Chapter 10

Sorry.

Quinn's POV

I glare at Puck for not even trying to ease into the conversation.

"W-what? I don't know what you're talking about." Santana stammers. "I told you, my husband he-he's d-dead."

"San, you can tell us. He's dead, he can't hurt you anymore." I tell her. As I reach out to place a hand on her arm, she flinches.

"See?! That's exactly what we're talking about." Puck says. "Was the bastard abusing you?"

"Puck!" I hiss. "That's enough. Go check on the kids. Now." He huffs and stomps away. I turn my attention back to Santana. "San, sweetie talk to me."

"I.. No. He's dead. I need to go home." Santana says backing away from me into the wall.

"Santana it's okay. Relax, it's just me." I say trying to calm her down.

"Please can I go home? I need to go home." She's crying now.

"Jesus is this all she does? Cower and fucking cry?" Rachel says as she walks in from the backyard.

"Rachel you need to leave. Go home."

"That's funny, I thought I was home." She replies.

"No. We're done Rachel. You need to leave. I'll have the rest of your things packed soon. I'll text you when you can pick them up."

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Rachel is seething. "You're leaving me for a fucking pathe-"

"GET OUT!"

"Quinn you can't be serious."

"Rachel, please leave." I stated exasperatedly. "We can talk later because right now you're not helping the situation."

She rushes past me grabbing her purse and car keys and then storms out of the house, slamming the door behind her. When I turn my attention back to Santana, she's racing down the hall towards Beth's room.

"Come on mija, we're leaving." She tells Callie. Costa is already at her side.

"But mami quiero quedarme!" Callie whines with a pout.

"Callie please. We have to go baby. Get your things." Santana says sternly.

"San relax, you don't have to leave." Puck tells her while grabbing her arm. Santana freezes and he immediately lets go, raising his hands up. "Sorry."

"Jesus Puck." I roll my eyes at him. "Get the twins and their things and put them in my car. Beth sweetie why don't you go get ready for your bath."

"But mommy it's my birthday." She whines.

"I know baby but that doesn't mean you get to be sticky and stinky." She pouts before dramatically storming off into her closet. Ugh she's seen Rachel do that too many times. I turn back to San, who's still frozen in her spot. "San come on let's get you home."

I gently place my hand on her back causing her to flinch. Her eyes dart over to me and she relaxes enough for me to walk her to my car.

"Q, you might as well let me drive her home. I live right across the hall from her." Puck says as I buckle her in.

I close the door and make my way over to the driver's side before responding. "I don't think that's a good idea seeing as how right now you're the problem. Just get Beth in the bath and ready for bed. I'll be back in a bit."

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The ride to San's place was super quiet. The twins fell asleep as soon as I drove off and Santana was just staring out the window the entire time.

"San, we're here." I say softly. I get no response. "San?"

"I'm sorry." She responds in a shaky voice. "I didn't mean to ruin Beth's birthday."

"Hey it's alright. You didn't. Let's get the twins in bed." I tell her. She nods and grabs Callie with her good arm while I get Costa. We take off their costumes and tuck them in. "San can I talk to you before I leave? Please?"

"Umm y-yeah sure." I follow her into the living room. "What did you want to talk about?"

"Well first of all, I'm sorry about Puck. He means well, he's just acts before he thinks 100 percent of the time." She nods. "Now I know you don't want to talk about this but Costa heard our conversation when we were on the porch. Do the twins not know that their father died? Costa says he's not dead and that he's a 'big meanie'."

"H-he's not dead." She responds barely above a whisper. "I just, it was a really nasty divorce and I didn't want to talk about it or him at all." She says a bit louder.

"And what about what Acosta said? About him being mean? Was he abusive San?"

She shakes her head. "He spoiled Callie and Costa was a bit jealous about that most of the time. He yelled a lot and Costa's seen me cry a few times because of him. That's all."

"Sorry for prying. I, well we all were just worried about you."

"I umm, I'm really tired and I'd like to go to sleep now. I'll see you later." She gets up and walks towards her bedroom, closing the door quietly.

I just sit there for a moment, not really sure what to do. Then I hear a door open, thinking it's Santana I hop up. "Sorry, I was just leaving."

"Quinn?" It isn't Santana, it's Callie.

"Hey sweetie. What are you doing up?" She comes over and sits next to me on the couch rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"Do you and Rachel kiss like a mommy and daddy supposed to kiss?" That definitely caught me off guard.

"Uhh yeah we do sometimes. Why do you ask?"

"Is it okay to do that?"

"Yes. If you love someone enough, you are allowed to show them." I tell her.

"So does that mean mami loves Sarah and not daddy? That's why daddy isn't coming back?"

"Sweetie why do you think your mami loves Sarah?"

"Cause they were kissing!" She exclaims. "I was going to the bathroom and they were downstairs and she kissed mami!"

"Callie, I can't answer those questions for you." I answer. "I don't know who Sarah is and I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for what you saw or thought you saw. Now come on, let's get you back into bed."

