Paige's POV I stared at my sons in awe as they explained all their encounters together to date,"So you guys have known about yourselves for two years now?" I asked surprised,"Yes Mum" Alex replied, he sat beside Alvin on the hospital bed, "Why didn't you say anything?" I asked,"I didn't think you would believe me, we both did, so we agreed we would find a way to show you but we also couldn't come up with a way to do that either, I only found out he was in trouble last night but I didn't know how to reach you" he replied his head bent as he spoke like he wasn't so proud of his actions,I glanced around the room my gaze landing on everyone slowly, Carlos noticed first and he quickly got the memo walking out and everyone followed suit leaving Jace, the boys, and I in the room,"You don't need to feel bad, I understand" I cooed walking over to the bed to join them, I sat at the foot of the bed making sure Alvin was comfortable and no pressure was added to any of his wounds,"But if I
Jace's POV"I heard you are back in New York now, typical of you to disappear without letting your dearest father know" his voice came in as I picked up the call, sometimes I wonder why I still do,"What do you want?" I snapped angrily,"Not the best way to talk to your father if you ask me, can't a father check up on his son anymore?" he replied making me scoff,"I will not ask again"I shot at him,"Well, your mother's birthday is this weekend I was wondering if we could do a little something for her," he said shocking me,"You want to arrange a party for Mum?" I asked skeptically, something is wrong,"Yes, why do you sound so surprised, I know I have not been the best and I treated her horribly but I have realized that she barely has a month to go why can't we just grant her one wish, all of us together as one big happy family" he answered,"We can never be a happy family not after everything you have done" I shot at him, who even told him he could play the good father after everyt
Paige's POV"A partyy, really" Lisa squealed a bright smile on her face as we walked into the mall, even with Jace's protests and arguments about it being just a family party I decided to still get a new dress for it, I didn't know why but ever since Jace and I agreed to go I have been extra nervous, what if she doesn't like me, I know his father doesn't like me already but what if I could change his mind, I could change the way he sees me, put the past in the past and all,"Why do you sound even more excited than the kids" I said chuckling at her childish behavior,"Oh please don't blame me, everything has been so serious lately with all this finding Alvin and being safe stuff, don't blame me for getting excited over a party" she replied rolling her eyes,"It's a family party with kids so don't make it sound like it is some wild party" I shrugged,"Whatever, it's still a party anyways," she said with a small pout making me laugh, sometimes I forget how silly she can be,"I am so gett
Jace's POV"How are you feeling today?" I asked Mum standing at the foot of her bed,"I am happy to see you" she replied plastering a small smile on her face but you could tell it was just an act, she looked drained,"I want you to meet someone," I said turning to look at Paige who stood by the door, she looked nervous and I don't even know why, it was just my mum, this was not even their first time meeting,"Paige" Mum called out softly as her gaze fell on her,"How are you Ma?" Paige asked meekly slowly coming closer, "I have been better, but I feel a lot more alive now you both are here" Mum answered her smile widening, Paige beamed at her going to sit by her bedside,"The kids are downstairs but they would be here any moment from now, I am sure you would be happy to meet them too," Paige said, "I would love to" Mum replied maintaining her bright smile, I watched the interaction between them sadly, the two women in my life that I was supposed to protect and treat with care so far
Paige's POV"Jace?" I heard someone gasp from the door and I quickly disentangled myself from Jace already cursing myself for letting things escalate so quickly,"What are you doing here?" Jace asked breathlessly, I slowly lifted my head, my eyes landing on Jace before landing on her petite figure by the door, Catherine, if anything didn't give us away the hard-on Jace was currently sporting definitely did the work,"I was looking for you" she murmured, a certain emotion in her voice I couldn't identify, "For what exactly, you shouldn't be here to start with, last I checked this is a family event and you are not family" Jace shot at her but I didn't miss the way he was using his body to protect me from her wandering eyes,"Your Dad invited me, he said Luke is family" she replied casting her eyes down to feign innocence but I didn't trust her,"You still have not given me a valid reason why you are here" Jace replied curtly,"I just wanted to inform you that your son is here, he is wi
Catherine's POV"You did what?" Mrs.Smith asked shock written all over her face,"I had to, Dad kept threatening to harm Luke" I defended,"And that was why you took him there, without his father's knowledge or permission?" she exclaimed,"Jay was here?" I questioned shocked,"Yes, now imagine how he felt when he found out that his woman and his child were at his parent's house trying to get his older brother to take responsibility for his child that he is fully capable of taking care of" she spat angrily at me, this was new, in all the years Mrs.Smith has been my caretaker she has never raised her voice at me not until now,"I was only trying to protect Luke" I tried to explain but she wasn't having it,"The same protection Jay has been protecting him all these years, last I checked if not for him Luke wouldn't even have been alive today or have you forgotten so soon?, how your father left you to die in the hospital, even after everything you have done to Jay he still keeps coming b
