Thanks for your reviews, in my plan this was still suppose to be chapter 5, but I was too tired last night and eager to get the story updated.

It was the last week in October and the school was about to stop for the half term. Rachel was looking forward to having Phil and Aimee staying with her, she loved Holly, but sometimes it was boring for the both, they both missed Holly's Dad, Rachel's husband and it saddened Rachel that he didn't get to see Holly grow up.

Rachel was in her office, early, when Eddie, Mel and the twins arrived with their bags. "Its only a week your staying for" Rachel said to them when she seen the amount of stuff they had brought with them. "I've only got one bag" Phil said "The rest of the stuff is hers" he added pointing to his twin sister. "Hay, everything I have here is essential" she replied. "Really, so how many pairs of shoes do you have?" he asked. "Only 10" she replied "But I need every pair" she added.

"So, are you guys looking forward to your holiday?" Rachel asked her sister and almost brother in law. "Yeah, and Mel only managed to upgrade us to Honeymoon Suite" Eddie said. "Yeah its going to be really special" Mel added excitedly. "Oh yeah, really special" Phil added awkwardly. "All right, you two can go now" Mel said. The twins disappeared whilst Mel went over every detail of the hotel and the upgrade with her older sister.

Phil knew his mum was still married and he knew it wasn't just to one man, but to two, Aimee was more like her mother, and didn't seem too concerned, but Phil was smarter and knew it was going to be a problem if she married again. He seen his mums bag sitting in her class room, and came up with the best idea, he could take her passport, but first he had to make sure no one was around. He looked around, there was no one, he turned the handle of the door half hoping for it to be locked so he couldn't steal the passport his mother would hate him if he was to get caught. It was opened, he crept in, and sitting at the top of her bag was her passport, he put it into his pocket and left making sure that no one saw him.

A few hours later Rachel and Eddie were in her office when Mel suddenly burst through the door. "Have any of you seen my passport" She shouted. "You had it this morning" Eddie said to her "I know, I was sure it was in my bag, but its not there" Mel cried. "All right, how long until you need to leave?" Rachel asked "half an hour, an hour at the most" Eddie said looking at his watch. "All right, Mel you go home, Eddie and I will search this place" Mel drove home and searched the house, but couldn't find it.

Rachel and Eddie were looking in Mel's class room, the bell had already rang and the only kids left in the school were the twins, Holly and Paul, the found Eddie and Rachel in Mel's room. "Mum, what are you doing?" Holly asked. "Aunt Melissa has lost her passport" Rachel said as she opened a filing cabinet. "It was in her bag this morning" Aimee said. "Well you know your mother, she would lose her head if it weren't screwed on" Rachel said. "Why don't the four of you go and have a look around the corridors in case she's dropped it" she added. The four teenagers left and started to have a look.

Mel arrived back at the school "Its not at home, I can't find it anywhere" she said "no luck here either" Eddie said annoyed, he was always super organised and hated being late.

Rachel went to her office, to have a look there, she seen Philip standing outside. "Have you found it yet?" he asked his aunt. "No, Phil are you sure you haven't seen it" Rachel asked her nephew, he didn't seem like his normal self today, and she knew he was less than happy about his Mum and Eddie. Phil took the passport out of his pocket. "Do you know how much trouble you have caused?" Rachel asked her nephew "Its just, I don't want her to get married, she'll get into a lot of trouble" he said, he was upset and starting to scratch his chest a sure sign of him getting anxious. "Phil, what's going on?" Rachel asked in a calmer tone. " Mum's still married" he said. "She told me her divorce came through" Rachel said. "She lied, she's still married to our Dad and to another guy she married before we were born".

Rachel was furious how could Mel lie like that, not just to her, but also to Eddie and her kids. "All right Phil, you give me the passport, find your sister and Holly and go back to our house, just leave your bags here, I'll bring them in the car".

Phil did as he was told and Rachel walked to the class room with Mel's passport. She held the passport up in the air "oh Rachel, you are amazing, come on let's go" he said. Rachel didn't hand it over to her sister. "Mel, how could you lie, to me to Eddie" she said "I don't know what you are talking about Rachel" Mel said, Eddie just looked bewildered, not really sure if he wanted to get involved in another argument between the sisters. "Oh come on Mel, your still married, and not just to one man" Rachel said. "What, is this some kind of a joke" Eddie said laughing slightly, hoping it really was a joke. "Its not a joke Eddie, but its not like she's saying".

"Then how is it Mel" Rachel said "Phil was worried sick, he thought you were going to end up in jail, you can't expect a kid to carry that about with them" she yelled angrily. "Im not the only one who lied, am I Eddie" Mel replied back. "I don't know what your talking about Mel". "You loved Rachel, so now you have a choice to make, me or her". Eddie was dumbfounded, yes he loved Rachel, he always had, but she didn't feel the same, maybe that was why he felt so close to Mel.

"Mel, that is ludicrous, I'm going home, why don't you both just sort this out between you, if your going to Mexico, you better hurry". Rachel left the class room and walked to her office to get Aimee and Philips things and then to the carpark, in the carpark she was astonished to see Eddie standing by her car.

