2.1 DNA stolen
x-o Lena -x-o
I watched Annie May as she sat on the swing from the kitchen window-still wondering what she was thinking about. I know I should be motherly towards her but I feel like she isn't being honest with me and everybody else. It's been a few days since her Mother, Stefanie's mother died. I let Annie stay here in the garage until we can get her somewhere else to stay. Bill was coming over to talk through it later on and Stef was due any minute. "Lena?" I looked over at the door where Annie stood and I gave her a half-hearten smile.
"Yes?" I whispered softly and she looked at me.
"That DNA test.." She started off nervously and I walked over to her. "I don't really have to do that right?"
"It would be extremely helpful if you would.." I offered her another half hearten smile and she sighed.
"Okay.." She walked away and I heard footsteps coming from the front door.
"What DNA test?" Stef came over with two bags of food in her arms and I sighed as I grabbed one off her to place on the bench.
"I gave her one so I can tes-"
"I have already got one from her.." Stef whispered as she made sure Annie wasn't near. "I wanted to do that without her knowing." I smiled at her then gave her a hug. "I didn't want to ask her after Sharon died.."
"Yeah, I did ask the day before..." I agreed with a small smile on my face and we started to unpack the shopping for the funeral which was tomorrow.
-x-o- Annie -x-o
I stared at Callie's toothbrush with a sigh and was surprised that she hadn't noticed that past few days that her toothbrush went missing. I decided to put the toothbrush in the zip lock bag and made my way back to the kitchen where Lena and Stef were talking. "Annie May, hey." Stef noticed me first and Lena looked back. I held the zip lock in my hand and gave it to Lena.
"I wanted to give this before the funeral tomorrow.. Hopefully, this can be sorted quickly." I said with a sigh and they nodded then offered the chair between them.
"Come here sweets." Stef whispered and I slowly took the seat between them. "We need to talk about your living arrangements."
"Because right now, sleeping in the garage on the floor in a sleeping bag isn't really ideal for you." Lena begun when Stef looked over at her.
"I rang Bill who was the twin's social worker to see if there was a room at Girl's United which Mariana went into for a while." Stef whispered and I looked at her with shock. "This is only for temporary after the funeral to give our family some time to adjust and to give you time to adjust too."
"This is totally unfair-"
"No, come on Annie." Stef interrupted me before I could finished my sentence. "I know it's neither of our faults but you have to expect things to be like this. You are lucky that I could get you into Girl's United."
"How am I lucky?" I whined as a immature fourteen year would then I realized I was the one lying to them.
"It's better than sleeping on the floor.." Lena added to Stef's statement and I nodded agreeing to it.
"I guess.." I whispered gently and Stef placed her hand on my arm.
"Just be patience and let us sort things out so you do have everybody on your side." Stef whispered and I sighed with a nod. "And give yourself time to grief, okay?"
I stood there with the Adam's family surrounded around me and my Mama's coffin. "Thanks for coming." I whispered to the whole family but only Jesus, Brandon, Lena, Jude and Stef smiled softly back at me. Mariana and Callie had their arms folded always giving me rude glares. Then, the small funeral started and I cried into Stef's chest at one stage. Then, we watched the coffin go down into the hole then we went back to their house in silence.
-x-o- Stef -x-o
"Hey.." Lena took a hold of my arm as everybody else walked into the house and I looked at her. "What happened with that man?"
"He was meant to be dead, Lena." I whispered as I sat on the stairs and she joined me then wrapped her arm around me. "Now he is a police officer.. He was shot right in front of me. Now, he is alive?"
"I am so sorry, sweetie."
"And he just walked away like it was nothing." I whispered as the memory appeared in my head.
"Mike?" I stood up and he stared at me emotionless. "It is you, isn't it?"
"I can't talk about this." He turned around but I grabbed his arm.
"Well tough because you have put me and your daughter through hell." I whispered shouted to him as Annie start there confused. "I want to know everything and why you let them put me into jail!"
"I. Can't. Talk. About. This." Mike muttered slowly but it hit me like falling bricks. He pushed me hard but no one but Annie noticed. "I swear if you come near me, I will get you arrested."
"He was so cold and heartless towards me Lena!" I cried out and I looked at her. "Like I did shoot him or something."
"I am sure there is something going on inside that head and there is a reason behind it." Lena cooed as she rubbed my back and I nodded. "We shouldn't tell Callie, not yet."
"I know, I know."
"Just because Callie thinks he was murdered." Lena whispered and I nodded again.
I turned back to see Annie with a shock expression on her face. "You can't say anything to anyone, okay? Especially to your big sister."
"Yeah.." Annie said with a sigh as she rested her head on her knee and looked away from me. I sat back down and sighed. "She loved us so much. She was heartbroken when she thought she lost you forever and was more heartbroken to find out you were in jail for murder."
"I can imagine." I agreed softly since I had forgiven Sharon for everything.
"But.. We both know you were not capable of such a inhumane thing." I smiled a little at her feeling sadden that I never got a chance to tell Sharon how much I loved her. I guess it was too late. I stood up and she watched me but I put my hand out to offer it to her.
"Let's go to Lena's.." She agreed and we walked back to mine to order Uber which Annie helped me to do. Then, off we went to let Lena know what happen.
The DNA tests came in the mail a day after the funeral and Annie was now living at Girl's United. Lena and I sat at the kitchen bench with our respected DNA tests with worry. "I hope we both have the same results."
"That makes the two of us." Lena agreed with a soft laugh as we each cut the letter at the top. Then, we slowly counted back from 3 then pulled out the DNA tests. Lena had a smile on her face but my face hadn't. I looked at Lena whose smile dropped seeing my face crumble. "She lied, didn't she?"
"I.." I started but I really wanted to storm up to Girl's United to confront this girl. "Wow." I was speechless as I placed the DNA test in front of Lena and stood up.
"We have to talk to her.."
"Yeah." I whispered trying to keep myself calm for everybody's sake. This was just too much to handle right now. They both lied straight to my face.
A/N Hey! I didn't want to drag the Annie thing on for too long because we now have Mike being alive or is he? And Stef still has a lot to work on with Callie who might be now both reeling from the Annie situation.