Re: When Reality Sets In (AU,CC,M/L,ADULT) Ch.10 & A/N 7/18
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:07 pm
A/N: Thank you, begonia9508, keepsmiling7, natalie36, mary mary, roswellian117. You guys are the reason I keep writing. A special thanks for Natalie36 for the vote of confidence in the writing department. I appreciate it!
Ch. 11
"Ava my dear, such a surprise to see you with the others ready to fight me and here I thought you were on our side." Khivar teased her as he slowly walked towards them. "And Zan, I must say...you are nothing of what I expected." He told Max as he looked him over once. Khivar's eyes stopped on Isabel making her uncomfortable, Michael saw him staring at her and sent him flying through the air.
Max, Tess and Isabel glanced at Michael and then back at Khivar who was now getting up pretending to wipe dust off of him as he laughed, "Michael, stop..." Isabel whispered to him.
Laughing Khivar stood with his arms crossed, "Well, Rath always were the quick one weren't you?" Looking back at Isabel he placed a finger to his lips as if he were thinking, "Why Vilandra...still such a beauty." He told her, his voice deep with passion.
Isabel shuddered in disgust, "I'm not that same person any more. You don't know me..." She hissed feeling anger overwhelming her.
Khivar just smirked then turned his attention on Max and Tess, "And you two, I should have known you'd figure it out and that Ava here would come running back to help you."
"My name's Tess, you sick bastard." Tess told Khivar, "I should have never agreed to help you and Allya."
At the mention of her name Khivar's back stiffened, Michael took notice quickly, "Yeah, we had your wife and I emphasis on the word had." Michael explained smirking, "She was no use to us and plus we had a little help disposing of her before we got in here...but you would have been proud she put up one helluva fight." He told Khivar trying to pick out his weakness even more.
Khivar showed no emotion on his face, "You killed her?" He asked calmly.
Max just shrugged, "We had no use for her, why should have kept her around?" He asked him with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
Finally hearing Max speak Khivar just smiled, "Of course, my royal highness." Khivar spat out mockingly pretending to bow in front of him, "Should I bow down in your presence?"
"You should." Tess answered.
Khivar snapped his head and looked at Tess, "Such fierce words from such a weak one like you. Would you like to hear about how Nasedo and I used you to our advantage?" Tess looked at him confused, causing Khivar to laugh at her, "That's right, you were nothing but a pawn in our game. My lovely bride helped us control you. Your sister...Allya..." Taking note of her face he continued, "That's right Ava, you my dear just killed your baby sister."
"Your lying!" Tess yelled with a flick of her hand Khivar went flying through the air. Max, Isabel and Michael were by her side quickly.
Khivar stood up just as quick, "Allya is or was better yet, your sister...you were betrothed to Zan here." He said gesturing towards Max causing Max to look down sadly. "But you my dear knew Zan wanted nothing to do with you and you were more then happy to get out of the marriage." With that being said Max looked at Tess who was seething in anger, "So Allya had no choice but to control your mind to make you believe you loved him. She's been doing it ever since you were sent down here to Earth in this human form." He said with disgust lacing his voice. "Your father Nasedo had demanded you get pregnant with Zan's heir so he could rule the planet but you refused which angered your sister even more that you would turn your back on your family all because believed in doing good." Khivar explained with a roll of his eyes. "So it was an easy decision, we had to take control...and we used you every single day and made you do what we wanted..."
"Your lying." Max echoed Tess's voice, Max looked over to Tess who was now looking down at her feet, "Tess..."
Tess looked up at Max tears welling up in her eyes, "I don...I don't know if it's true or not." She admitted causing Max just to nod in silence.
If this was true then he would know that's why he never felt anything towards her even after hearing about this so called destiny. Maybe, just maybe Tess was not completely at fault for her awful behavior but at the same time it would not fix the damage that had already been done. "Why should we believe anything you say?" Isabel spoke up breaking Max of his thoughts.
"Like I care if you believe me or not." Khivar openly told them all. "I take joy in knowing that we killed your human friend..." Khivar smiled, "Alex was it?"
Isabel saw red, she blasted him with a force of energy causing him to double over in pain and spit out blood. "You bastard!" Isabel yelled before walking over to him but Max and Michael were quicker stopping her in her place. "Don't you ever say his name again!" Isabel cried out.
