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A/N : Well here it is the next chapter. This chapter gets pretty intense and is actually kind of sad. Don't forget to leave me a review and show me your love. I can't describe how happy I get when I check my in box to see that a review has been sent to me. Any who enjoy the chapter.
Oddly enough I was always the most nurturing out of my circle of friends. I would do or give anything for anyone of them. I took care of my mother for so long that I think caring for people became a part of me. It is a lot of pressure however, to always be the one to hold the crew together. Especially if no one else is stable enough to hold you up in a crisis as well. I think my friends and I have been through more than many people could imagine. Hopefully that is the stock inside of us, the tool that makes us stronger.
"Mr. Manning, I am a tad bit confused. Why are you having me take so many pictures of the little girl." Gary's scruffy voice said on the other end of Craig's cell phone that evening.
"Look I don't pay you to ask questions, now I love that little girl like she is my own daughter, and her mom needs to be my wife. I need those pictures to figure her out, and help her and her mother get away from that loser Sean." Craig checked his rear view mirror and looked around, he didn't want anyone to hear his conversation, and even though the windows to his car were rolled up, he still felt paranoid. "Look, I am going to set my plan into action soon, so I just need you to keep going to her school and taking her picture got it." Craig rolled his eyes and hung up his cell phone before the man on the other end could answer. "It shouldn't be this hard to have you as mine Ellie," Craig said to himself as he fumbled in his glove compartment for something. "Got it, now I just have to get to the bathroom without anyone questioning me." Craig closed his eyes and breathed hard, part of him felt like such a failure. "I promise, I'll quit as soon as I have them as my family." Craig looked to the sky through his sun roof for just a moment as he slipped a small bag of cocaine, and a tube of crack into his pocket.
"Who knew so much mess could come out of things so small," Sean said aloud as he, Ellie, Jay, Alex, Liberty and Towerz began to clean up that evening.
"Actually, it's not as bad as I thought it would be," Ellie laughed. "I don't think Kelly is having another party until she turns sixteen though."
"You should have hired a cleaning crew," Ashley interjected.
"Alright Paige we'll get right on that," Liberty joked as she tied up the trash bags.
"I'm just saying if you needed money for one you could have asked Craig or I," Ashley smiled as she sat down on a lawn chair. "Speaking of Craig, I wonder what is taking him so long. I mean how long does it take to talk to an agent you know."
"Ellie, you better say something to your friend before I do." Alex said annoyed as she grabbed a few bags of trash and hauled them to Towerz' truck. If she had to hear Ashley say one more stupid remark about her money, little journalism career, or how many places she had traveled to, she was going to cut her, well maybe not cut, Ashley definitely wasn't worth jail time in Alex's eyes. Ellie was just as irritated as everyone else, from the moment she stepped foot onto their property Ashley had been putting everyone down.
"I think the pony was a great touch, don't you Elle, I mean I'm so glad Craig listened to me and got it, your daughter seemed to love that present the most of all." Sean glared at Ashley, now extremely irritated and slightly hurt.
"The pony was your idea," Sean said raising his voice slightly.
"Well yeah, I mean clearly it was the best gift she received." Ashley said not sensing Sean's anger.
"You know you and Craig have some nerve..." Sean started but was cut off by Ellie's kiss.
"Calm down baby, you know Kelly loved your gift most of all, I know how hard you worked to get her that Power Wheels, and she is going to ride it until the batteries die, ok." Sean nodded and let Ellie's words in as she embraced him with another kiss. He knew he was jealous, he wanted to give his daughter the world but he could only give her a very small portion of it, and had to work damn hard to do that. Now all of a sudden Craig, and then Ashley show up throwing their money in his face, yeah that jealousy was slowly turning into anger. He was so glad that Ellie was there she knew just what to say and do to calm him down, and to make him feel whole again.
"Well the two love birds are at it again," Craig chirped as he stumbled out of the house. "Can I help you guys clean up, I really am ready to do something."
"Look around Craig, we are basically done," Ellie said sweetly still holding tight onto Sean.
"Well the night is young, Justice is old enough to watch Kelly lets go to the club or something." Craig said as he sat down next to Ashley.
"Um Craig Justice is five, what is wrong with you," Liberty asked slightly worried. Craig laughed happily as he got up and fidgeted around the yard suspiciously, he couldn't keep still and Jay knew exactly why.
"You got to be kidding me Manning, I mean I know you are a coke head, but how high are you," Jay blurted out as everyone looked at Craig in shock.
"You brought drugs, to my house, at my daughter's birthday party." Sean said letting go of Ellie and completely fuming again.
