Part 20

Melissa walked into Greenlee's apartment after Kendall and Greenlee. Kathleen was in Greenlee's arms fast asleep and cuddling into Greenlee's shoulder as she slept. Kathleen had a very exciting day, she had met her new best friend and they hadn't stopped playing for a minute after they had met, except when they both fell asleep and again they did that together falling asleep right next to each other holding onto the same stuffed Teddy bear. Even if Melissa hadn't enjoyed herself as much as Kendall had hoped she would she had enjoyed seeing Kathleen happy and care free with her new friend.

As much as Melissa hated to admit it she had actually some how between sob fests enjoyed her time at the party...but she was still having trouble admitting that too herself. Melissa sighed and pushed the carriage the rest of the way in through the door and closed the door behind her. Greenlee had just brought Kathleen into the spare bedroom that they all shared. Kendall had come up to the carriage the minute Melissa had stopped pushing in through the door and picked Anna up into her arms and waited till Melissa was done folding the carriage up before she slowly started to walk away with Anna sleeping soundly in her arms, Melissa following slowly behind.

Greenlee was just pulling the covers over Kathleen shoulders and kissing the little girls forehead as Kendall and Melissa entered the bedroom. Kendall stood and watched how great Greenlee was with Kathleen and unconsciously she ran her thumb back and forth over her stomach. Kathleen wasn't the only one to make a bound that seemed would never break today, Greenlee had formed a bound with Kathleen and Melissa both which only made the bound between her and Kendall all the more special and triple in size. Melissa had also found she enjoyed Bianca's company and it unnerved her to realize that Bianca was actually her sister and Josh was her brother and that she had actually eaten a meal with her biological mother, it seemed things were never going to be the way she had planned them.

Melissa moved past Kendall once she had placed Anna into her crib, Melissa ran her hand through Anna's few curls before placing a kiss to her daughters head and pulling at the small blanket till she was satisfied and she stepped away from the crib and then just collapsed on the bed.

"That is the last time Anne, Kathleen or I ever see Erica Kane again!" Melissa said leaving no room for argument, but somehow Kendall found that small enough space and pride it open and started one.

Kendall looked at Melissa with a sad smile. "Melissa..."

"No, Kendall. I don't want anything to do with her and my daughter is not going to see her either!"

"Melissa you can't just dismiss her like that!" Kendall said turning to her sister some how finding the energy to fight with her.

Greenlee just stepped back and watched the two fighting listening intently to what they were fighting over, since they had been fighting about this same subject for the past two days. Greenlee just wondered why on earth Melissa wouldn't want to see Erica, after all today was the first time the met and she'd been against it even before she met the over zealous woman.

"Why can't I?" Melissa asked getting angry and finding herself able to actually stand up, even though her body ached for the soft feeling of a mattress under her. "Tell me Kendall...why can't I? just dismiss her, just like she dismissed me because she cheated on her husband and got pregnant. I was just a mistake to her, a mistake she's yet to own up to!" Melissa said forgetting who was in the room with her.

"Erica's your mother!?" Greenlee asked her jaw dropped somewhere ten feet below the ground.

Melissa turned a ghostly white as she slowly turned her head to see Greenlee still standing in the room, she thought Greenlee had already left the room. Kendall looked behind her and stared at Greenlee for a moment before turning so her back was facing the far wall and she could see both Greenlee and Melissa if she just turned her head from one side to the other and Greenlee and Melissa could see each other if they looked straight ahead.

"Erica's your mother?" A voice asked from the doorway into the bedroom.

All three women turned to see Ryan Lavery standing at door to the bedroom. It almost had seemed impossible for Melissa to get any whiter but it seemed now that not only Greenlee knew her secret but a stranger knew as well, her face got three shades whiter. Kendall and Greenlee turned and glared at Ryan.

"How did you get in here, Ryan? Greenlee asked looking at her ex-husband.

"I have a key..." Ryan said as he slowly took a step into the apartment. "Who is that?" Ryan asked as he walked up to Greenlee his eyes moving toward Melissa when he reached his ex-wife's side.

"None of you're business!" Kendall and Melissa said at the same time.

"If it has to do with Erica I would think it..."

"Ryan...shut up!" Greenlee said pushing against Ryan's chest so she could get farther away from him when she took a step away. "It has nothing to do with you even if it has to do with Erica and she's not Erica's daughter, as we all know Kendall's Erica's daughter and Melissa was just asking Kendall if it was true." Greenlee said pulling the lie from an invisible hat that must be residing in her hands.

"But then..." Ryan tried to ask but was cut off.

"Kendall and I were both adopted by the same couple. Alice Hart was our mother and I...I wanted to know if Erica Kane was really Kendall's mother or if it was a publicity stunt that you hear about on the TV." Melissa said ending Greenlee's lie for her. "Not that it concerns you, since I've been here for a while and I haven't once seen you or heard anything good about you're latest behavior." Melissa said, showing just how Erica Kane she could go to Kendall, Greenlee and Ryan even if he didn't know why she was such a bitch.

Ryan just gave Melissa a second glance before turning to Greenlee. "Sorry..." He wanted to continue but was cut off.

"No you're not. Now get out...it's late and you shouldn't be here." Greenlee said to her ex and started to walk toward the exit of the room. "Besides the baby's sleeping." Greenlee said and then noticed that might have been the wrong words to use.

"The baby..." Ryan said gently and looked at Greenlee and then at Kendall and at the crib in the corner of the room. Ryan took a step toward the crib wanting to see his child if only once and he'd be happy to know that his child was in such good care and would be loved like a child should be loved.

Melissa as if knowing what Ryan was thinking of doing stepped toward the crib and getting herself between the crib and Ryan, her eyes glaring at Ryan. Kendall saw the look as did Greenlee and they both knew if Ryan took another step toward Anna that Melissa was going to attack Ryan, most likely kill him.

"Stay away..." Melissa said through clenched teeth as she gazed up at Ryan through the top of her eyes.

Ryan finally looked at Melissa's face and was rather shocked at what he found lying there. It was as if she were the mother bear and the child in the crib was her cub but that was impossible and Ryan knew it and took another step toward the crib.

"Get away from my daughter!" Melissa screamed and pushed Ryan with such force that the tall strong man fell to the floor and was left only staring at Melissa in shock.

"She's not your daughter." Melissa heard a feminine voice say as that said woman stood at the door to the bedroom.

TBC...