't even know who called her or what they could have said…. but she was gone! Miranda was crying and I was crying and…its… she's gone. Maggie's gone." Bianca said as tears fell from her eyes and she walked back and forth every time she said something different from what she had planned on saying.

Erica looked at Bianca and just stared at her daughter for a few minutes as she put everything in the right order and came up with why Bianca was so upset. Though she had to admit she was rusty, it used to only take her a second to get her rants settled in the right order, now… now it took almost 20 whole seconds!

"Ok…so let me get this straight…" Erica said as she looked at Bianca and watched as her daughter came to sit next to her on the couch. "Miranda got upset and she wanted Maggie." Erica saw Bianca nod so she continued. "So you went to Maggie's apartment and found that Maggie wasn't there, the apartment was a mess, there was no note so you assumed someone had come and rubbed Maggie or kidnapped her but you didn't know how to get in touch with the police." Erica saw Bianca nod at her while she wiped away her fallen tears. Erica placed her hand over Bianca's and squeezed it trying to comfort her daughter. "You don't know where Maggie is?"

Bianca shock her head no as she looked at her mother. She wished she knew where Maggie was but she didn't and that's what made this so much worse. Bianca would have been able to handle it if Maggie had called, left a note something to just tell her that she was ok or to tell her that she wasn't and just needed time for herself. Hell Bianca wouldn't have minded a note that said she was never going to see her again, she wouldn't like that kind of note but she'd at least know what was going on or some what of what's going on.

Erica nodded her head and pulled Bianca into her arms as her daughter started to cry again. Maggie had had no right to do this to Bianca, she should have been more responsible and at least told Bianca what was going on or where she was going. Erica liked Maggie, she thought that Maggie would be the one woman she was ok with to be with Bianca, but right now…well Maggie's appeal just slipped from 10 to –10.

TBC…..