Chapter 11:
Steffy and Thomas are in their office at their design house, S.T. Marone. They are going over the designs for their fashion show, they had been working hard to get everything ready. The past several months had been running surprisingly smooth professionally, they figured there would be some hiccups but Thomas and Steffy had been working like a well oiled machine.
Their personal lives have also been thriving, but Thomas has been having to fend off Liam and Hope, they have been trying to persuade him to give custody of Phoebe to them with the promise of still being in her life, of course Thomas and Charlie were never going to agree to that. They've even had to take out a restraining order against the two of them.
Over at Forrester, Felicia has been pushing forward with all cylinders. She had to cut Hope for the Future due to poor sales, she would have liked to let Hope go too since there wasn't much for her to do, but Brooke insisted she is a valuable member of the Forrester brand, and Eric and Ridge wouldn't hear of it, unfortunately they still had some say. Forrester has thrown more efforts into the couture line, Felicia also hired more designers to work on more casual lines and more seasonal lines. She was preparing for a fashion show. She was also looking forward to S.T. Marone's fashion show. Felicia made sure her niece and nephew knew she enjoyed friendly competition and there would be no hard feelings on her part, Eric and Ridge were another story.
Elsewhere Taylor had been seeing Brandon, Karen and Dani's attorney. They had been taking things slow. Karen and Dani have purchased a home in Malibu near Thomas and Steffy's so they can keep up with all their grandchildren, since Phoebe, Kelly, and Hayes have all taken to calling them grandma as well.
At Wyatt's place, he and Alex are working on homework. "Ok Dad, now that I'm finished here can we play some video games?"
"Wouldn't you rather play outside? It's such a nice day." Wyatt asks with a smile. He still can't wrap his head around how lucky he is, not just that Alex is alive, but that he is a happy, healthy, intelligent, thriving kid. He had just wished that Hope would spend a little more time with Alex. He understood that she has been going through the worst experience any parent could. But at the same time they literally had a miracle sitting in front of them. Just then Wyatt's phone starts ringing. "Why don't you go play some video games in your room buddy." Wyatt says caving into Alex.
Alex runs off to his room smiling as Wyatt answers his phone, "Hey mom!" Wyatt says enthusiastically.
"Hey honey, how's my wonderful, amazing, brilliant grandson?"
"Perfect as usual," Wyatt says with a laugh in his voice, "He misses his grandmother, are you coming back to town any time soon?"
"That's why I'm calling, I just got into LA are you free for some mother, son, grandson time?"
"Always," Wyatt sweetly says.
"I'll be over shortly."
A few minutes later...
Wyatt opens the door to a smiling Quinn who has suitcases and bags from a toy store in hand.
"Mom your going to spoil him."
"He deserves it, besides what are grandmothers for. I have some news, I'm moving back to LA permanently."
"That's great! Alex is going to be so excited."
"That's not all, I got a jewelry line contract with S.T. Marone. All the designs will be my intellectual property, I start work next week."
"All great news, S.T. Marone already have a huge following due to Steffy and Thomas founding it."
"That's still not the biggest news, the database that reunited you and Alex...The LAPD contacted me saying someone matched my DNA. Wyatt sit down, I have a story to tell you about what happened in my life about 2 years before you were born."
"About 2 years before you were born I met this man named Henry. He was so mysterious, I was so infatuated with him. We had a whirlwind romance and I found myself pregnant. We were both incredibly young, as you could imaging since I was young when I had you. We were scared, but we thought this is going to be a good thing. There was going to be a little baby that was going to be part me and part Henry. Then we found out there was not just one little baby, but two. I was pregnant with twins" Quinn explained to a stunned and quiet Wyatt. Quinn continues, "When I was about 8 months pregnant I was driving to a doctor's appointment when I was rear-ended. The minute the car was hit I felt the worst pain in my life, I was screaming in pain. All I could think about was my babies and would they be ok." Quinn wipes away a tear. Wyatt silently puts his arm around his mother's shoulder, he had never seen her like this before.
"The woman who rear-ended me got out of her car to help me, the sun was so bright I could only make out her medium length brown hair. I was mostly focused on my babies. She told me she was a nurse at the hospital and she would get me there as quickly as possible. She helped me out of my car into hers and drove to the hospital. The drive felt like hours but was only minutes. I had my eyes closed screaming the whole time. When I got to the hospital they brought me into a doctor, that was the last thing I remember. The pain was too great and I passed out. When I woke up Henry was there he held my hand and told me that our twins had died." Wyatt still sat in stunned silence as he felt tears burning in his eyes. "He told me we had a son and a daughter. After that I started to push Henry away, I was too depressed."
Wyatt embraced his mother in a hug as she cried. "I'm so sorry mom, I had no idea you went through any of this."
