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4 days later
Matt and Gabby were getting ready. They were going to court today as the case against her aunt was due today. Matt was buttoning his shirt as they were getting ready.
''How is your hand?''
''Almost good.'' Matt said as he showed her his hand, the cut almost gone and she nodded.
''I just hope she gets punished for what she did to Genevieve.'' Gabby said and they nodded. They shared a kiss and walked out of the room then, getting ready to go to court. Antonio had made sure that this was handled quickly so all they had to focuss on was getting guardianship.
Genevieve was waiting for them in the kitchen and seemed really nervous.
They went to court and sat down there, Gabby holding her arm around Genevieve.
They all listened as the case went through court and when the final sentence was given Genevieve almost jumped up, wanted to hear what was going to happen to her aunt.
''I sentence you to prison for five years for the abuse of a minor and possesion of drugs.''
The aunt started to cry but Matt and Gabby felt happy when they saw Genevieve was relieved and smiling, hoping that she would never have to see her aunt again.
Relieved they all went home then and while Mat and Gabby were cleaning, they smelled smoke coming from Genevieve's room.
''It is time for some more rules Matt, you know that.'' She said then and Matt nodded. After dinner, they sat down with her to talk through all of the rules that had decided on.
''I know you are not our daughter but we are going to have some rules in this house.'' Gabby said then.
''No more smoking in your room.'' Matt said strict.
''but it was co-''
''I don't care, I said no more smoking in your room. If you wanted to smoke inside you should not have moved in with people that both work for the fire department.'' Matt said and finally she nodded understanding.
''Speaking about smoking. We want you to the quit. We can't force you but we would really appreciate it if you would just quit is overall. We are not going to pay for your cigarettes.'' Gabby said firmly.
''Fine. Maybe. I'll try.'' Genevieve said.
''You will be home every evening at 8. If you have any other plans you will tell us and we will see if you can stay out longer.''
Genevieve sighed annoyed.
''What, you don't agree?'' Gabby asked raising one eyebrow.
''Well, 8 is so early!''
''If you have got something important or want to hang out with friends you can tell us and if we agree we will say yes…so that doesn't seem like a problem.''
She finally nodded.
''Once a week, you help me cleaning the house and doing all the chores. You are old enough to help me clean. There will also be some chores I want you to do whenever they are needed, like clearing out the dishwasher and folding the laundry.''
''Yeah, that sounds all right.'' She said then and Matt and Gabby felt really relieved that she was not angry about the rules. Although she did have much a choice it was great that she was not angry.
''I uhm…just need to talk to some friends tonight.'' Genevieve said then.
''Why?''
''I promised t talk to them…but then everything happened and now I haven't seen them in two weeks and they know about nothing.''
''Where are you going to meet them?''
Genevieve looked around a bit nervous.
''In an hour, at the park close to here.''
''I will drive you there and wait for you there.''
''Fine.'' Genevieve said but finally he smiled a bit. ''Thank you so much.''
They walked to the car then and Matt drove down to the park where they were doing to meet. Genevieve got out of the car and Matt pretended to be driving away from the park but he stayed close. When he saw her friends he was not all to sure if they were really her friends. Something just seemed off about them and the way she walked towards them.
Genevieve was nervous as she walked their way and smiled at them, ready to talk to them.
''Sorry guys…I can't bring you any more drugs. '' Genevieve said then.
''What?''
''I am not living with my aunt anymore.'' She mumbled as she sat down with the group.
''But you still owe me some.''
''Well, I can't help that.'' Genevieve said.
Matt had the light of the car out now and backed off a bit, looking at what was happening. He felt a bit bad about peeking on her while she was meeting her friends. But he just needed to make sure that it was fine. He trusted her to a certain degree, but somehow he still had a feeling that she was also keeping things from them. Especially the aunt had made him really curious because she had seemed so serious. He wanted to believe Genevieve over the aunt but he couldn't help but wanting to find out what the aunt was talking about.
Genevieve was talking to the boy when he suddenly saw that he grabbed her arm, shaking her and Matt dashed out of the car.
''Hey!'' Matt said and he pushed the boy away from Genevieve. ''What do you think you are doing!''
''She still owed me drugs!''
''Don't touch her ever again!'' Matt said as he pushed the boy away again and grabbed Genevieve by her wrist then, dragging her to the car.
''I am going to find you and I am going to freaking kill you!'' The boy yelled but Matt just pulled Genevieve to the car.
''Get in the car!'' He said angry and Genevieve got in the car and soon they drove away.
Instead of driving home Matt drove to the parking lot that was close to here and parked the car there.
''So, what was the deal with this?''
''I don't want to tell you that.'' Genevieve said, looking out of the window.
''I think you owe telling it to me after all I have done for you!'' Matt said getting angry as the boy had made it clear that Genevieve had something to do with drugs.
''I lied. I didn't work. I stole drugs from my aunt and sold them to him for money.'' Genevieve admitted then. ''I just didn't feel like going to school.''
''I need to ask this then. Do you use drugs?''
''No…'' Genevieve said.
''Are you lying!''
''No, I am not lying!'' Genevieve said.
''Look, we are trying to help you but if you are not being honest with us that is going to be hard. Did you ever use drugs!''
''No I didn't!'' Genevieve said and Matt looked at her face, was sure that she was being honest now. ''I never used them, I just sold them!''
''You promise?''
''I promise.'' Genevieve said then and Matt started the car again.
''Let's go home, yeah?'' Matt said then and she nodded.
''Can you please not tell Gabby about this? I don't want her to know…I don't want to disappoint her.''
''I don't like keeping secrets from my fiancée.'' Matt said then. It was not that he did not want to make sure that Gabby kept trusting Genevieve but he just wasn't sure about keeping a secret from Gabby.
As they arrived home, Genevieve ran to her room and Gabby looked at Matt/.
''She seems upset, what happened?''
''Nothing. I just told her that she couldn't see her friends that often anymore because they seemed like the wrong type of kids...'' Matt just said and he felt bad about keeping the secret. But he would tell her tomorrow. He was just not ready to tell her now. He was not even sure that had happened. He wasn't sure that if he would tell Gabby if she would tell Antonio and Genevieve would get in trouble.
They watched some tv together and shared a kiss then, ready to go to bed but before going to bed Matt locked the door of their apartment from the inside. Somehow he had a nasty feeling of what happened tonight. It was probably nothing, but he just wanted to be sure. Feeling a bit uneasy about the secret he walked after Gabby, not sure if he should tell her.
Hopefully it would all be figured out soon.
NOTE: Genevieve's aunt is going to prison and they are all really relieved about that but when Matt and Gabby announced some new rules in their home, Genevieve said she wanted to go to see some friends and Matt kept an ey eon her and saw things were getting out of hand na dhe found out that hse has been dealing drugs and promised to keep it a secret from Gabby, but how long will he do that?
Comping up: Matt struggles with keeping a secret from Gabby and finally tells her while things take an unexpted turn!