Current Location: My living room "Jesus Emma you scared the crap out of us!" Shane said looking as white as a ghost. I laughed "Well last time I checked this is my house correct? I am not use to so many adorable creatures in it. Hey kids are you guys hungry?" Austin, Carter, and Molly said in unison "Starving " I responded with "Good let is eat than."After we all got situated at the dining room table for dinner, I opened all the containers, and pointed out what each dish was. Austin wanted spaghetti and meatballs, Carter wanted raviolis, so did Molly. Shane I both went for pierogis and a sausage linguine. Everyone also had a slice of the sauce less pizza and some salad."Emma thank you so much for dinner it was an unexpected joy!" Austin, Carter, and Molly followed Shane and they all said their thanks. "You are mommy’s cousin, right? Why is daddy here with you without her?" Molly asked out of the blue. "Yes, sweetie I am her cousin, but I have been friends with your daddy for a long
Current Location: Outside the Dragon house restaurant Kyle, Lucas, and I were all sitting in my car. One of the men Kyle tasked with finding Derek told us he was staying at Dragon House. Dragon House was not just a restaurant, but also a hotel. They only had a handful of rooms, and unless you had a lot of money you could not afford it. Each room was very luxurious and had a lot of accommodations. One night in the Dragon house cost almost two thousand dollars.Derek has been here since the day of the wedding. It may only be two days, but that was already four thousand dollars he was shelling out. Kyles man said he booked the room for seven days and nights. Derek was burning over ten thousand dollars on this one room, which was nuts since he only lives fifteen minutes away. The amount of money he was spending should tell you how well off my family is financially. My mother, siblings and I had much more wealth than Derek and Ruby did. It may seem like I am rambling or bragging here, but
Current Location: Big Henry's Steak and FriesCurrently I was sitting down having lunch at my favorite restaurant with Lucas and Kyle. I had just got done telling them about Derek’s objectives list. " Kyle, I want someone at all times to have eyes on Derek until we stop him. It is time for my cousin and I to meet face to face so we can end this. Any ideas?" Lucas spoke first. "Well, you can just show up at his room and confront him with a bodyguard of course!" Kyle shook his head no. "I think it would be better to pull him out of his room. Lore him somewhere neutral and secluded. Then many of our men can be there in the shadows and they would be able to get to you if need be. Lucas or I would be escorting you and staying by your side of course."We decided to go with Kyles plan. Besides it was the safest of the two. Kyle would be the one who was going with me. After all he was a trained fighter and Lucas was not. Lucas also has a wife and daughter, and I did not want to put him in harm
Current Location: Crossing paths mallIt was currently Monday, and I was at the food court with Natasha. I agonized over whether I was going to tell her about what I did to Derek. In the end I decided I would. I needed to talk to someone about it before it swallowed me whole. Though Kyle knew and he saw what happened with his own two eyes, I really wanted to talk to Natasha about it."Natasha I have to tell you something horrific that I did. I am not sure how you are going to react or if you are going to even want to be part of my life after this. I trust you more than anyone, and if I do not talk to someone about it, it may very well drive me insane." With deep concern on her face Natasha responded with" Come now Emma. How long have we known each other? There is nothing you can do or say that will break our bond! Our friendship, or rather sisterhood, means more than anything in the world to me."I looked at Natasha with tears in my eyes. "You mean the world to me as well. That is why
Current Location: The back seat of Kyles car"Shane? What are you doing here?" I asked with an edge to my voice. "Wondering what the hell you are doing out here. I saw you leave the house, and I came over to talk to you. I expected you to be alone not with other people." Lucas looked at me "Ma'am ask him to show you his left forearm." I complied and Shane rolled his eyes and pulled up his sleeve. "That is your arm show me your left." Without thinking he pulled up his left sleeve. In that moment I knew I was not talking to Shane, but Spencer instead!Shane has a tattoo on his left forearm of a black cat in remembrance to his friend Catalina who tragically died in a hit and run accident. "You are not Shane!" I said in a shaky voice. Kyle pulled out his 9.mm and pointed it at Spencer’s head.Spencer ignored Kyle and said to me urgently " No I am not, I never said I was. My name is Spencer Delrose. A few months ago, I moved in with my sister Sandie only to find out shortly after she change
Current Location: My basement Shane, Spencer, and I had been talking for the last two hours. It was a little after one a.m. I sent Kyle and Lucas away a while ago, though I was sure one of them was outside watching the house at that moment. The three of us talked everything out, and Shane now knew everything he needed to. Shane and Spencer wanted to know more than anything about where they came from and how they got separated. They wanted to understand why they were giving away. Except we were not sure if Shane actually was. Shane planned to call out of work in the morning than he was going to go confront Pearl."Emma, I would appreciate it if you came with me. I would let you tag along to Spencer, but if my mother is not our biological Mother, I do not want to freak her out. Whether I am blood related to her or not she has been good to me over all these years, and I truly love her. But Spencer if you could arrange for us to get a DNA test that would be swell. And I am not going to te
Current Location: Pearls house on her backyard patioWhen we arrived at Pearl’s house Shane’s children were already off to school. I guess that was a good thing since this was going to be hard enough talking to Pearl about without the children over hearing and having questions of their own."I am so happy my Shane is done with that horrible wench and is finally with the woman he deserves!" Pearl beamed at me. Shane chuckled "Okay mother we know how you feel, but Emma and I did not come here just for a normal social visit. We need to talk to you about something extremely important."Pearl immediately got an ecstatic look on her face. "Yes. Yes. Yes. Emma you are pregnant! Or wait you two are getting married or hopefully both?" Shane grabbed pearl by the shoulders to stop her from bouncing up and down. "Mother! It really has nothing to do with Emma. Rather it has to do with You, me, and Spencer." Shane and I watched for Pearls reaction. She obviously had no idea who Shane was talking abo
Current Location: Ruby’s office "chill out Ruby! I can explain it all. Why not have Tim go and grab us some lunch. Once he is back, we will sit, eat, and I will catch you up on everything you have missed since Shane received those photos." I asked Ruby. She agreed and went to send Tim to grab some lunch from the nearby deli.About fifteen minutes later Tim came back with two hoagies, two bags of chips, and two sodas. It has been a long time since I had this type of food, and I was actually looking forward to it. "Okay Emma tell me how you came to know Spencer, and definitely how the hell he met Shane." Ruby said irritated. I took a deep breath before diving into it. Of course, I left a bunch out, but I gave her the basic run down of the order of events. I told Ruby about how it was actually because of her that Shane met Spencer. If she would have canceled their meet up, they would not have met. I told her all about how obsessed Derek was with me and how he enlisted Spencer’s help wit