Despite Danny's best and most gallant efforts to talk to Alice and console her, eventually she had snapped and told him in a final tone to leave it before walking off from him. He sighed and shook his head. She needed some time to calm down that's all; for pities sake, he needed time to calm down! Anger seeped through him as he thought of all that had just happened... what was wrong with Evan? He'd never been like that, never and he'd always liked Alice. So why had me made such a nasty remark? Such a cheap shot? Why would he want to hurt his family?

He noticed Alice walking into Leopards Den with Daniel, he smiled; she'd transformed completely and seemed calm as she handled him delicately as though he was a china doll. He didn't notice Rosie walking up to him.

"Dad?" Rosie's voice broke all of his thoughts, "What's going on? Liv comes back with a bloody Thabo, Alice comes back upset and in a foul mood and you look like you're angry, upset and confused... what's happening?"

Danny sighed and sat down on a chair that was nearby and rested his head in his hands. Rosie sat down on the chair across from him and sat quietly waiting for her father to speak.

"Evan's back." Danny finally admitted lifting his head out of his hands.

"So what?" Rosie asked frowning, it was only when Danny gave her a look that she understood, "What? Evan? Punch Thabo?"

"Yeh... From what I'm going to gather Liv and Thabo had gone off to find a few minutes alone... hell can be hard in this place." Danny added in a slightly bitter tone, "Anyway, Evan found them, convinced Thabo is a bad, sorry, 'pathetic little boy' who's well you know with Liv, decides to just go up to him and punch him with no thoughts of talking... god if Alice and I hadn't got there..." Danny groaned and rubbed his face with his hands. "Oh god, then there's Alice."

"Why? What happened with Alice?" Rosie asked as she tried to take in the fact that Evan had caused all this trouble. Everything had been so great, so happy.

"Well you know Alice and I ran down and she was seeing Thabo, ordered him back to the house with Liv and stuff. I was you know kind of sorting Evan out and he made a threat... Alice told him not too and then." Danny grimaced. "He fired a cheap, nasty shot at her."

Rosie bit her lip. Ok, so Alice was not her mother biologically, nor was she Evan's or Liv's either, but Alice meant a lot to Rosie. She was close to her step-mother despite the fact she barely saw her these days with the hum-drum of university life, but Alice was there for all of them, loved them all. Rosie felt anger seeping through her... Evan knew as well as anyone how understanding Alice was! "What did he say?"

"Rosie..." Danny began but was cut off by Rosie.

"Now Dad!" Rosie insisted. He sighed and looked up to meet his daughter's eyes.

"His exact words... what do you know? Who are you? My mother?" Danny closed his eyes, "Of course, Alice made no reply... then he said no... I didn't think so."

Rosie stood up and looked around, fists clenched tightly, her eyes showed just how angry she was.

"Where the hell is he?" Rosie asked through gritted teeth. Danny stood up and shook his head.

"Rosie, I don't know, headed for Fatani's not that he's going to get much there considering Fatani is here." Danny sighed.

"I'll..."

"Rosie please! Stop! Look... just leave it for tonight yeh? There's enough gone on without you adding to it. This was meant to be a happy day!" Danny shook his head. "I'm off to see Alice... she doesn't profess at all to be mother to any of you but..."

"I know, I get it..." Rosie assured him in a soft tone. "But dad, his opinion isn't shared..." Danny gave her a surprised look. "Dad, Alice is amazing and if Evan can't see that then that's up to him but I love her as my mum Dad."

"Your words would mean a lot to her Rosie." Danny said to his daughter softly as his eyes welled up slightly.

"Go see to her." Rosie smiled giving her dad a hug, "I'll see to Liv and Thabo."

Danny nodded and walked off. Rosie sighed as she watched him walk away. Her poor dad and her poor baby brother too. Daniel's christening pretty much ruined. Rosie shook her head as the anger began to return... she needed Liv!

(x)

Liv was dabbing at Thabo's cut with an antiseptic wipe, he was wincing with pain, grumbling and moaning at her. She simply laughed and carried on cleaning him up.

"I'm sorry..." Liv mumbled as she finally finished and began to put everything away.

"It's not your fault your brother is crazy." Thabo replied watching her as she took the latex gloves off. She threw them in the bin along with the wipe.

"Wonder where the boy wonder is!" Liv sighed as she moved next to Thabo and wrapped her arms around his waist. He returned the favour and pressed a kiss into her hair.

"Dad thinks he's gone Fatani's." Rosie said as Thabo and Liv turned round. "He told me not to do anything but..."

"But what exactly?" Thabo asked frowning realising Rosie had a hidden agenda and something serious on her mind.

"Look," Rosie said sitting down. "Evan didn't stop at hitting you Thabo, he hit out at Alice, not physically but verbally, nasty, cheap remark."

"What did he say?" Liv asked angrily.

Rosie sighed before beginning to fill Liv and Thabo in on all that her father had just told her. As the anger in the room began to grow it became painfully obvious that Evan was not going to get away with it. As the three young people began to plot and plan their revenge.