"Uncle Mark, if you don't get that camera out of my kids faces I'm gonna clobber you over the head with it." Ava yelled coming in from the kitchen as Mark stood over the babies.
"What? I'm not allowed to film my niece and nephew?" he asked standing over the babies cradles camera in hand.
"If you wake them up, I'm gonna strangle you. It's bad enough your buddy over there insists on standing over them and waking them up every chance he gets." she laughed looking over at Roger who was on the couch talking to Will and Collins.
"What did I do? I'm all the way over here." he whined looking up at her.
"You keep waking the babies." she laughed looking over at him.
"I didn't do anything. I'm sitting over here, minding my own business talking to Collins and Will. I have no idea what you're talking about woman." he smiled looking up at her innocently.
"Woman, huh?" she laughed looking down at him with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry Baby. You know, the guys are here and... I love you." he stammered sheepishly looking up at her as Collins, Will and Mark laughed.
"I love you too you big lug." she laughed leaning down to kiss him as he brought her onto his lap.
"Big lug, huh?" he laughed kissing her neck.
"Guys, do you mind. You have company." Will laughed looking over at them.
"So, when has that ever stopped them?" Mark laughed looking over at him.
"Good point." Will smiled looking up at him as the doorbell rang.
"I am gonna kill whoever that is." Ava whispered as she got off of Roger's lap and ran to the door. "Dad." she said opening the door surprised at who was on the other side.
"Hello Avalon." he smiled looking at her.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" she asked standing by the door.
"I heard you had your babies. Congratulations." he smiled looking down at her.
"Yeah well, you could have said that on the phone. What is it you really want?" she asked looking over at him.
"I wanted to see my daughter and grandchildren." he said looking down at her.
"Baby, who's at the... what do you want?" Roger asked entering the foyer.
"I came to see my daughter and my grandchildren." he said looking up at him.
"You're not welcome here Frank." Roger said escorting him out of the house as Ava followed them outside.
"Dad, we don't want you here." she said folding her arms across her chest.
"I just came to see my daughter and my grandchildren." he said looking over at them.
"Yeah, so you said. But your daughter does not want to see you and there is no way in hell your daughter and her husband are gonna let you near your grandchildren. You couldn't be bothered with me while I was growing up and then when I was the most vulnerable you made me into an alcoholic. I am not gonna have you ruin my kids lives the way you ruined mine." Ava yelled standing up to him as Roger looked on with pride.
"Avalon, I just..." he started when Ava interrupted him.
"AVA. I'm Ava. I'm not Avalon anymore. I gave up Avalon to raise my kids. You see, that's what real parents do." she yelled looking up at him.
"I'm sorry Ava. I just want to make things up to you." he said looking over at her.
"Oh, you want to make things up to me, huh? Don't you think you've done enough? I'm an alcoholic dad. I couldn't have champagne at my own wedding because of that summer. You kept shoving alcohol down my throat so you didn't have to spend any time with me." she yelled looking up at him.
"I know. I'm sorry Ava. I made some huge mistakes in my life. Not giving up touring for you is the biggest one I ever made." he said looking down at her.
"Why now? What happened that made you come to that conclusion?" she asked looking up at him.
"A lot happened. Josie died. Alcohol poisoning. I was with her." he said holding back tears.
"She what? Oh my God." Ava said putting her hands over mouth starting to cry.
"I'm so sorry Baby." Roger said wrapping his arms around her holding her close.
"I can't believe it. How could she die of alcohol poisoning?" she asked looking up at Roger.
"She's been drinking a lot lately. She was really bad." Mr. Donnelly said looking over at them.
"No. You don't get to talk. Get out. I don't want you anywhere near me, my husband or my children. Just go." she said turning to go back into the house.
"Just leave Frank. And don't come back." Roger said looking over at him before following Ava into the house.
"Is everything OK?" Mark asked looking over at them as Ava went up to hers and Roger's room.
"Yeah, can you guys...?" he asked looking up at them.
"Yeah, we got the babies. Go." Will said as Roger ran up the stairs.
"Ava, are you OK?" he asked entering the bedroom. Ava was laying on the bed crying into a pillow.
"I can't believe Josie's gone. That couldn't have been me. If you hadn't found me that day..." she started as he moved her to him sushing her.
"It's OK Ava. I found you. You're OK. Now we're married with 2 beautiful babies. Everything is OK. You stopped." he said caressing her hair comforting her.
"Josie's the one who gave me my first drink and now she's gone. She drank herself to death." she cried looking up at him.
"I know, but Baby, it's not you. You're alive. You stopped drinking before you died." he said rocking her back and forth.
"That man ruins everything he touches. I'm not letting him near our babies Roger. That man is not their grandfather. The only grandfather they have is Luke Davis. Frank Donnelly is dead to them." she said looking up at him.
"No problem Baby." he said kissing her head.