"I didn't want to burden you with any of this, but it turns out neither one of my twins died," Quinn says wiping away tears, "Wyatt you have a brother and sister. They are still trying to track down your sister, but your brother...He's here in LA. You've met him, it's Dr. John Finnigan."
Wyatt sits completely stunned, he opens his mouth to talk, "How-how is this possible? I thought Finn was Sheila's son. And Jack was Finn's biological father."
"Sheila saw an in to get into the Forrester family and took it. She thought she could pass as Finn's mother and took the opportunity. It turns out she was actually at the hospital when my twins were born...she was the woman who rear ended me. Regarding Jack, I'm not sure the connection yet, I'm sure the police are going to be interested in talking to him."
"Does Finn know?"
"Not as far as I know, I don't know if anyone is going to tell him right now. But I am going to be contacting him as soon as possible, I just wanted to talk to you first. I wanted to make sure you heard this from me."
"What about Henry?" Wyatt inquires.
"The police have informed me they are tracking him down."
"I think we should go see Finn and Steffy." Wyatt says eagerly.
"Maybe I should go alone Wyatt, I know this is a huge bomb dropped on you. It's going to be an even bigger bomb on Finn. I'll call you when I can." Quinn hugs Wyatt, "But not before I go see my wonderful little grandson." Quinn smiles as she grabs the presents she brought for Alex and heads into his room.
A while later at the cliff house...
Steffy and Finn are playing doctor with Kelly and Hayes with their stuffed animals. Just then the door bell rings. Finn goes to get up to answer the door. "No doctor," Steffy teases with a smile, "The patients need you."
Steffy gets up to answer the door. "Quinn?! Detective Sanchez?! What are you two doing here?"
Finn looks over his shoulder at the door. He looks back at the kids, "I think Mr. Teddy is going to be just fine, you two better get him into recovery in the other room."
"Ok Dr. Daddy," Kelly says as she helps Hayes to his feet, hand in hand they walk with Mr. Teddy into the "recovery room" in the play room.
Finn joins Steffy at the door. "Would you like to come in?" Steffy asks.
"Thank you," Quinn says meekly as her and detective Sanchez come in.
"I'm sure you are both wondering why we are here," detective Sanchez says, "There is more to the Dr. Buckingham baby crime ring to inform you about."
"More!" Finn says, "What else could that monster have done?"
"As we have said his crime ring has gone back decades." Steffy and Finn exchange nervous glances. Steffy looks back at Quinn who has been silent this whole time.
"I was contacted by Detective Sanchez," Quinn speaks up, "He informed me that I had matched two people in the database they created. Before I had Wyatt, I was pregnant with twins... I thought I lost them."
"Quinn I'm so sorry, I never knew." Steffy says.
Quinn silently nods. She looks up at Finn, "The doctor who delivered my twins was Dr. Reese Buckingham and the nurse was Sheila Carter." Steffy and Finn's jaw drops. "It turns out my babies lived." Quinn says no longer able to hold her tears in, "You are my son Finn, and you have a sister out there somewhere."
Finn and Steffy still can't believe this news. "I'm just here as a formality," Detective Sanchez chimes in, "Just incase you needed verification."
"No we believe you," Finn says as he looks back at Quinn.
"I'm so sorry Finn, I never wanted to give you up, I've loved you and your sister since the moment I found out I was pregnant with you two. Just as I love Wyatt."
Finn still in disbelief looks at Quinn, a smile comes across his face, he lets out a laugh as tears stream down his face. He grabs Quinn and hugs her. "You have nothing to feel sorry for. I hate that we lost so much time, but we will get to know each other."
Quinn squeezes Finn tight and is filled with pure joy, she hasn't felt this kind of joy since she held Wyatt for the first time. She pulls back and puts his face into her hands and smiles up at him. Her gaze turns to a still stunned Steffy. "Steffy, I know you are not my biggest fan, and you have every right to..."
Before Quinn can say another word Steffy grabs her and hugs her tight. "I know we've had our differences Quinn, but this is the best news I've heard!" Quinn returns Steffy's tight hug, "I have never been happier, that monster Sheila Carter has no ties to our family, instead my children have a loving caring grandmother who is not a psychopath."
Finn joins the hug, "I'll be heading out." Detective Sanchez says as he takes his leave.
Steffy pulls back, "Do you want to stay for dinner? You can call Wyatt and have him bring Alex too."
"That sounds amazing." Quinn says still not believing the pure joy she is feeling.
A few minutes later...
"Ok honey, I'll see you two soon." Quinn hangs up her phone smiling.
"Kelly, Hayes, we'd like to introduce you to your Grandma Quinn." Quinn turns around to see Kelly and Hayes smiling with Mr. Teddy in tow.
"Hi Grandma Quinn!" Kelly says excitingly as she gives Quinn a hug. Hayes doesn't say much as he has not mastered talking yet. But he follows in his big sister's steps and hugs his grandma. Quinn can't believe how much joy is in her life with three beautiful grandchildren now.
