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Picking Up Lucas
Topic Started: Dec 19 2006, 10:31 PM (437 Views)
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"I should have figured. But we have to tell him everything, Patrick. About the strip club, the money I gave to Elizabeth... everything. And we have to do it tonight," Emily told him.
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Patrick sighed. "Em, he's only 14. That's the age I lost my mother.The age when my whole world basically crumbled because I learned how cruel the world is. Zack's already been through so much in his life, I just want him to enjoy being a kid while he has the chance."
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"Okay, so what do we do? We can't just lie to him... he's going to know that I miscarried. If we don't tell him, he's going to feel isolated from us and at this age, we have to share a mutual trust. Besides, how can I look at that boy and let him think that it was just an accident that his younger brother or sister was never born?"
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"I don't know," Patrick told her. "But telling him about working in a strip club and almost being raped... I'm worried about how he's going to look at you after you tell him. How's he supposed to trust you after you tell him what happened? We've both shaken his trust so much... I"m afraid that the next time we lose his trust, we won't get it back."
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Emily swallowed hard as they entered the apartment.

"Do you look at me differently, Patrick? Deep down, you know that the mess I got myself into lost our child, right?"
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"No," Patrick told her. ""Because I know why you took that job. I've done things in my life that I've never been proud of, Emily. I could never stop loving you. But Zack... after everything we've gone through to get this family together, I'm afraid of losing it again."
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"Then tell him whatever you want, but I don't know if I can lie to him. I can't tell anybody that it was a freak accident. I know I miscarried because I put myself into a dangerous situation. Everybody else can tell me I'm wrong, but I'll always know."
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Patrick put the babies in the crib and held Emily close.

"I don't want to lie to him," Patrick told her. "What am I supposed to do? How do I keep from losing my son?"
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"There was nothing that made me angrier as a teenager than being lied to. I'm new to this whole parenting thing, too. Starting with a teenager isn't easy, but I think we shouldn't lie. Maybe telling half truths, but lying is only going to push him away. The truth always comes out," Emily mumbled against Patrick's chest.
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"Stay here wtih the boys," Patrick told her. "I'll take Zack out so we can talk in private so I can tell him everything."
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"You don't have to do this alone, Patrick," Emily started, "We're in this together now. Are you sure you don't want me there?"
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"If Zack gets angry or upset... I don't want him to say something that'll hurt you, Emily," Patrick told her. "I'll take all the anger, all the insults. I don't need you upset, and I really don't want Zack to upset the boys while they're here."
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"Just promise me that you won't take the blame. This was my doing, okay? I can handle being the hated stepmother for a while, but if I miscarried one of your children and caused the other to hate you, I'll never forgive myself," Emily explained, getting onto her toes to kiss him before he left. "I'll stay up and wait for you."
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"Zack?" Patrick asked. "Come on, we're going for a drive."

"Where to?" Zack asked as he came out of his room in a pair of blue jeans and sweatshirt.

"It's just a drive," Patrick told him. "We'll be back soon."

Patrick and Zack got in the car and drove off.

(Off for the night, catch you tomorrow)
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Emily watched the babies until they fell asleep and went into the living room, curling up on the couch. Her relationship with Zack could change forever.
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Patrick drove Zack around until they arrived in a secluded area in park. Patrick stopped the car and got out.

"WHat are we doing here?" Zack asked.

"We needed privacy," Patrick told him. "So you can yell, scream, whatever when I tell you what I have to tell you."

"What happened to the baby?" Zack asked.

Patrick looked at his son with a pained look in his eyes. "What happened wasn't Emily's fault, Zack, I just want you to know that."

"Dad, what happened?"

Patrick told Zack the entire story, starting with how Liz was blackmailed, and how Emily took a job at the strip club, and how she had almost been raped. An hour later, Zack was in tears as Patrick held onto him.

"You deserved to know the whole truth," Patrick told him as he held onto his son. "I'm sorry you had to find out like this."

"Why did this have to happen to the baby?" Zack asked. "A baby that never got a chance to live."

"I can't tell you," Patrick replied. "Sometimes bad things just happen. But Emily needs both of us to be strong, alright? She needs both of us to love her."
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Emily had fallen asleep on the couch while Patrick and Zack were gone. She tossed and turned, unable to get over how the baby had died and how she was ultimately responsible.
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Patrick sat with Zack for a while, comforting him before they headed home. They walked back into the apartment as Zack just quietly headed to his room to be alone. Patrick saw Emily on the couch and put a blanket over her, kissing her forehead.
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Emily's eyes fluttered at Patrick's kiss.

"Mmm... what time is it?" she muttered softly.
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"Pretty late," Patrick told her as he rubbed her arm. "Zack doesn't hate you, Em. He was pretty understanding about everything. When I told him, he broke down and cried for a while. He thought it was his fault that you had to take that job."
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"You told him he was wrong, didn't you?" Emily asked, sitting up a little to make room for Patrick to sit next to her.
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"I tried," Patrick told her. "You know how he gets. Your stubborness seems to have rubbed off on him."
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"I know..." She sighed.

"Do you think if you would have known that I was pregnant, it would have made a difference? I mean, I barely knew myself, but I feel like since we didn't share in the pregnancy, we couldn't get the baby."
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"You know I'd have done anything in my power to keep you safe," Patrick told her. "I'd have gone to hell and back to make sure you and the baby stayed safe and out of places like that bar."
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"I'm so sorry, Patrick. I should have ran to you the second I suspected I was pregnant. I never meant for all of this to happen," Emily whispered. "Now your 14 year old son is blaming himself for a miscarriage that I brought on all of us."
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