Fangirl, Randy; Randy, Fangirl Chapter 32
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Nelson was caught off guard by Riley's spit take. "What's wrong Mom?" he asked. Riley couldn't believe what she had just heard. "Where's your dad?" she asked Nelson, avoiding his question. "Downstairs. Why? What's wrong?" he asked. Riley shook her head. "Go to your room." She said. "But—" Nelson started. "Go to your room, Nelson!" she said again. He nodded and left.
Riley got up from where she sat on the sofa and went to the basement in search of Randy. She found him doing reps in front of a mirror. "Randy?" she called out. "Yeah?" he answered. "Um, You know how Literature is the only class Nelson is failing?' she asked. Randy nodded. "Well, he just told me that his teacher hates him because she dated you twenty years ago." She said. Randy didn't respond. "Randy! It's Sam!" she shouted. Randy put down his weights and turned to Riley. "She's still in jail in Tennessee, babe. It can't be her." Randy said.
Riley thought of the possibility. "Does she have any family here? Like a sister or cousin or something?" she asked. Randy shook his head. "No. She doesn't have any siblings. She doesn't have any family accept her parents and they both live in Kentucky." He said. "shit." Randy said under his breath. "We need to find out if it's really her." Riley said. "Then what?" Randy asked. "Find out how the hell she got out of prison. Then we need to talk to the principal and find out why she was hired in the first place." She said.
Randy nodded. "How do we find out if it's really her without going to the school?" he asked. "Most school websites have the teachers' contact information with a picture." She said. Randy nodded. "Okay. You go look and I'll go get a shower." He said. Riley nodded.
They both went upstairs to the bedroom. Riley sat on the bed with her laptop while Randy went into the bathroom to take a shower. Riley scrolled through the school's website until she found what she was looking for. "RANDY!" she yelled as she jumped from the bed. She barged into to the bathroom and opened the shower door. "It's her!" she said in a panic as she showed Randy the computer screen. Randy saw Sam's picture and shook his head.
He looked at Riley and saw the fear in her eyes. "It's going to be okay, baby. We're going to figure this out okay?" he said. Riley shook her head. "What if she knows about Nelson and takes him?" she asked in anxiety. She gasped. "What if she takes one of the other kids!?" she was in a full blown panic. Randy turned off the shower and stepped out. He wrapped a towel around his body. He took Riley's laptop from her and took it to the bedroom.
Riley was still standing in the bathroom. He went back and hugged her tightly. "Everything is going to be okay, baby. Nothing is going to happen to Nelson or any of the others. Okay?" he said. Riley nodded. "I don't want them to go to school tomorrow." She said. Randy nodded. "Fine. They don't have to go. But we can't keep them out of school forever." He said. "I know. Just until we figure this out." Riley said. Riley stepped away from Randy and went to Nelson's room.
"Are you okay, Mom?" he asked. Riley's heart broke when he called her Mom. It was an everyday thing, but she felt like her Mom status was going to be changing soon if Nelson ever found out the truth. "I'm fine, baby." She said as she hugged him tightly. He groaned. "I'm not a baby!" he said. Riley smiled and kissed his forehead. "You're not going to school tomorrow." She said. He frowned. "Why not?" he asked. "Just because. Your dad and I said so." She said. Nelson nodded. "So can I go to that party tonight?" he asked. "Nope." She said as she left the room.
Next, she checked on the girls. "Have you two finished your homework?" she asked. They nodded and each gave Riley their homework. She looked over it and smiled. "Good job." She said. "Thanks." The girls said in unison. "Neither of you are going to school tomorrow." Riley said. The girls didn't question it, they just nodded. "Okay." They said.
Riley smiled and went to Harley's room where he was playing a video game. "I hope you finished your homework." She said with her arms folded. "Yes, ma'am." He said as he paused his game to retrieve the completed homework. Riley looked over it and gave it back to him. "You're not going to school tomorrow." She said. "Why not?" he asked sadly. "Because your dad and I said so." She said. "But we're having a pizza party at school tomorrow. Now, I'm going to miss it." He said. Riley chuckled. "We can have pizza here." She said. Harley smiled. "Okay." He said.
Riley smiled. "It's your turn to pick dinner. What do you want?" she asked. He thought for a minute. "Spaghetti!" he said. Riley smiled. "Why did I even ask?" She said as she shook her head.
Riley went downstairs to the kitchen where Randy was looking for something to eat. "Out of the kitchen!" she said. "But I'm hungry." He said with a pout as she pulled Riley closer by her hips. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately. "Out of the kitchen." She whispered against his lips. Randy smirked and pecked her lips.
"Gross!" Nelson said in disgust as he came into the kitchen. "Out of the kitchen!" Randy and Riley said at the same time.
The next day
Riley was on the phone in her office speaking to someone from the Tennessee justice system. "My name is Riley Orton and I was a victim of arson fifteen years ago and I need to know if my attacker has been released. If so, when?" she asked. "Please hold." The woman on the other line said. Riley waited until a man came to the phone.
"Riley Orton?" he asked. "Yes?" she said. "You're wanted to know if your attacker has been released?" the man asked. "Yes. Do you keep those kinds of records?" she asked. "Yes. If they've been convicted and released, they're information is still in our system." He said. "Okay. Her name is Samantha Speno." She said. After a few seconds, the man spoke. "We don't have anyone by that name in our system." He said. "Try Samantha Orton." She said. "Nope. Nothing there either." He said. Riley was shocked. "What do you mean? I was in the courtroom when the judge gave her life in prison!" she said.