Khivar tried to stand but was knocked down again by another force of energy that came from Michael. "I say we kill him, here and now."
Max looked back at Tess and then at his sister and Michael, then at Khivar. They all agreed that this would be their only shot. Tess walked over next to Michael, "You don't have the power to destroy me!" Khivar snapped out. "I'll be back, you can't kill me. You don't know how."
Tess shook her head, "Your wrong about that..." Tess cocked her head to the side, "My so called father left me some information about that...just in case of emergencies." Khivar looked at her surprised, "I don't think he meant for something like this, but I sure as hell can't think of any better way to use the knowledge...what about you guys?"
"For once we agree on something." Michael said agreeing with Tess not taking his eyes off Khivar. His hand still raised his powers focused on his enemy keeping him down on his knees. Isabel raised her hand focusing her energy on Khivar, another force of power jolted through Khivar.
"This is for Alex." Isabel whispered as she focused more power through the connection she was sending through hers and Michael's energy that was now combined. Max looked at the two, they were covered in sweat, eyes closed, hands intertwined. He looked over Tess who just closed her eyes and held her hand out to Max.
Max turned his attention to Khivar who was screaming out in pain, grasping his head. Max shut his eyes before taking Tess's hand. He too became drenched in sweat as he focused his energy to combine Tess's powers. Before they knew it they felt themselves being flown through the air. The last thing they heard was Khivar screaming in agony and then a blast of heat hit their faces. They pushed themselves off the ground in time to see Khivar's body being engulfed in flames. "Wait..." Max yelled holding his hand out as if wanting to stop it.
"Maxwell! Stop..." Michael yelled grabbing him.
"No, that's an innocent person he's possessed." Max tried to struggle against Michael to get to burning flames.
Isabel gasped in horror, "It's too late, Max...he was dead from the moment Khivar took control of his body." Tess tried to tell him.
Max turned and glared at her, "And how the hell do you know?! Why should I believe you?" He snapped. He knew she had been right, but that didn't mean he wanted her to be right. Once they had gotten Allya's essence out of LeAnna's body with Larek's help, Max had tried to heal her but it had been too late. He faintly remembered hearing Kyle and Michael mentioning that it seemed LeAnna had died awhile ago and that Allya had just used her body but he had hoped they could save over Khivar had taken over but he had known now that was impossible.
"Max..." Isabel cried coming over to her brother, "It's over." Max wrapped his arms around his sister, hugging her closely to him. "It's over now, right?" She asked him hopeful. She felt Max nod against her.
Michael continued to watch the fire die down, "We should go Max, Liz is gonna need you." Max turned and looked at Michael, "Let's get out of here." Michael looked at Tess, "All of us." Tess tried to smile but failed miserably. The four of them walked out of the warehouse, feeling exhausted. Their body's covered in ash from the fire. Hoping into the SUV, Michael peeled out of there quickly driving to get to one destination. Was it really over? He asked himself. Or was just one part of it over? What happens now with Tess, with Max, Liz and the baby? Only time would tell, he told himself.
Back at the hotel-
Maria continued to hold a screaming baby in her arms trying to calm the small baby down. Kyle was trying to heat a bottle up but failing miserably not sure how to even fix one. Jim had headed downstairs to the nearby grocery store to buy some baby supplies they might need and Larek, well he was staring out the window with his eyes shut. Maria noticed, "Hey Larek, any suggestions here?" She snapped at him, "Or you going to continue to act like your looking out that window with your eyes shut?"
Larek looked at her, "I'm trying to focus on getting in touch with Max."
"We have these nifty devices down here on Earth called cell phones." Kyle said waving the phone in front of Larek's face causing Maria to chuckle. "Where's Liz?" Kyle asked looking at the bedroom door that was closed. Liz had refused to hold the baby, as soon as she had woken up in the cruiser she didn't say a word and once they had gotten Zander from where Larek had him hidden she refused to acknowledge him.
Maria sighed, "She won't come out of that room." She said sadly, "It's like she wants nothing to do with him." Looking down at Zander sadly who was sucking at his thumb now. "She wanted him back so badly...and now he's here, alive and well and she wants nothing to do with." She cried out frustrated.
"It is not her fault." Larek explained, "Khivar tried to plant some vivid images in her head...about Zander, about Max and Tess."
"Of course!" Maria snorted in disgust. "When there's trouble around count on Tess being involved."
