Anna was laying in her and Joe's bed. Nancy had just come and explained everything to them and Anna was having a hard time processing it. While Joe, Frank, and Nancy talked about how to go about finding out who sent the note, Anna decided to disappear for a while. She wanted to believe it was as simple as that but Nancy should have known better.

She lay on her side glancing out the window that looked over the street, even though it was dark, she rubbed her bump in deep thought. She was startled when she heard a knock on the door, "come in." The door squeaked open and Nancy popped her head around the door, "can I come in?"

Anna glanced over at her and shrugged her shoulders, "I guess." Nancy sat down on the edge of the bed and Anna's back was still turned to her. Nancy raised her hand to touch her shoulder but stopped mid-air and shook her head placing it back on the bed, "I'm sorry for everything. I know you didn't deserve any of this. I was cold and rude and it just about killed me."

"You know you could have come to us sooner."

"I know, but I just wanted to protection you all. I couldn't bear anything else happening to all of us and if the solution was me staying away I thought I could do it." Nancy started to get choked up and Anna turned and looked at her cousin, "Nan, don't ever do anything like this again. We are a family. We stick together."

Nancy nodded her head, "I have a lot to make up for and I am fully aware of that, but with time maybe everything will be normal again." Anna hugged her cousin tight as they both let the tears flow, "I love you, Nan. You have a hell of a lot to make up for especially with Frank and Lizzy."

"I know I do, and I plan on starting. I won't hide anymore. I will stay here with you guys as long as I am welcome."

"Of course you are. It just may take me a while to get things completely back to normal."

"I understand. Get some rest." Nancy gave Anna one last hug and then gently closed the door behind her. She let out a breath and leaned against the door. Everyone was handling this slightly better than she thoughts. She tiptoed down to the girl's room to go see her sweet little girl.

Anna woke up to the smell of breakfast filtering into her and Joe's bedroom. She rolled over and Joe was still asleep she smiled and kissed his lips softly, "wake up sleepyhead." She giggled slightly when he swatted at her. "Joe, wake up." His eyes flutter at Anna who was shaking him, "Sleepyhead."

He blinked his eyes at her a few times and then pulled her close to him kissing her passionately, "morning baby." She smiled at him and he perked up as soon as his nose took a sniff, "who made breakfast?"

Anna shrugged, "it wasn't me. We obviously slept in, wonder who has our alarm clock." Joe chuckled at her comment about Kendall and got out of bed. "Let's go find out." He retch his hand to her helping her out of bed and placing a soft kiss on her bump, "morning kiddos." Anna smiled at him and kissed him before they followed their noses to the kitchen.

When Anna entered her kitchen she saw both girls in their highchairs, Frank sitting down, and Nancy placing a giant plate of pancakes at the table. She smiled at Anna and Joe, "I figured that I would make breakfast and let you both sleep in." Anna smiled and glanced at the table along with the pancake plates was bacon, sausage, and eggs, "Nancy, thank you." Joe didn't waste time he was already piling a plate full of food. Anna giggled at him and noticed that even Kendall already had food in front of her.

Anna took a seat and started to grab some food. Frank smiled up at her, "are you guys still going to be building the house?" Anna nodded her head taking a bite of fluffy blueberry pancakes, "very good, Nancy. Yes, we still plan on going ahead with it."

"Was there any extra land near yours?" Nancy asked. Anna nodded, "I think there was a piece beside ours, but ours is huge."

Frank looked at Nancy and smiled, "we were considering building a house near yours."

Anna looked at Joe, "that would be a good idea." She took another bite of food. She loved Nancy, but she wasn't completely ready to let her guard down. It hadn't even been twenty four hours yet. Joe glanced at his wife and quickly changed the subject, "what are we going to do about tracking the sender of the note?"

Frank ran his hand through his hair, "I have forward Chet everything at the office, and I figured when we went in today we could start working on it." Nancy was feeding Elizabeth and not saying much. Joe nodded, "that sounds good, not like we really have anything else going on."

Nancy looked at them and placed the spoon down, "I want to come along too." Frank and Joe nodded at her. Anna smiled, "I can take the girls. George and I are going to do some wedding stuff." Nancy frowned and looked down at her hands, "do you think it's too late to be a part of it?"

"I don't think so at all, Nan. Just explain what happened." Anna replied. Joe's phone rang and he dismissed himself. Nancy nodded, "I will go talk to her now."

Joe walked into the living room, "hello." He replied into his phone. "Joe?" It was his father's voice he heard. He smiled slightly, "Dad, did you hear about Nancy and the note?"

"Yes I talked to your brother last night. That isn't why I called."

"What's wrong?" Joe could detect something wasn't right. His father was trying to mask his emotions.

"Is Anna and Nancy there?"

"Yes, why?"

"You need to get to the plane now."

"What?"

"Joe, listen to me. We have to get to River Heights now. I have the plane on stand-by. Laura and I will meet you there."

"Dad, what happened?"

"It's Carson. He was in a bad car accident."

"But he doesn't drive."

"His driver is dead and he is in very critical condition. Meet us, now." Fenton hung up the phone. Joe sighed and hurried into the kitchen to tell everyone they needed to leave now.

Oh no... wonder what happened? Busy few weeks ahead will try to updated ASAP...

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