AN: I am so so so sorry that this took so long to get up! So sorry! Anyway, here is the new chapter. Lots of good info and many people will want to slightly kill me! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Um…. No I don't own it!
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"Start talking or this is the last you'll be seeing of us" she threatened. Aaron stood by her side, not trying to stop her. He wanted answers as well if his family was going to be in anymore danger. Elizabeth sighed and looked to Anthony for help. She wasn't surprised to see the animosity in his eyes. He had told her to tell Emily the truth from the beginning and Elizabeth had decided to go against him and keep it a secret. Now her daughter and grandson could very well be in danger.
"He's a well known crime boss and by this note and the pictures, one of the rival groups wants revenge" she explained. Emily had to hold herself back from hitting her mother. This was important information that she needed to know and her mother had kept it from her.
"So what? I have to continuously look over my shoulder so I don't have to worry about whether some guy is watching me and my son! That's not fair mother" she said warningly. Elizabeth shrugged.
"I was trying to keep you safe" she explained. Emily's jaw dropped and she took a threatening step forward, only to be stopped by Aaron's arm on her hand. She glanced back at him, only to see his normally stoic face in place. She knew he used that face to cover up his emotions.
"Go get our son please and say good bye. You lied to me, to us and I can't forgive you for putting my son's life in danger" Emily said. She knew Aaron would agree if he could talk without yelling. Anthony gave her a jerky nod before rushing out of the room. "I hope you're happy mother. You lost the only grandchild you had because of your selfish needs. Are you happy?"
"Of course not Emily! How can you even ask me such a question?" Elizabeth stood staring at her daughter in shock. Surely she could see the practicality of what she did.
"Because mother, that's just it. You don't get why we are so angry with you mother. You don't understand why you put my family in more danger than necessary. You don't understand why your husband is so angry with you!" Emily yelled. Elizabeth stood staring at a spot on her desk. Emily's chest heaved as she took deep breaths. Her anger was beginning to diminish and the hurt was beginning to set in. She really was that clueless.
"I see. If that's how you feel, then I will miss you" Elizabeth said sitting back down in her chair and picking up where she had left off. Emily's shoulders sank as she realized that was her mother's form of dismissal. She pushed her way past Aaron and headed down to where Jack stayed at. She peaked inside the room and watched silently as Anthony talked to Jack.
"…so mommy and daddy are really scared. I need you to be the big boy I know you are and do what they tell you to, ok?" Anthony said as he helped Jack finish packing. Jack nodded.
"Is that what all the screaming was about grandpa? Was that mommy and Nana Elizabeth fighting? I don't like it when mommy is mad or upset" Jack said in a very serious voice. Anthony nodded.
"I know Jacky boy, I don't like it when your mommy is mad or upset either, but she needed to work some things out with your nana. I'm going to miss you around here Jacky boy" Anthony stated hugging the boy tightly.
"Won't you come visit me Grandpa?" Jack asked innocently. Anthony pulled back with tears in his eyes.
"Your mommy is mad at me too buddy, but I'll see what I can arrange ok?" Emily backed away from the door and into the hallway was across from it. As she slid down the wall, her eyes burned with tears which were already rolling down her face. Anthony exited the room and pulled the door shut. Emily tried to wipe away the tear tracks, only for fresh tears to make the same path. Anthony sat next to her and pulled her into his arms. "It's ok baby, let it out. Let it all out" he consoled. Aaron came down the hall and froze when he saw Emily crying in Anthony's arms.
"Daddy!" she wailed. Both men's hearts broke as they heard the pain in her voice. Anthony held her tightly as she cried, hoping there was some way for Elizabeth to hear the hurt that she had caused her daughter.
"I'm here baby and I'm not going anywhere. I'm here and will be until you push me away princess" he whispered. Aaron stepped around them quietly and walked into the room, closing the door behind him. Jack was curled up into the fetal position on the bed, crying his little eyes out. Aaron swooped him up and held him close.
"It's alright Grandpa will make mommy feel better I promise" he whispered over and over again. His son wouldn't make it much further without breaking completely.
"I heard nana Elizabeth last night. She told Grandpa that she wanted a divorce, what it that and why did it make grandpa cry?" Jack asked once his crying had subsided slightly. The crying in the hallway had also quieted down some and Aaron stretched out on the bed, pulling Jack close to him.
"It means nana and grandpa are happier living in different places buddy. It will be ok" he said in explanation. Jack nodded and curled up to his father, listening to his heartbeat. Soon the little boy was asleep and Aaron silently and carefully slid the boy off of him and tiptoed out to the hallway to see they had migrated down to the living room. Aaron made his way back to the office and rapped twice, not waiting for a response before barging in.
"Aaron" Elizabeth said in shock. She had never seen him so angry, but she knew she had no one but herself to blame for his rage.
"You couldn't have the decency to wait until my son didn't hear the fact that you told Anthony you wanted a divorce? Not only have you broken my wife, which congratulations because I've only seen her like this twice before, but now my son is upset. I kept my mouth shut for too long Elizabeth! I will not stand by and let you destroy my family!" Aaron roared. Elizabeth sat in shock. Everything he had just said hit a note close to home. It was her first marriage all over again. Aaron didn't even wait for a response before going and collecting his son and Jack's things and heading to where Emily and Anthony were talking.
"Em, I think it's time to go" Aaron whispered. Emily nodded and kissed her father on the cheek before standing up and following Aaron back out to their car. Anthony dropped his head and tried to keep his tears at bay. He had told Emily of the impending divorce and hated how Emily's eyes hardened to protect herself again.
"Anthony" Elizabeth called. Anthony lifted his head and stared her down.
"I told you to tell her Elizabeth, but you didn't listen. Now I lost my daughter and you lost the rest of your family. I hope you're happy" he said before he stormed off to the guest room where he had been sleeping the past week.
"No" she whispered. She had lost everything.
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Emily stood in the door frame, watching as Aaron finished reading Jack his book and settling the boy down for a nap. Jack never went to bed on time when he stayed with his grandparents and he was cranky if he didn't get a nap the morning after.
"He's fine; you both are" Aaron said as he pulled her down the hallway to their bedroom. Emily hadn't gotten much sleep the night before and she was stressed to the max. "Why don't you get some sleep?"
"I'm pregnant" Emily muttered stopping dead in her tracks. Her hand that was not engulfed in Aaron's dropped to her slightly rounded stomach. Aaron's mouth dropped open in shock. He was speechless.
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Ok so like I promised Cassie, no cliffhanger, well no really mean cliffy! Hehehe… Ok so tell me what you thought please! And I apologize again for the delay!