Larek shook his head, "There are things you are not aware of." Larek tried to explain, "Things no one even on Antar were aware of until just recently."
"Things like what?" Kyle asked confused.
"We will have to wait for Max." Larek just said before his eyes were shut again.
Kyle threw his hands up, "Un-friggin-believable." Kyle huffed out, "What the hell? Is he friggin a Buddha alien? He does more meditating then I do?"
Maria rolled her eyes, "Please Kyle, stop with the Buddha bullshit, we got enough problems to deal with then you being confused about your religion!"
Kyle turned and looked at her feigning hurt, "Maria..."
"Don't Maria me!" She snapped at him gesturing to the baby in her arms, "I've got one baby right here, screaming and crying, I don't need another, deal with your personal issues on your own time Buddha boy!" Kyle opened his mouth but shut it just as quick when he caught Maria's glare. "That's better, now where the hell is your father?"
"What are you my friggin mother?" Kyle muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Maria snipped back. Kyle rolled his eyes, "Don't make me smack you upside the head." She threatened, just as she was walking over to smack Kyle the door flew open. "Jim! Thank God." Jim came carrying in 3 large bags of baby supplies followed by Michael with another two bags, "Michael, oh my god! Are you okay?" She cried out hugging Michael before pulling back to see Max, Isabel and Tess come in behind Jim and Michael, finally taking in their haggard appearance. Turning her attention towards Tess, "And what the hell is the alien bitch from hell doing here?" She snapped.
Max just ignored her and walked over to take the screaming baby out of her arms, immediately Zander stop crying and started to close his eyes. Larek stood up smiling, "Where's Liz?" Max asked alarmed.
"She refused to come out of the room." Kyle told him, "And how the hell did you get him to stop screaming?" He asked him.
Max didn't answer just looked down at the baby finally to realize he was truly holding his son his arms finally, "It's their connection that they share." Larek explained to Maria and Kyle. Isabel decided to go ahead and make a bottle for the baby as Michael just hugged Maria to him taking in the fact that his best friend finally had his family back at the same time. He was an uncle! He thought to himself excitedly.
Tess just sat down next to Jim not bothering to look up from where she was fidgeting with fringe of a pillow on the couch. She could feel Kyle and Maria's eyes burning a hole into her, "Are you ok?" Jim whispered to her.
Tess looked up surprised but before she could stop herself the tears came rolling down her cheeks, "I don't know." Was all she could say.
Maria rolled her eyes at her comment, as if sensing that Maria was getting agitated Michael led her outside to the balcony to explain what happened, "Let's go blondie...we need to talk." Maria just followed in suite behind him, happy to know he was safe and in one piece.
Kyle walked over to Isabel, "Are you okay?" He asked her stopping her from her movements around the small kitchenette in the hotel room. Isabel just smiled, "I tried to make a bottle, didn't work out to well." He said gesturing to the mess.
Isabel smiled, "I see that." She said shaking the bottle before walking towards Max.
Handing him the bottle, Max took it from Isabel and placed it at Zander's lips. Zander wrapped his little lips around the nipple causing Max's heart to warm, "Sir, we need to talk." Larek told him.
Max nodded, "Not now, why hasn't Liz come out?" He said looking up at Kyle.
"She refused to even acknowledge the kid." He told Max obviously just as confused as Max was. "Larek here was just saying that Khivar planted some pretty nasty images in her head of the baby and you and Tess." He finished looking at Tess at the end of his explanation, Tess looked up in time to meet Kyle's dirty look.
"What do you mean, son?" Jim asked worried now.
Max looked to Larek now, "That's what I wanted to talk to you about." Larek told him. "When I healed her I saw what Khivar did and it's not good."
Max nodded looking down at Zander, "Isabel can you..." He said. Isabel caught holding her hands out for the baby.
"I'll keep him safe Max." Isabel promised. Max smiled as he placed a gentle kiss to his son's forehead before heading into the bedroom where Liz was now at.
Taking this time now to turn to Tess, Kyle spoke up, "So why the hell aren't you dead like the rest of their enemies?" Kyle asked her calmly leaning back against the counter in the kitchenette. Tess looked at Jim who offered a sympathetic smile, then at Isabel who was too busy fawning over her new nephew that was safe and sound, then at Kyle who continued to show nothing but disgust in his eyes for her. How could she explain when she herself didn't understand completely what was going on? She thought to herself. She took a deep breath before standing up, this night was long from over.
