Chapter 43
Sam led his mom into a house that few months earlier scared him to death. He then made his way over to Phil. Janet, shocked ran to her friend and held her. Eddie closed the door while Janet and Ikey helped Hannah to a seat on the couch. Everyone tried to get close enough to support her but not crowd her too much. Clinging to Janet she was able to say, "Ray knows."
Eddie flipped open his cell phone and speed dialed Nick who was at home with his dad, the Dean and Ronnie. "Ray knows Hannah's at my house with Sam. Watch your back. NO stay there we've got it covered. STAY THERE! Shit." And he clicked off his phone. "Nick's on his way over." This made Hannah cry harder.
While they all waited the Chinese food came. Ikey then called out for pizza knowing it was gonna be a long night (and Sam didn't like Chinese food).
Nick pulled right onto the front lawn, tearing up the turf and barely remembering to put the car in park. He grabbed Hannah from Janet and held her tightly. Janet and Eddie went over to Sam. And knelt next to him. Looking Janet straight in the eye he said "I know, I know, I heard the whole thing."
"Tell us what happened," Eddie said to Sam.
Looking at Janet and Eddie he began. "Ray and I were playing halo 3 when mom got home from Janet's. We both could tell something was wrong and mom didn't want to talk about it. Ray kept pressing and that made mom not talk more. Ray was pretty crabby about having to spend the day with "those losers" just to have mom leave and go to Janet's. But when she came home crabby he wouldn't drop it. Mom told me to go up stairs and I did but I didn't go to my room. I listened." Taking a drink of water that Pizza Girl brought for both of them he continued. "Mom said that Gavin wasn't my dad and that Nick was. Ray went crazy. He was yelling that Nick has no rights and that Ray's been more of a dad to me and how Nick was not going to destroy his family. Mom said Nick will never sign over parental rights but she would work something out. That she and Ray would still have custody and Nick would get visitation. Ray kept yelling something about he has no rights he hasn't been here and he just kept ranting and ranting. Mom started crying and I came downstairs. She wanted me to go back up and Ray kept saying no I should stay and learn all about my dead beat dad and he said what kinda man leaves a girl pregnant doesn't step up. Then mom stopped crying and forgot I was there and said that Nick didn't find out until today and another guy had to take a paternity test too and she was sorry about the lies neither guy was a dead beat because everyone thought my dad was Gavin. She told Ray to calm down that they were still getting married and we were all still going to be a family. She kept saying 'I love you Ray, I'm marrying you Ray'. I don't think Ray heard her because he stormed out of the house. Mom grabbed her keys and we got in her car. I thought she was going to follow him but instead we went to Janet's and when no one was there we came here."
All Janet could do was hug Sam. Eddie rubbed his and Janet's backs and looked at Hannah who was calming down in Nick's arms. He then looked around the room at the shocked look on his friend's faces.
Janet looked at Phil, "Call Owen, he needs to watch his back."
"This is gonna be bad" Hannah said. "Real bad."
"Just one question Hannah Jane" Nick said looking into her eyes. "Do you really want to spend the rest of your life with Ray?"
Hannah couldn't speak. She just started crying again.