"I can't go with Mel, she lied to me" Rachel looked at Eddie sympathetically was it true, did this man love her, secretly she loved Eddie and had done for a long time. "I better go Eddie, the kids are all at mine, do you know where Mels went?" she asked. "She took the tickets for Mexico and her case from the car and walked down to the taxi rank" he replied answering her next question Mel was going to Mexico leaving her with the kids.

Rachel left Eddie and drove home, she found Aimee, Holly, Paul and Phil sitting in the living room watching neighbours. "Im home," she said popping her head through the door "what do you guys want for dinner, im just going to phone something".

"Pizza" Holly said

"Chinease" Phil said

"Fish and Chips" Aimee replied.

Rachel smiled, "I'll give you a few minutes to decided" she replied.

Rachel headed into the kitchen followed by Phil. "So, what happened?" he asked "Your Mum's gone to Mexico on her own" Rachel replied "Why did she do that, is she angry with me?" he questioned. "Phil relax, I'm sure she's just gone away for a week as planned". Neither of them seen Aimee come into the room. "Whats wrong?" Aimee asked sensing all was not well. "Your Mum's gone to Mexico on her own" Rachel answered, knowing that more questions were going to be coming soon. "Why, what about Eddie?" she asked. "Eddie and Aunt Rachel know about Mum" Phil answered. "Mum said it would be OK, she said she hadn't done anything wrong".

Rachel sat at the table with Aimee and Phil "Look, I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but bigamy is illegal and Eddie is upset that your Mum lied to him"

"Why did she go away, she could have came home" Aimee said "Oh love, it will be OK, she's just gone on holiday". The 3 of them knew this wasn't true, Mel had a habit of leaving Rachel with the kids. "She won't be back for ages" Aimee said worriedly "I know, she'll be in one of her dark places again" Phil added. Rachel felt sorry for the twins, them and Eddie were all hurt by what Mel had done. "Look, don't worry, you can stay here for as long as you need". They both felt a great deal of gratitude to their Aunt.

Holly and Paul came into the kitchen, the both sensed the tension in the room. "Whats wrong?" Holly asked "Mums went AWOL again" Aimee said. "What, shes on holiday with Mr Lawson" Holly said confused. "No, they didn't go together, they split up" Phil said.

Paul didn't know what to say "I think I'll go home" Paul said quietly leaving the house.

Rachel ordered some dinner, they were all getting hungry and no one could be bothered cooking anything. They finally decided on Fish and Chips.

They were sitting eating dinner, Rachel wanted to cheer the kids up, the 3 of them were miserable especially the twins. "So what do you want to do after dinner?" she asked the teenagers. Philip shrugged and Aimee replied "nothing".

"Well I was thinking the Cinema or Bowling" Rachel suggested. "I'm not really in the mood to go out" Aimee replied. "Me either" Philip said. "All right, we can just have a quiet night with the Telly on then" she replied, they soon finished their dinner and Rachel cleared the kitchen, when she went into the living room the kids were all sprawled all over the couches with MTV on.

Rachel was alerted to her phone, she had a message, she flipped it open to see a text from Eddie. "How are the kids, have you heard from Mel?" it read. "Was that Mum" Aimee asked eagerly. "No honey, it was Eddie". "Is he mad at us" Phil added. "No Phil, he was actually asking if you were OK" she replied.

Rachel went into the kitchen and gave Eddie a call. He answered quickly "Rachel, is everything OK?" Eddie asked eagerly. "Yeah, the kids are upset, but that was to be expected" "Have you heard from Mel?" he asked. "No, not a word since I left you in the class room, she hasn't got in contact with the twins either, Eddie are you OK, this must have been a shock to you, I know it was for me" she replied. "Yeah it was a bit, I guess I found out on time, would have been worse if we had gone and got married." Holly walked into the kitchen and seen her mother on the phone, she walked over to the fridge and took 3 cans of pepsi out. "Eddie I need to go, I'll see you next week" she replied. Rachel hung the phone up and faced her daughter "How is Mr Lawson?" Holly asked her mother "He'll be OK," was all Rachel replied "It must have been a bit of a shock for him, I can't believe Aunt Mel" Holly replied whilst taking crisps out the pantry.

Aimee's phone vibrated she had been texting franticly for the past half hour, Rachel worried that it was Earl she was talking too, but didn't want to ask just yet. Of course it was Earl, she had told him what had happened, he had suggested that they meet up later that night, she of course agreed, she just wanted away from the house for a while.

"Aunt Rachel, can I go out later?" Aimee asked, "Where do you want to go?" Rachel asked her niece. "Just out with some friends, please". She decided to let her go, she should have known better, but Aimee had to know that she trusted her, and at the moment she was very unhappy. "Its 7 just now, you can go out, but you need to back here for 9" Rachel said. "Mum lets us out till 11" Phil added. "Well I'm sorry, but Holly's curfew is 9 at that's when I want you home by" Rachel said again more firmly. Aimee quickly got up got ready and left. "I bet she's gone to see Earl" Phil said.