TBC
Ch. 11
"Ava my dear, such a surprise to see you with the others ready to fight me and here I thought you were on our side." Khivar teased her as he slowly walked towards them. "And Zan, I must say...you are nothing of what I expected." He told Max as he looked him over once. Khivar's eyes stopped on Isabel making her uncomfortable, Michael saw him staring at her and sent him flying through the air.
Max, Tess and Isabel glanced at Michael and then back at Khivar who was now getting up pretending to wipe dust off of him as he laughed, "Michael, stop..." Isabel whispered to him.
Laughing Khivar stood with his arms crossed, "Well, Rath always were the quick one weren't you?" Looking back at Isabel he placed a finger to his lips as if he were thinking, "Why Vilandra...still such a beauty." He told her, his voice deep with passion.
Isabel shuddered in disgust, "I'm not that same person any more. You don't know me..." She hissed feeling anger overwhelming her.
Khivar just smirked then turned his attention on Max and Tess, "And you two, I should have known you'd figure it out and that Ava here would come running back to help you."
"My name's Tess, you sick bastard." Tess told Khivar, "I should have never agreed to help you and Allya."
At the mention of her name Khivar's back stiffened, Michael took notice quickly, "Yeah, we had your wife and I emphasis on the word had." Michael explained smirking, "She was no use to us and plus we had a little help disposing of her before we got in here...but you would have been proud she put up one helluva fight." He told Khivar trying to pick out his weakness even more.
Khivar showed no emotion on his face, "You killed her?" He asked calmly.
Max just shrugged, "We had no use for her, why should have kept her around?" He asked him with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
Finally hearing Max speak Khivar just smiled, "Of course, my royal highness." Khivar spat out mockingly pretending to bow in front of him, "Should I bow down in your presence?"
"You should." Tess answered.
Khivar snapped his head and looked at Tess, "Such fierce words from such a weak one like you. Would you like to hear about how Nasedo and I used you to our advantage?" Tess looked at him confused, causing Khivar to laugh at her, "That's right, you were nothing but a pawn in our game. My lovely bride helped us control you. Your sister...Allya..." Taking note of her face he continued, "That's right Ava, you my dear just killed your baby sister."
"Your lying!" Tess yelled with a flick of her hand Khivar went flying through the air. Max, Isabel and Michael were by her side quickly.
Khivar stood up just as quick, "Allya is or was better yet, your sister...you were betrothed to Zan here." He said gesturing towards Max causing Max to look down sadly. "But you my dear knew Zan wanted nothing to do with you and you were more then happy to get out of the marriage." With that being said Max looked at Tess who was seething in anger, "So Allya had no choice but to control your mind to make you believe you loved him. She's been doing it ever since you were sent down here to Earth in this human form." He said with disgust lacing his voice. "Your father Nasedo had demanded you get pregnant with Zan's heir so he could rule the planet but you refused which angered your sister even more that you would turn your back on your family all because believed in doing good." Khivar explained with a roll of his eyes. "So it was an easy decision, we had to take control...and we used you every single day and made you do what we wanted..."
"Your lying." Max echoed Tess's voice, Max looked over to Tess who was now looking down at her feet, "Tess..."
Tess looked up at Max tears welling up in her eyes, "I don...I don't know if it's true or not." She admitted causing Max just to nod in silence.
If this was true then he would know that's why he never felt anything towards her even after hearing about this so called destiny. Maybe, just maybe Tess was not completely at fault for her awful behavior but at the same time it would not fix the damage that had already been done. "Why should we believe anything you say?" Isabel spoke up breaking Max of his thoughts.
"Like I care if you believe me or not." Khivar openly told them all. "I take joy in knowing that we killed your human friend..." Khivar smiled, "Alex was it?"
Isabel saw red, she blasted him with a force of energy causing him to double over in pain and spit out blood. "You bastard!" Isabel yelled before walking over to him but Max and Michael were quicker stopping her in her place. "Don't you ever say his name again!" Isabel cried out.
Khivar tried to stand but was knocked down again by another force of energy that came from Michael. "I say we kill him, here and now."
