1.9 Lies we tell
x-o- Sharon x-o-
I looked at the fake DNA test with guilt and despair. I can't believe I actually lied about this but I had too. Annie was fully mine and Frank's, there's no lie about that. I never took Stef's eggs and I couldn't touch them. I thought Stef would pick up on that but I guess she hadn't and Annie? I have been lying to her too but this was Frank's and I's plan. We wanted to punish Stef at first then once Frank passed away. I felt guilty because once Annie found the fake DNA results, I started the biggest lie that will rock hers and Stef's world if this ever comes out as a lie. And now, it's my mission before I get taken away to make sure this never gets out..
-x-o- Stef -x-o
"Callie?" I whispered as soon as I told her the news and Annie looked really nervous. "Say something, sweetie."
"Fricking hell!" She finally spoke and went over to me then slapped me hard. "YOU ARE SO FULL OF IT!" Then, she ran out leaving me holding my cheek and I looked at Annie who was covering her mouth in shock.
"Annie, I-"
"I shouldn't be here." She interrupted me and I shook my head quickly.
"Look, she will calm down and we can sort this out." I explained softly as I grabbed her hand and she shook her head at me.
"How about them?" She pointed to the picture of Lena and the children together at a picnic, my eyes gazed towards them and I sighed. "You have a family and I shouldn't budge in.. Callie's actions spoke from the heart and I just can't interfere when you both have issues to fix."
"Look, you are my daughter too and I can't just-"
"We will sort something out once the time does come but right now?" Annie whispered softly with a sad smile on her face. "Right now, I have a home as long as Mama is alive. I will be fin-"
"Stef?" I quickly looked over her shoulder and saw Lena coming in. "Well, hello. We got company."
"Lena, I-"
"I am Annie May Foster!" I threw my hands up in complete utter shock as my daughter then spoke the next words very carelessly. "I am Stef's daughter but it is a complicated story."
"Are you serious, Annie May!" I whispered sternly at her and she looked at me with worry. "You have no filter, do you?"
"Sorry..." She realized her mistake quickly and we both looked over at Lena who looked confused. "Forget what I said."
"Little bit hard honey.." Lena uttered out and dropped her bag on the bench then looked at me. "So, when were you going to tell me?"
"I might go." Annie whispered and I nodded. She grabbed her duffle bag then ran out which left Lena with me and she crossed her arms across her chest.
"I only just found out myself, Lena honey." I explained softly and she nodded. "I can explain."
"How do you just find out you have another daughter?" Lena whispered angrily and I walked over to her to comfort her.
"I didn't give birth to her, Mother did." I explained then shook my head to try to rephrase that. "I had given my eggs to this donation thing to keep for me or for people who needed eggs but my Mother took mine to have a baby with my Father.."
"Isn't that.."
"Yes, Lena!" I replied back with a frantic nod. "God, it is so disgusting that my own parents would do something to me like that and to Annie. Poor Annie.. And my Callie too."
"We can't do this to her, we just can't." Lena exclaimed as soon as I spoke Callie's name. "She is already dealing with trying to get to know you again. To throw another child in this.. It is asking for too much. For everybody's sake, you have to make sure Annie May is your daughter."
"There is DNA results and Callie already knows.." I trailed off and saw the look of anger radiating off Lena's face.
"I don't trust whatever you have been shown." Lena whispered with a very serious tone that almost scared me enough to pee my pants. "Stefanie, this is so serious. You know how serious this is right?"
"I know it's serious."
"Then, bloody hell start acting like you know how goddamn serious this is." Lena screamed as she slammed her hand on the bench.
"What should I do.." I muttered as I fell onto the kitchen seat with a long sigh.
"Okay this is what we are going to do." She clapped her hands then went over to grab her notebook and a pen. She started writing a list then pushed the notebook hard to me and it hit my chest hard. "This is what we are going to do." My eyes looked down the list and my heart fell as soon as my eyes laid on the first thing on the list.
1. YOU ARE TO FIND A PLACE TO STAY.
"You are kicking me out?"
"No.." Lena whispered softly as tears fell down her eyes. "I am asking you nicely to go find somewhere to stay that isn't here."
"I have nowhere to-"
"I will get you a hotel room then." Lena answered back and I looked at her then slowly nodded. "I saw Callie and I know how she feels about this by the way she stormed out and ran."
"Oh my-" I started but she interrupted me again.
"You must do every single thing on that list and if Annie is 100% yours then we can talk about what we should do but right now?" Lena whispered softly. "You need to focus your attention on Callie.. Forget Annie. Callie is your daughter and Annie isn't." I just nodded understanding where she was coming from.