The man was quiet for a moment. "Wait a minute. Are you talking about that house fire in Memphis with the necklace and pacifier?" he asked. "Yes! I was in that house when she set it on fire." She said. Again, the man was quiet for a few seconds. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but she was acquitted after a new trial 10 years ago. Give me a minute to find that information for you." He said. Riley was speechless.
A few minutes later, the man came back. "Ma'am?" he said. "I'm still here." She said. "Okay. I have here that she was granted a new trial after her lawyers found out that her ex-husband had been to your house days before the fire. They said that he could have planted the necklace and pacifier in the house to frame her. The judge revoked her sentence and had the charge removed from her record. She had to give up her address and it says here that she's lived in St. Louis, Missouri ever since." He said.
"Do you have that address?" she asked. The man gave Riley two different addresses and she gasped. Riley had realized that Sam had moved to a house blocks away from the first house then followed them to the new house. She was always less than 10 minutes away. "Ma'am? Are you there?" the man asked. "Yeah. I'm here. I thought I was supposed to be notified if she was ever released?" she asked. "It says here that there was a letter sent to 21 Northridge Drive in Memphis." He said. Riley scoffed. "THAT'S THE HOUSE SHE BURNED DOWN! HOW THE HELL WAS I SUPPOSED TO GET IT?" she asked angrily.
Randy heard her shouting and walked into the office. "What's going on?" he mouthed. Riley spoke into the phone. "Talk to my husband. I can't handle this right now." She said before giving Randy the phone. "Randy Orton." He said into the phone. "Is there any way we can make sure she stays away from our family?" Randy asked. "Okay. Like what?... No we haven't seen her, but she teaches at my son's school. … No, but she is purposely giving him failing grades. … Okay, thank you. … You, too." Randy hung up the phone.
"What did he say?" Riley asked. "He said the only thing we can do is file a restraining order, but she would have had to harassed us." He said. "She's been watching us, Randy. She moved here when she was released. She's always been here!" Riley said. "It's okay. We're going to fix this." He said. Riley nodded and went to the bedroom with him. Randy changed clothes and put on shoes. "Where are you going?" Riley asked. 'To the courthouse to file a restraining order. We'll just have to explain this whole situation to the judge." He said. Riley nodded. "I love you." Randy said. He kissed her lips. "I love you, too." She said as she watched Randy leave.
A week later
The kids still haven't been to school. Today, Randy and Riley were going to court to fight for the restraining order. Since Nelson and the rest of the kids would be there, too, their lawyer made sure the Sam and her lawyer couldn't mention that Nelson was her biological son. It didn't work since Sam mentioned it anyway.
"But Your Honor, you can't keep me away from my son." She said. "Objection!" Riley and Randy's lawyer said. "Overruled. If there is a child involved, it changes the nature of this matter." The judge said. Sam smirked. "Now, Miss Speno, what is this about your son?" the judge asked. "When I was wrongly accused of arson in Tennessee, my ex-husband got full custody of our son. According to the law, I'm entitled to visitation." She said. "What is the name and age of the child?" the judge asked. "He was born as Randal Keith Orton, Jr., but my ex-husband changed his name to Nelson Andrew Orton. He's fifteen years old." She said.
The judge nodded and made notes. Riley sobbed quietly when she saw the look on Nelson's face. "Were you legally married to Mrs. Orton when you obtained custody of the child, Mr. Orton?" the judge asked. "No." Randy said. "Did you legally adopt the child, Mrs. Orton?" the judge asked. Riley sniffled. "No." she said. "Well, that makes you merely a step-mother. I have no choice but to dismiss this case and grant Miss Speno visitation rights." The judge said as he banged his gavel. Randy and Riley's lawyer flipped through a stack of paperwork looking for something.
"Your Honor, I would like to petition the court for joint custody of the child." Sam said. "NO!" Riley yelled out. "She tried to kill me, Your Honor! What's to say she won't hurt my son, too?" Riley asked. "I was falsely charge, Your Honor. I was acquitted and the charges were dropped 10 years ago." Sam said. "Your Honor, my client didn't legally adopt the child because he was only three months old when Mr. Orton got custody. It was then that Mrs. Orton's name replaced Miss Speno's on the birth certificate." Randy and Riley's lawyer said as he handed the judge a revised copy of Nelson's birth certificate.
The judged looked it over. "Miss Speno, I can't grant you full custody nor can I grant you visitation. According to this, Mrs. Orton is he legal mother. Unless you have a copy of the original birth certificate, I can't allow it." He said. He waited for Sam to find the paperwork. "I don't have it, Your Honor." She said. "In that case, I will grant the restraining order. What distance are you asking for?" the judge asked Riley and Randy's lawyer.
"We're asking that Miss Speno maintains a state's distance." He said. "A whole state? On what grounds?" the judge asked. "Miss Speno did in fact burn down my client's home in a jealous rage. My second reason is written here." He said as he handed the judge another piece of paper. The judge read it to himself. "Does the child know about this?" the judge asked. "No, sir. My clients want to keep it that way." He said. The judge nodded. "Miss Speno you are to move out of the state immediately or you would be risking prosecution. Court adjourned." The judge said as he banged his gavel.
Riley and Randy both gave a sigh of relief.
A/N: Do you know what Randy and Riley's lawyer wrote on the piece of paper? Leave your guesses in the reviews.