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Meena's Evil Plan
Topic Started: Oct 8 2006, 11:59 PM (1,049 Views)
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"Sure," Patrick said as he held Lucas. "I'll see you shortly."

He took Lucas to the nursery and got him some formula. He fed the baby and burped him, then cradled him until he fell asleep.
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Emily walked up to Patrick's office, which was still in shambles from their encounter the previous afternoon. She quietly cleaned everything up and replaced everything on his desk that had been tossed aside. She stopped when she noticed a broken frame on the floor. The photo had been taken the afternoon that Lucas came home from the hospital. Zack held him in his arms and Emily stood smiling behind his wheelchair. Patrick had insisted on it, claiming he wanted a picture for his desk like all the other family men at work. She thought it was ridiculous, because it reminded her so much of something her grandparents would make her do. But she went along with it, mainly because his smile was priceless in her eyes.

She carefully threw the glass away and slid the picture out of the broken frame. She put the picture into the back of Patrick's file cabinet, not wanting to remind herself of how things were supposed to turn out. It was too painful.

She turned on Patrick's computer and looked up names of attorneys in Westland. She needed to figure out some sort of custody agreement, and she had to do it soon.
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Patrick Drake
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Patrick was sitting with Lucas in Zack's room. He looked down at his son.

"Zack, going through physical therapy's going to be rough," Patrick told him. "But I'm going to be next to you the whole time."
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"Hello?" Emily questioned over the phone. "Yes, hi, I'm calling about a custody arrangement for my sons. You see, I want my youngest to be adopted by my fianc... my friend, but he's legally married right now. What are my options?"

The attorney on the other end of the line laughed. "You're kidding, right? Is he the natural father?"

"No," Emily sighed, "And his biological father is probably going to go for custody. And unfortunately, he has quite a bit of money. He's a Cassadine. I'm going to need a lot of legal help."

"Hold on..." the attorney told her, "Nikolas Cassadine's case? I'm sorry, ma'am, but it's pretty air-tight. If you want my advice, you should just give the kid up and move on. And as for this other guy, his marriage bars any adoption from happening. Good luck."

The lawyer hung up and Emily groaned. She laid her head on the desk andscreamed, trying to get any sort of release she could find.
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Patrick watched both of his sons sleep as he leaned back in the chair. Soon both of them would be walking.

"I know things are bad right now," Patrick said, smiling down at Lucas. "But I'm going to be your real daddy real soon. And Emily's going to Zack's real mommy, and we'll all be a family."
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Emily walked back down to Zack's room and stood in the doorway, watching the boys with Patrick for several minutes before she spoke up.

"I'm sorry..." she started, "I wasn't fair."
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"You had every right to be upset," Patrick told her as he stood up. "Seeing me in that motel room... it couldn't have been easy. I don't know how I ended up there, but I intend to find out. In the meantime, I need to get divorced from Meena so I can marry you."
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"Well, I just called several lawyers and there's nothing we can do about custody of the boys until then. And I guess word is out that Nikolas is filing for custody, so that's another obstacle," Emily sighed.
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"How did things get this bad?" Patrick asked as he looked at the baby. "Lucas and Zack don't deserve to be going through this. You don't deserve to be going through this."
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"I would go through this 1,000 times for you, and you know that," Emily told him with determination. "I just wish we would have gotten married before any of this could have happened."
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"Me and my stupid pride," Patrick told her. "All I wanted was for Zack to be able to walk down the aisle. I should have listened to you, but I was too stubborn. I'm sorry, Emily. I ruined all of our lives because of this."
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"Stop it," Emily started, "You didn't do anything wrong. You wanted our boys there, that's natural. We didn't know any of this was coming."
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"The minute my divorce from Meena is final, we're going to get married, even if we have to elope," Patrick promised her. "I'm not taking any more chances."
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"I like that idea," Emily offered a smile. "In the meantime, I guess we should probably figure out some sort of arrangement. I don't want her to take all your money by claiming you cheated on her in a divorce settlement. I should probably stear clear for a while."
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"Why don't you stay with Maxie and Lulu?" Patrick suggested. "I'm sure they'd love having you and Lucas stay with them."
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"That wouldn't be awful. I have to admit, Elizabeth is my first choice, but since she's at Nikolas', I'd rather not. Are you going to be okay here alone? I can sit for a while if you want."
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"I'd like that," Patrick told her. He looked down at Zack. "I'm scared for our boys, Emily. I'm afraid of what's going to happen if Helena or Meena really get nasty."
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"Hold on..." Emily started, trying to forge some connections.

"Helena and Meena.... what if they're in this together? It makes perfect sense, Meena distracted you the night I got shot. She turned off your phone; if it hadn't have been for Lucky, you would have never known. And her marrying you, it's the perfect way to keep Lucas out of your hands. I was supposed to walk in on that scene and leave you. Probably for Nikolas... this whole thing is part of some master plan to torture us and get to Lucas. We have to figure out what's coming next."
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"We have to find a way to keep Lucas safe," Patrick told her. "But if I can't marry you, then I can't adopt Lucas. Meena's already threatened to pull Zack's therapy to keep me in line. We need to find another way to get Zack his physical therapy without Meena's funding."
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"What if I got a side job? Something to pull in some extra money? I'm not getting paid for being a student; and I definitely deserve to work towards earning the money back that I gave away," Emily suggested.
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"I couldn't ask you to do that," Patrick told her as he cradled Lucas in his arms. "Maybe I can ask my dad for some help on this."
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"You know the only thing he's going to see is 'I told you so.' I could work days here and take a night job bartending or something. If I sell my shares of ELQ, it should be enough to pay off the bills through installments," Emily told him with determination. "Please let me fight for our family like you have been?"
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