Letting Go
Chapter 19
"So how was last night, Dad?" Maxie asked as she grabbed her fork, before glancing at the man who looked like he didn't get any sleep the previous night. His hair was sticking up and had dark circles under his eyes.
"Great, your mother and Lila took up most of the bed, Molly had her flashlight on all night so she could read and Kristina had her I-pod at an obnoxiously loud level, as pay back. So what do you think?" Mac counted as he picked up his coffee cup.
"I am nineteen and I am an adult, I can make my own decisions and if I want to share a room with Ethan, than I think I should be able too." Kristina defended.
"Oh your choices have been real great lately." Mac mumbled as he took a sip of his coffee.
"If you want to be an adult so badly than, as soon as we get home you can get a job. So you can pay for your car and credit cards." Alexis said as she spoke up for the first time, "You can help out with the house expenses as well."
"How is that fair?" Kristina asked.
"Paying bills are all part of being an adult, which is what you keep saying you are. You could just move in with Ethan, forget about college, I am sure Mike will hire you at Kelly's." Alexis continued as she cut up Lila's eggs.
"Umm, Alexis what are you doing?" Mac asked shocked as he turned to his wife.
"There is no way I am going to work at Kelly's for the rest of my life."
"Well that is where you are heading with the way you have been acting these past few weeks."
"I don't find it fair that I am under attack for dating an older man, when you let Sam date Jason when she was my age. It's the same age difference as Ethan and I"
"Jason wasn't Luke Spencer's son." Mac muttered not looking at the women.
"Sam and Jason didn't run off to the Dominican Republic and were dating all through high school, he isn't some con man."
"He is a mob enforcer." Kristina countered.
"Alleged." Maxie pointed out as Matt made his way to the table with a plate piled high with food, "Sweetie, it is an all you can eat buffet. Which means you can keep going back." Maxie explained as she watched him sit down.
"The crazy bingo people are hording all the food." Matt replied as he grabbed a piece of bacon.
"He wasn't at the time." Alexis responded as she turned her attention back to Kristina.
"You are not even giving him a chance, how is that fair?"
"This is not up for discussion, you are in serious trouble when we get home. Ethan and you are not going to be seeing each other for a while." Alexis finished not wanting to talk about it anymore, which caused Kristina to stand up and storm out of the dinning room.
"Really, Mom have you not learned from your other three daughters, you think you would be an expert at this by now." Maxie commented.
"What are you talking about?"
"Telling her she is not allowed to-do something, is just going to make her do it anyway." Maxie explained as the two missing couples entered the room, "I understand why they are late, but why are you two late?" She asked as she looked at Sam and Jason.
"Maybe because you are always interrupting us, we rarely have alone time." Jason countered as he pulled out a chair for Sam next to Lila,
"You already knocked her up, some how I think you are getting enough alone time."
"Can we not talk about alone time, at the table with young ears." Alexis asked as she motioned to Molly and Lila.
"It's gift time." Sam smiled as she looked to her sister and new brother-in-law, "This is from Jason and I." Sam smiled as she passed an envelope to the two.
"Sam we cannot except this." Robin replied once she had opened the envelope.
"Yes we can." Patrick said right after.
"You have done so much for us this is the least we can do. Plus you just got married and need a honeymoon." Sam smiled.
"An all expense paid trip to Paris, though?"
"Yes and the jet leaves in an hour." Maxie replied, "Which is where our gift comes in." Maxie smiled smiled as she pulled two suitcases from under the table, "New wardrobe fit for Paris." Maxie smiled as she hugged the two.
"You have no idea, how much it means to me that all of you are here." Robin replied as she wiped her eyes and hugged her two sisters.
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Sam smiled to Jason as he opened the door for her as he held his jacket over her head, stopping the rain from falling on the two as she hopped out of the car with Lila in her arms, "Thanks for the ride." Sam added as she turned to her sister who was in the front seat.
"No problem." Maxie smiled as Matt started the car.
"I am glad to be home." Sam replied as she moved towards the front porch with Jason following behind her.
"I wouldn't say that." Jason mumbled as he was who was sitting on the steps.
"There you guys are." Carly practically yelled as she stood up, "You know there is this amazing invention called the cellphone."
"We forgot to tell Carly." Sam said more to herself.
"Yeah, you forgot to tell me you were leaving, I was forced to hang out with Sonny for the last three days." Carly retorted as she stood, "Not to mention I had to stay in the worse storm of the year."
"How did you know we were home?"
"Maxie was kind enough to text me that you guys were back in town, I think she is going to be your replacement."
"Robin and Patrick got married." Jason interrupted before pushing past the blond and into the house.
"The plan worked." Carly smiled as she clapped her hands, "That means Brenda is on her way out of town."
"Not yet." Sam replied as she placed Lila down on the couch.
"What does that mean?" Carly asked as Jason's phone rang.
"No one has told her yet." Sam answered as she pulled a blanket over the girl.
"Oh, Let me do it please? I can't wait to see the look on her
"I'll be right there." Jason responded as he hung the phone up, "I have to go, I'll be back in a little while."
"Where are you going?"
"Brenda needs me."
"Jason..."
"She thinks the person who has been following her is at her hotel room right now." Jason explained as he grabbed his keys, "She has been trying to get through to me all day."
"You just got home, you can't seriously think about leaving to go save Brenda." Carly protested,"Send some men over."
"Just go." Sam muttered as she turned away from the two.
"Sam I am..."
"Go Jason, Brenda needs you." Sam said sadly as she picked Lila up and headed up the stairs.
"Ass." Carly mumbled as she slammed the door behind Jason as he left.
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The sound of a phone ringing woke Sam from her sleep, reaching over a sleeping Carly who wanted to stay and kick Jason's ass. "Hello."
"Sam, it's Monica." The person on the other end of the phone greeted, "Sweetie, I need you to come down to the hospital there was an accident."