I tuck Callie into bed next to Costa and then make my exit. The drive home is spent thinking about Santana and whoever this Sarah chick is. Was Santana cheating on her husband? No she doesn't seem like the type. But then again, who knows? I never thought Rachel would be the type to cheat and apparently I was wrong.

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Santana's POV

Quinn must have sat there a while before she finally left. I didn't hear the door close until about 20 minutes after I came into my room. I'm not sure why I told Quinn the truth. Well at least some of the truth. Hopefully it will stop her from asking more questions about him.

It was almost impossible for me to sleep but eventually exhaustion took over and I got a few hours in.

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Waking up was not as hard as falling asleep when the twins are awake and hungry.

"Mami we want pancakes!" Callie says jumping onto the pull out couch with me, Costa not far behind.

"Mija, indoor voices and sit still." I tell her. "Let mami rest for a little bit longer and then we'll get ready and go to the diner. Okay?"

"But mami we want Quinn pancakes." She pouts.

"And bacon. She makes lots." Costa adds.

"Baby I don't think that's such a good idea. Quinn is probably really tired from the party yesterday. And I'm sure they're still asleep."

"Pero mami!" Costa whines.

"She's busy. That's final. We'll go over later okay?" I tell them.

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Adrian's POV

"Tell me again." I command the private investigator.

"She went to the hospital around midnight under her maiden name, Lopez. Her arm was broken. They gave her a cast and a prescription." He tells me. "I-it appears that she was with child. There was a prescription for prenatal vitamins."

"It's been a fucking month and all you can tell me is that she went to the hospital the night she disappeared?!" I'm losing my patience. "How is that you can tell me what a potential client had for breakfast three months ago, but you can't find a fucking pregnant woman traveling alone with two small children?"

"I-I'm sorry. It seems that she has been using cash. She must have been saving up for a while. There has been no credit card activity other than your own. She hasn't contacted her parents or anyone else she may have known. Your neighbor doesn't seem to know anything either, sir."

"She has to know something. She's always nosing around in other people's business. Especially when it comes to my wife." I respond. "I want around the clock surveillance on her. Her husband too. I don't care the cost. Just find my fucking family!"

"Yes sir. I'll notify you of any updates as soon as possible." He hurries out of my office.

I can't believe she left. And she took my kids with her. I've been trying to keep everything under wraps but it is getting harder and harder the longer she is gone. My parents keep asking about them. I told them I sent the twins to a boarding school in France and Santana decided to go along because she didn't want them to be on there own in a foreign place. And she just wasn't ready to be apart from them.

A knock on my door brings me from my thoughts.

"Come in." I say and in walks my secretary. "What can I do for you Alice?"

"Your mother is in the waiting room. She insisted on seeing you now even though I told her you were extremely busy."

"Nonsense, I always have time for my mother. Send her in." She nods with a smile and leaves to retrieve my mother.

"Adrian, baiatul meu dulce." She greets me with a kiss on both cheeks.

"Hello mother, how are you?"

"I would be much better if I got to see my grandchildren!" She responds. "It's been far too long. I miss the my beautiful nora too. They don't call or anything. It is like they have forgotten all about Vlad and I. Will they be back for the holidays at least?"

"I know, I know. I miss them too. You know with the time zones being different Santana is being considerate. She doesn't want to wake us up. It is a six hour difference mama."

"They could at least email or call on weekends Adrian!"

"Okay okay. I will talk to her about calling. And don't worry ma, they will definitely be here for the holidays. You can count on it." I assure her. "Now I have a lot of work to do. I will be over for dinner tonight and we can talk more then. Alright?"

"Fine." She sighs. She gets up preparing to leave but I stop her.

"Oh and mother I have amazing news."

"What is it?"

"Santana is pregnant! She just found out a couple of days ago and could not wait to tell me."

"Oh how wonderful! Surely when they come back for the holidays they will be staying here, yes? She can't deal with the pregnancy and the twins on her own."

"Of course ma. She isn't alone there now, she has a small staff to help with the children when needed but she will definitely be staying here with us. I'll just have to find a school good enough for the twins here."

With that, I kiss my mother goodbye and send her on her way. My family will be together again soon. I'm sure of it.

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baiatul meu dulce - my sweet boy

nora - daughter-in-law

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So I reread all that I have posted so far and no one told me how many mistakes I've made. I literally cringed reading them.

Anyway sorry about the wait. I suck. It took me forever to write this. I proofread it but just barely so there were probably some mistakes in this chapter too.

Hope you guys are still reading. I promise to try and update more often, it's just that I work 11/12 hour graveyard shifts and I am always tired. Also, writing just isn't really my thing(I'm more of a math person tbh). I don't know what I was thinking when I started writing this lol I just had this idea and knew that if I sent it as a prompt to another writer, it definitely would not have turned out the way that I wanted it to.

Tl;dr - Just know that I am trying really hard to crank out chapters and get this story finished. Thanks for all the favs, follows, and reviews.

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