Max looked back at Tess and then at his sister and Michael, then at Khivar. They all agreed that this would be their only shot. Tess walked over next to Michael, "You don't have the power to destroy me!" Khivar snapped out. "I'll be back, you can't kill me. You don't know how."
Tess shook her head, "Your wrong about that..." Tess cocked her head to the side, "My so called father left me some information about that...just in case of emergencies." Khivar looked at her surprised, "I don't think he meant for something like this, but I sure as hell can't think of any better way to use the knowledge...what about you guys?"
"For once we agree on something." Michael said agreeing with Tess not taking his eyes off Khivar. His hand still raised his powers focused on his enemy keeping him down on his knees. Isabel raised her hand focusing her energy on Khivar, another force of power jolted through Khivar.
"This is for Alex." Isabel whispered as she focused more power through the connection she was sending through hers and Michael's energy that was now combined. Max looked at the two, they were covered in sweat, eyes closed, hands intertwined. He looked over Tess who just closed her eyes and held her hand out to Max.
Max turned his attention to Khivar who was screaming out in pain, grasping his head. Max shut his eyes before taking Tess's hand. He too became drenched in sweat as he focused his energy to combine Tess's powers. Before they knew it they felt themselves being flown through the air. The last thing they heard was Khivar screaming in agony and then a blast of heat hit their faces. They pushed themselves off the ground in time to see Khivar's body being engulfed in flames. "Wait..." Max yelled holding his hand out as if wanting to stop it.
"Maxwell! Stop..." Michael yelled grabbing him.
"No, that's an innocent person he's possessed." Max tried to struggle against Michael to get to burning flames.
Isabel gasped in horror, "It's too late, Max...he was dead from the moment Khivar took control of his body." Tess tried to tell him.
Max turned and glared at her, "And how the hell do you know?! Why should I believe you?" He snapped. He knew she had been right, but that didn't mean he wanted her to be right. Once they had gotten Allya's essence out of LeAnna's body with Larek's help, Max had tried to heal her but it had been too late. He faintly remembered hearing Kyle and Michael mentioning that it seemed LeAnna had died awhile ago and that Allya had just used her body but he had hoped they could save over Khivar had taken over but he had known now that was impossible.
"Max..." Isabel cried coming over to her brother, "It's over." Max wrapped his arms around his sister, hugging her closely to him. "It's over now, right?" She asked him hopeful. She felt Max nod against her.
Michael continued to watch the fire die down, "We should go Max, Liz is gonna need you." Max turned and looked at Michael, "Let's get out of here." Michael looked at Tess, "All of us." Tess tried to smile but failed miserably. The four of them walked out of the warehouse, feeling exhausted. Their body's covered in ash from the fire. Hoping into the SUV, Michael peeled out of there quickly driving to get to one destination. Was it really over? He asked himself. Or was just one part of it over? What happens now with Tess, with Max, Liz and the baby? Only time would tell, he told himself.
Back at the hotel-
Maria continued to hold a screaming baby in her arms trying to calm the small baby down. Kyle was trying to heat a bottle up but failing miserably not sure how to even fix one. Jim had headed downstairs to the nearby grocery store to buy some baby supplies they might need and Larek, well he was staring out the window with his eyes shut. Maria noticed, "Hey Larek, any suggestions here?" She snapped at him, "Or you going to continue to act like your looking out that window with your eyes shut?"
Larek looked at her, "I'm trying to focus on getting in touch with Max."
"We have these nifty devices down here on Earth called cell phones." Kyle said waving the phone in front of Larek's face causing Maria to chuckle. "Where's Liz?" Kyle asked looking at the bedroom door that was closed. Liz had refused to hold the baby, as soon as she had woken up in the cruiser she didn't say a word and once they had gotten Zander from where Larek had him hidden she refused to acknowledge him.
Maria sighed, "She won't come out of that room." She said sadly, "It's like she wants nothing to do with him." Looking down at Zander sadly who was sucking at his thumb now. "She wanted him back so badly...and now he's here, alive and well and she wants nothing to do with." She cried out frustrated.
"It is not her fault." Larek explained, "Khivar tried to plant some vivid images in her head...about Zander, about Max and Tess."
"Of course!" Maria snorted in disgust. "When there's trouble around count on Tess being involved."
Larek shook his head, "There are things you are not aware of." Larek tried to explain, "Things no one even on Antar were aware of until just recently."