-x-o- Sharon -x-o-
"Where have you been?" I whispered as soon as Annie walked through the door quietly.
"School, where else would I be?" She replied as she handed me a hot tea from the corner shop.
"Yeah, you are lying straight to my face!" I answered back and she took a seat next to me nervously after I patted it down for her to sit. "Stefanie called."
"She did?"
"Yeah she did." And she nodded slowly but I stared at her face to see if I could any reaction from her. "And said you paid her a visit after I told you to let her come to us, not the other way around."
"I needed too-"
"No, you bloody hell you didn't." I interrupted and she looked at me with a sad face. I hated this lying business to her but this was the best for her. I am glad no one is suspecting a thing or two. "School is where you should be so you can be the best adult you can be."
"School isn't going to help me into acting school, is it?" She answered back now mad at me for being stern with her.
"But actors do still have to be educated." I answered back to her. "So, stop being immature and do something that is going to help you."
"Stefanie wouldn't push me-"
"She isn't your Mother, okay?!" I screamed out and her face dropped with shock. "I mean.."
"Of course she is my mother." She whispered as she stood up and pointed up to indicate the basement. "There is proof, you nutter. Your brain is all jumbled from that medication you have taken."
"No, sweetie." I tried to smile at her but tears fell down my eyes slowly. "I didn't.. I didn't take it today and I haven't been taking them for a few days now." Her face looked sad and angry. She stormed to where I kept all the pills and I followed her. "I am getting weaker and weaker.. Those pills aren't helping anymore.."
"Well fuck that, you are going to take these goddamn pills because I cannot let you die on me." She replied back as she threw the bottle of pills into my chest. "Stop being so selfish for once!"
"Baby-"
"Why have you lied to me!" She cried out as I put the bottle of pills down so I can hold my hands onto the chair that was in front of me. "I saw you take those pills this morning.."
"I know baby.. I didn't want you to know." I explained slowly to her and tears fell down her eyes.
"And you are now telling me that she isn't my Mother?" And I slowly nodded as she took her hand to her mouth.
"I am.. 100% Your mother." I confirmed and she turned away from me to face the window. "Stef can't know.. You will have no where to go otherwise."
"Whose fault is that?"
"Okay that isn't fair, Annie!" I whispered as she turned back around.
"Yeah it is fair, Sharon!" She screamed at me as she came over. "You have cancer!"
"I couldn't do anything about that."
"Yeah but it is your choice to take those pills, not mine." She whispered as she took the bottle of hold it in my face and I sighed. "And it was your choice to make up a lie about me."
"I am doing what is best." I said with a quiet sigh as she folded her arms across her chest.
"Best for who?" Annie questioned softly that was barely heard by my own ears. "Me?"
"Yes, you."
"Doing what is best for me isn't this.." Annie whispered as she took out two pills out of the bottle and placed them in my palms. "You need to take them.. You can't fall down now."
"These pills were just helping me to deal with the pain, Ann." I said with a sigh as I got the bottle to put the pills back. "They weren't delaying me dying, baby. I am going to die and.." I grabbed the bottle from my cardigan to show her. "I was given these to take if I felt like it was time." She tried to grab the bottle that laid three pills in it but I quickly move it back into my cardigan.
"No."
"That is why Stef should not know about this lie, okay?" I whispered and she shook her head.
"She would of still taken me because I am her sister.."
"I can't promise that." I answered her and she looked so confused. "It is too late now."
"No, it isn't." Annie argued back but I showed her the bottle. "Stop show- Wait, that isn't a full bottle."
"I have been taking these in front of you telling you these were my painkillers." I whispered as the guilt filled my insides but I haven't told her the worst part. "The last three are the ones that will be taken tonight."
"Mama.." She cried out softly as her face crumbled even more. "You are really trying to hurt me."
"Unintentionally, I have hurt you and I have hurt Stef with the lies I have created." I whispered to her as I walked slowly around the chair and took her into my arms as she started to cry. "But sometimes the lies we tell are for the best and naturally it is going to have some hurt in there.. But your father and I were only trying to do our best for our two daughters."
"This doesn't feel like it is right."
"That is because it isn't." I admitted as I kiss the top of her head. "I made the worst choice about you and Stef. And it isn't right you are about to lose me with all this happening. I can't promise you how long I am still going to be here once I take the last three tonight. The doctor really wasn't clear or I wasn't listening hard enough but I need you to know how important it is to not tell Stef."
"Okay.." Annie whispered softly with a nod and I nodded as I took us to the table to discuss the whole situation.