Jay's POV"You keep making it difficult for me, Catherine, I try to convince myself every single day that things would get better, that someday we could come to light about us, about our child but it doesn't feel like you want the same thing," I said in a calm but deadly voice, I could see the pain in her eyes but she needs to understand things have to change, I can't live like this anymore,"Don't talk like that please, that's my greatest dream right now but we have to be smart about this, one wrong move and everything we have worked so hard to build would be destroyed, you know it is only Mrs.Smith, the doctor who performed the surgery and the both of us that knows the true paternity of Luke and it has to remain that way till we can find a way around my father" she cried out, I wanted to believe her, I wanted to pull her into my arms and assure that everything was going to be okay but we both knew things were getting worse by the day, her father was getting more and more impatie
Paige's POVThere was nothing making sense at the moment, Jay had to be sedated because he was hell-bent on going to find Catherine in his condition, everyone was still confused about what relationship they had because it was obvious there was something serious going on between the both of them, I had Lisa and Brandon pick the children up from the Russo's, Luke included, I would be a lot more comfortable knowing there are with them than their grandparents as sad as it may sound,"Mrs.Smith right?" I asked the old woman who Grace identified as the housekeeper when she left years ago,"Yes, may I be of any help to you?" she answered, she looked really scared for Catherine, it was obvious how much she cared about her,"We were wondering if you could help us clear the air a little, before today, I was very sure Jay and Catherine didn't even know themselves besides her usual tantrums that she likes to throw at my office or my house, but as it stands now it seems there is more to this than
Paige's POV"I agree with you something is definitely wrong somewhere," Carlos said, I had to brief him on everything that had been going on for the past few days,"As it stands now, our only hope is Jay but that is if he will be calm enough to explain things to us" I sighed, we were presently heading to the kid's school to pick them up, and it took a while for Alvin to agree without throwing a tantrum and luckily Alex knows how to call his brother down, to be honest, they are bonding better than I thought they would,"What about the caretaker, she should have valuable information?" Carlos asked,"She doesn't have information on how to save Catherine but she seems to know whatever relationship Jay and Catherine have, she is insisting that we ask the right people, she said it is not her story to tell" I replied as my mind drifted to the conversation Jace and I had with Mrs.Smith at the hospital,"And Jace?" Carlos asked dropping his voice a little, he knew how sensitive any topic conce
Paige's POVThere was nothing making sense at the moment, Jay had to be sedated because he was hell-bent on going to find Catherine in his condition, everyone was still confused about what relationship they had because it was obvious there was something serious going on between the both of them, I had Lisa and Brandon pick the children up from the Russo's, Luke included, I would be a lot more comfortable knowing there are with them than their grandparents as sad as it may sound,"Mrs.Smith right?" I asked the old woman who Grace identified as the housekeeper when she left years ago,"Yes, may I be of any help to you?" she answered, she looked really scared for Catherine, it was obvious how much she cared about her,"We were wondering if you could help us clear the air a little, before today, I was very sure Jay and Catherine didn't even know themselves besides her usual tantrums that she likes to throw at my office or my house, but as it stands now it seems there is more to this than
Jay's POV"You keep making it difficult for me, Catherine, I try to convince myself every single day that things would get better, that someday we could come to light about us, about our child but it doesn't feel like you want the same thing," I said in a calm but deadly voice, I could see the pain in her eyes but she needs to understand things have to change, I can't live like this anymore,"Don't talk like that please, that's my greatest dream right now but we have to be smart about this, one wrong move and everything we have worked so hard to build would be destroyed, you know it is only Mrs.Smith, the doctor who performed the surgery and the both of us that knows the true paternity of Luke and it has to remain that way till we can find a way around my father" she cried out, I wanted to believe her, I wanted to pull her into my arms and assure that everything was going to be okay but we both knew things were getting worse by the day, her father was getting more and more impatie