"What, no Sean, Ellie, I wouldn't disrespect you like that," Craig laughed nervously, he couldn't believe Jay could tell, he thought he was maintaining himself pretty well.
"Give me one good reason why Jay, Towerz, and I shouldn't beat your face in," Sean said angrily backing Craig against the garage door.
"No Sean, please don't hurt him, Craig's been to rehab he's been clean for years, Ellie tell him," Ashley yelled out.
"I can't believe this, I think Jay is right." Ellie said in shock and disgust. "Have you been doing drugs here in our house."
"You know he has Ellie," Alex interjected. "He's probably going to try and kidnap Kelly too, the ass."
"Ellie, I'm sorry." Craig started.
"You stupid bastard," Sean said as he slammed Craig against the garage door, causing Craig to burst into a fit of laughter.
"I'm the bastard," Craig laughed, "Ellie called me the same thing after we made love and I told her I was leaving, I deserved it both times, guess you two are meant for each other." Dead silence filled the air as Craig suppressed his laughter, not even a cricket chirped.
"W-what?" Sean asked hurt and confused, as he looked to Ellie.
"Sean I don't --"
"Don't even try and deny it Ellie," Craig stood up straight as Sean backed away to hear what he had to say. "Tell, him tell him about the night we made love before I left for Vancouver back in 2006. Tell him how you lied to him and told him you had to visit your mother, you never went to see her once, you were always doing something with me. Tell him about the song I wrote for you, tell him how you told me you loved me and would have left him for me if I weren't going to go to Vancouver, tell him about all the letters you wrote me, or maybe about how you always wished that I would come back into your life. Hell, just tell him that the snow globe on your desk is from me." Craig looked at Ellie and smiled, so maybe this wasn't how he planned on breaking Sean and Ellie up, but it was sure to work regardless. "You didn't think I read the letters did you, I read them all and kept some of them too."
"Stop just stop," Ellie screamed as she cried hysterically.
"Ellie please tell me this isn't true," Sean begged tears falling from his eyes.
"Sean, please." Ellie sobbed.
"Yes or No Ellie."
"Sean I love you," Ellie cried.
"Just tell me if it's true." Ellie looked around as all of her closest friends stared at her in shock, Craig still had a smile plastered on his face, and it felt as if her throat were closing up, she took a deep breath, it was nothing she could do but tell Sean the truth, the truth about everything that happened between her and Craig. "It's a simple yes or no answer Ellie." Sean screamed hoping and praying that Craig was making all of this up so he could beat him to a bloody pulp.
"It was a long time ago Sean, If I could take it back I swear I would." Ellie fell to her knees in sobs she didn't want Sean to find out, and certainly not in front of everyone like this.
"Uncle Jay, Mr. Cameron, daddy," All of a sudden a scared and crying Justice came running outside to them.
"Justice, what's going on." Jay said frantically as she ran over to them and began to pull on Sean's hand.
"It's Mykel she's upstairs in the bathroom shaking, there's something wrong we gotta hurry." Justice cried hysterically.
"What!!" Everyone exclaimed as they ran fast as lightening into the house, Sean and Ellie where the first to the bathroom door.
"Oh my god, my baby, someone call 911." Ellie cried as she dove to the floor and scooped Mykel up in her arms.
"Screw 911, Jay go get the car now!" Sean yelled as he stroked Mykel's face and kissed her cheek she was shaking and getting cold.
"Sean do something," Ellie cried. "Don't worry baby, mommy and daddy are here nothing will hurt you ok," Ellie cried as she handed Mykel over to Sean and he rushed her down stairs to Jay's car as Alex followed, calling the hospital to let them know they were on their way. It was less than a five minute drive and Jay was determined to get there in record time.
"We'll lock up here and meet you there," Liberty yelled out as Jay sped up the street. All of a sudden everything else just seemed so insignificant, all she could do was pray that little Mykel would be ok. "Justice what happened." Liberty asked as she hugged her daughter and tried to calm her down.
"I don't know mommy, we were playing and I was going to show her how this water toy she got worked, we went in the bathroom, and Mykel found this crystal candy she stuck it in her mouth to taste it and I don't know if she swallowed any but she spit most of it out because she said it was nasty, next thing I know she was on the ground and I came running for you."
"Crystal candy," Liberty said shocked as she locked eyes with Towerz and watched the rage fill him.
"I am so sorry man," Craig said quickly. "It must have fallen out of my pocket." Towerz looked at Craig and swallowed hard, the next thing he knew Liberty was yelling for him not to kill him.
A/N: I bet you want to know what happens next or what is going on with Taryn, or Paige, or if Mykel is going to be ok, or what will happen with Sellie, well you gotta review and let me know if you liked this chapter and then you will find out I promise!
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