Disclaimer: See chapter 1

AN- Squeed is a word for us The Phantom of the Opera addicts who love Erik, the Phantom. Every time he is mentioned, well the sound coming from our mouths sounds like a pig being slaughtered. Not pretty. Just a little info if any of my loyal minions were confused later on in this chapter. R&R!

This will be my greatest triumph, Michelle thought to herself as she emailed Lane to ask if her grand son could stay as a guest a little earlier than planned. She thought it all out, and since she assumed Rex was as demented as her, he could make Lane's daughter fall for him, marry her, then poison the rest of the family and end up owning Lanes business.

And this way she could also keep a closer eye on Alison, who was beginning to slip from Michelle's grasp. She didn't want to kill her because she could still use her for ransom, but she could still beat the living daylights out of the girl. There was just something about her that made Michelle so jealous and angry. It could be the fact that before Michelle had hired to have her kidnapped, her parents adored her. Or it could be that Alison was beautiful inside and out, unlike Michelle.

She got off the computer, and seeing that it was nine in the morning went to go wake Rex up. They'd be coming to get him today, around two.

Then she went to wake up Aly. She could tell that something was not right when she entered the room. The bed was made, her duffel bag was gone, and her drawers were empty. On the nightstand was a note that said, "Goodbye psycho!" with a smiley face drawn under that with Aly's signature.

Michelle was beyond mad. Now she didn't know where Aly could've gone, and that screwed up some of her plans. Maybe Rex would know.

She marched into his room, and threw the covers off of him. "Where's Aly?" She yelled, searching through his room. Since she found nothing, she huffed and yelled "Pack your clothes, you're staying at the Smiths until their party."

Rex rolled out of bed and threw some clothes on. Why would he be staying at a place a month before the party? It didn't make any sense to him. Then it hit him. Aly had escaped. With a wide grin, he packed his clothes. Hopefully she made it to somewhere safe, and would at least contact him somehow to tell him she was safe.

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Lane skimmed the email. He then read it again, and actually digested the words. He knew exactly who this Michelle was, since he'd grown up with Emily. But when had Emily had a kid? He didn't believe the excuse of her going away until then, he known Michelle enough to know that all she ever did was sit on her lazy butt, eat chocolate, and boss any of her servants around.

"Ruth, could you come in here?" He called. Ruth popped her head around the door. "Apparently, Emily had a son sometime before she made our lives a living hell, and now her mother wants the son to come stay here for a month while she goes on "business". But I didn't give her an invitation. Did you?"

Ruth shook her head no, and came next to the computer to read the email. "One of the twins must have given him an invitation without knowing who he was. I'll go ask them." She kissed Lane, and went off in search for their children.

Mythriel and Richard were having a snow war in the backyard, with forts and everything. Except now Richard was pinning Mythriel in the snow and wiping it all over her face and under her clothes. "Richard, play nice!" Ruth called, walking out in the snow and untangling the twins from each other. "Now, which one of you gave a boy you didn't know an invitation to your birthday party?"

Richard looked at Mythriel, who dropped her head and flushed. "Well…."

"Spit it out Mythie," Ruth said, bringing her daughter's chin back up to meet her eyes.

"There was a really hot guy in the bakers the other day, so I kinda invited him."

Ruth shook her head regretfully at her daughter, and said, "I thought so. You two remember the story of how your father and I met and fell in love? You remember the very evil girl who tried to break us apart? Well, sometime she had a kid who you invited to the party, and now her extremely evil mother wants him to come a month before the actual date."

Mythriel squeed, and jumped up in down. "Oh my gawd! He's actually coming here? He's staying with us for a whole month!"

Richard rolled his eyes and pinned his sister down. "Down girl," he said.

"Richard, what do you think we should do?" Ruth asked. Her son thought then directed his gaze back to her.

"Look, lets invite him now, and see if he's evil or not. He could be nice. From what you said, the lady who raised him was extremely evil, but he could be a lot nicer than we think."

"True, true. I'll speak to your father about it. Now calm your sister before she hyperventilates herself to death."

Richard turned, and shoved snow down Mythriel's shirt. She glared at him and pounced on him, thus resuming their rolling in the snow.

Maybe another chapter later in the day, I don't know. But this is a really long chapter for my standards, with lots of juicy details. Oh, and whoever wants to kill my friend please do so. She left a rather… nice review containing information that I didn't want anyone to know. But I keep it up there so you guys will help me plan evil ways to kill her. Oh, and next chapter will have another little side story, I swear!

-WildPixieChild