Catherine's POV"You did what?" Mrs.Smith asked shock written all over her face,"I had to, Dad kept threatening to harm Luke" I defended,"And that was why you took him there, without his father's knowledge or permission?" she exclaimed,"Jay was here?" I questioned shocked,"Yes, now imagine how he felt when he found out that his woman and his child were at his parent's house trying to get his older brother to take responsibility for his child that he is fully capable of taking care of" she spat angrily at me, this was new, in all the years Mrs.Smith has been my caretaker she has never raised her voice at me not until now,"I was only trying to protect Luke" I tried to explain but she wasn't having it,"The same protection Jay has been protecting him all these years, last I checked if not for him Luke wouldn't even have been alive today or have you forgotten so soon?, how your father left you to die in the hospital, even after everything you have done to Jay he still keeps coming b
Paige's POV"Jace?" I heard someone gasp from the door and I quickly disentangled myself from Jace already cursing myself for letting things escalate so quickly,"What are you doing here?" Jace asked breathlessly, I slowly lifted my head, my eyes landing on Jace before landing on her petite figure by the door, Catherine, if anything didn't give us away the hard-on Jace was currently sporting definitely did the work,"I was looking for you" she murmured, a certain emotion in her voice I couldn't identify, "For what exactly, you shouldn't be here to start with, last I checked this is a family event and you are not family" Jace shot at her but I didn't miss the way he was using his body to protect me from her wandering eyes,"Your Dad invited me, he said Luke is family" she replied casting her eyes down to feign innocence but I didn't trust her,"You still have not given me a valid reason why you are here" Jace replied curtly,"I just wanted to inform you that your son is here, he is wi
Jace's POV"How are you feeling today?" I asked Mum standing at the foot of her bed,"I am happy to see you" she replied plastering a small smile on her face but you could tell it was just an act, she looked drained,"I want you to meet someone," I said turning to look at Paige who stood by the door, she looked nervous and I don't even know why, it was just my mum, this was not even their first time meeting,"Paige" Mum called out softly as her gaze fell on her,"How are you Ma?" Paige asked meekly slowly coming closer, "I have been better, but I feel a lot more alive now you both are here" Mum answered her smile widening, Paige beamed at her going to sit by her bedside,"The kids are downstairs but they would be here any moment from now, I am sure you would be happy to meet them too," Paige said, "I would love to" Mum replied maintaining her bright smile, I watched the interaction between them sadly, the two women in my life that I was supposed to protect and treat with care so far
Paige's POV"A partyy, really" Lisa squealed a bright smile on her face as we walked into the mall, even with Jace's protests and arguments about it being just a family party I decided to still get a new dress for it, I didn't know why but ever since Jace and I agreed to go I have been extra nervous, what if she doesn't like me, I know his father doesn't like me already but what if I could change his mind, I could change the way he sees me, put the past in the past and all,"Why do you sound even more excited than the kids" I said chuckling at her childish behavior,"Oh please don't blame me, everything has been so serious lately with all this finding Alvin and being safe stuff, don't blame me for getting excited over a party" she replied rolling her eyes,"It's a family party with kids so don't make it sound like it is some wild party" I shrugged,"Whatever, it's still a party anyways," she said with a small pout making me laugh, sometimes I forget how silly she can be,"I am so gett
Jace's POV"I heard you are back in New York now, typical of you to disappear without letting your dearest father know" his voice came in as I picked up the call, sometimes I wonder why I still do,"What do you want?" I snapped angrily,"Not the best way to talk to your father if you ask me, can't a father check up on his son anymore?" he replied making me scoff,"I will not ask again"I shot at him,"Well, your mother's birthday is this weekend I was wondering if we could do a little something for her," he said shocking me,"You want to arrange a party for Mum?" I asked skeptically, something is wrong,"Yes, why do you sound so surprised, I know I have not been the best and I treated her horribly but I have realized that she barely has a month to go why can't we just grant her one wish, all of us together as one big happy family" he answered,"We can never be a happy family not after everything you have done" I shot at him, who even told him he could play the good father after everyt
Paige's POV I stared at my sons in awe as they explained all their encounters together to date,"So you guys have known about yourselves for two years now?" I asked surprised,"Yes Mum" Alex replied, he sat beside Alvin on the hospital bed, "Why didn't you say anything?" I asked,"I didn't think you would believe me, we both did, so we agreed we would find a way to show you but we also couldn't come up with a way to do that either, I only found out he was in trouble last night but I didn't know how to reach you" he replied his head bent as he spoke like he wasn't so proud of his actions,I glanced around the room my gaze landing on everyone slowly, Carlos noticed first and he quickly got the memo walking out and everyone followed suit leaving Jace, the boys, and I in the room,"You don't need to feel bad, I understand" I cooed walking over to the bed to join them, I sat at the foot of the bed making sure Alvin was comfortable and no pressure was added to any of his wounds,"But if I