"Things like what?" Kyle asked confused.
"We will have to wait for Max." Larek just said before his eyes were shut again.
Kyle threw his hands up, "Un-friggin-believable." Kyle huffed out, "What the hell? Is he friggin a Buddha alien? He does more meditating then I do?"
Maria rolled her eyes, "Please Kyle, stop with the Buddha bullshit, we got enough problems to deal with then you being confused about your religion!"
Kyle turned and looked at her feigning hurt, "Maria..."
"Don't Maria me!" She snapped at him gesturing to the baby in her arms, "I've got one baby right here, screaming and crying, I don't need another, deal with your personal issues on your own time Buddha boy!" Kyle opened his mouth but shut it just as quick when he caught Maria's glare. "That's better, now where the hell is your father?"
"What are you my friggin mother?" Kyle muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Maria snipped back. Kyle rolled his eyes, "Don't make me smack you upside the head." She threatened, just as she was walking over to smack Kyle the door flew open. "Jim! Thank God." Jim came carrying in 3 large bags of baby supplies followed by Michael with another two bags, "Michael, oh my god! Are you okay?" She cried out hugging Michael before pulling back to see Max, Isabel and Tess come in behind Jim and Michael, finally taking in their haggard appearance. Turning her attention towards Tess, "And what the hell is the alien bitch from hell doing here?" She snapped.
Max just ignored her and walked over to take the screaming baby out of her arms, immediately Zander stop crying and started to close his eyes. Larek stood up smiling, "Where's Liz?" Max asked alarmed.
"She refused to come out of the room." Kyle told him, "And how the hell did you get him to stop screaming?" He asked him.
Max didn't answer just looked down at the baby finally to realize he was truly holding his son his arms finally, "It's their connection that they share." Larek explained to Maria and Kyle. Isabel decided to go ahead and make a bottle for the baby as Michael just hugged Maria to him taking in the fact that his best friend finally had his family back at the same time. He was an uncle! He thought to himself excitedly.
Tess just sat down next to Jim not bothering to look up from where she was fidgeting with fringe of a pillow on the couch. She could feel Kyle and Maria's eyes burning a hole into her, "Are you ok?" Jim whispered to her.
Tess looked up surprised but before she could stop herself the tears came rolling down her cheeks, "I don't know." Was all she could say.
Maria rolled her eyes at her comment, as if sensing that Maria was getting agitated Michael led her outside to the balcony to explain what happened, "Let's go blondie...we need to talk." Maria just followed in suite behind him, happy to know he was safe and in one piece.
Kyle walked over to Isabel, "Are you okay?" He asked her stopping her from her movements around the small kitchenette in the hotel room. Isabel just smiled, "I tried to make a bottle, didn't work out to well." He said gesturing to the mess.
Isabel smiled, "I see that." She said shaking the bottle before walking towards Max.
Handing him the bottle, Max took it from Isabel and placed it at Zander's lips. Zander wrapped his little lips around the nipple causing Max's heart to warm, "Sir, we need to talk." Larek told him.
Max nodded, "Not now, why hasn't Liz come out?" He said looking up at Kyle.
"She refused to even acknowledge the kid." He told Max obviously just as confused as Max was. "Larek here was just saying that Khivar planted some pretty nasty images in her head of the baby and you and Tess." He finished looking at Tess at the end of his explanation, Tess looked up in time to meet Kyle's dirty look.
"What do you mean, son?" Jim asked worried now.
Max looked to Larek now, "That's what I wanted to talk to you about." Larek told him. "When I healed her I saw what Khivar did and it's not good."
Max nodded looking down at Zander, "Isabel can you..." He said. Isabel caught holding her hands out for the baby.
"I'll keep him safe Max." Isabel promised. Max smiled as he placed a gentle kiss to his son's forehead before heading into the bedroom where Liz was now at.
Taking this time now to turn to Tess, Kyle spoke up, "So why the hell aren't you dead like the rest of their enemies?" Kyle asked her calmly leaning back against the counter in the kitchenette. Tess looked at Jim who offered a sympathetic smile, then at Isabel who was too busy fawning over her new nephew that was safe and sound, then at Kyle who continued to show nothing but disgust in his eyes for her. How could she explain when she herself didn't understand completely what was going on? She thought to herself. She took a deep breath before standing up, this night was long from over.
TBC