A Dollar For Anastasia

A Debate

Thomas
Dad and I were at odds about my marriage to Emma and we finally came to an agreement that I was going to be a good husband and father to Emma and her twins and he will help me get there and stay there. He came to the house and checked it over and asked Elliott to come over to do some work on it and brought everything up to code and childproofed it. He got to know Emma better and mom finally came over to see if we needed anything. Emma has been learning to cook and mom can cook a little bit. She's not the greatest cook, Mia is the best cook in the family. Mia volunteered to teach Emma some basics.

Ray
I can't do a thing regarding his marriage to Emma. He really is a kind person and very generous as well. I was unhappy that Anastasia gave him a deal on the home and at very low payments. I couldn't stop that either he used a different reason to get emancipated and then got married. I understand him wanting to take care of Emma and her twins but they are both so very young to get married. I guess I have no choice but to support him even though I think they are going to regret getting married so young.

Carla
I finally went over to see my daughter in law. She can't cook a thing, so I showed her a few recipes that are easy. Unfortunately I burnt everything. I called and asked Mia if she might give her a few lessons in cooking and she agreed to do it.

Emma
I think I am better at cooking than mrs Steele. I think hey I am mrs Steele as well. There's no doubt everyone thinks us getting married is bad at this time. I was shocked when Thomas asked me to marry him and we can raise my twins together. I had just been thrown out of my parents house and he found me crying because of it and he gave me a chance for a life with him and his big family. I met him at Mia's restaurant and catering. I ran the deliveries for the company. I even met the Grey family, so I knew he came from good people. So I could sign the marriage license and so could he. I was living at the homeless shelter and now we live in a huge home and we are paying 25.00 a month for it. It will be ours once it is paid off. Mr Steele and Elliott Grey came over to fix things and his mom tried to show me how to cook but burnt everything. Mia was asked to come over to teach me to cook. They threw a welcome to the family party and a wedding reception. We got a lot of gifts and money. I met all the family including all the nieces and nephews. It's a good thing we had the place childproofed including the backyard.

Grace
I didn't know what to make of two 16 year olds getting married, but soon realized that Emma was pregnant. She openly spoke about what happened to her and how her family believed the guy over their own daughter. Thomas made sone grownup decisions and she did as well. Carrick helped them get emancipation. I had a word with him about that later, he told me that they were determined to get it and he wanted to be sure they didn't pay an attorney to help them get it. After hearing all sides of the matter I can understand why Thomas and Emma married, they wanted the twins to have a good set of parents.

Carrick
Grace found out from Emma and Thomas that I helped the teens get emancipated and drove them to the court to get married as well. I did everything for free because they were going to need money for the twins. They were going to do it anyway and I just didn't want them broke because an attorney might really hit them hard with fees. They need every dime for their twins. After hearing the story we took to Emma and I knew the family and they were heartless to her. The boy who raped her has been accused more than once and he got away with it the other time as well. Emma refused to drop the charges and he still got off because it was a he said she said thing. He won't be able to keep getting off of the charges. I decided to look into the charges Emma filed and got the boys name and his parents names. There's no doubt going to be rumors regarding his bad behavior. I am going to see if we can get this rapist behind bars and on the sexual predator list. Richard Edwards is the boys name and I had someone check his records quietly for me. Barney has ways to get information, but Ray had already set the wheels in motion. Apparently there were only charges that were dropped, money was exchanged.

Ray
I think we have to get others to come forward because this guy got away with this before Emma. It doesn't hurt he chooses girls that have low self esteem and parents who have trouble paying their bills. Because he hasn't been found guilty of rape he keeps doing it. I found out some of the other girls he went out with and their parents seemed to end up with large deposits in their bank accounts and the charges were dropped soon afterward. He has tried to get hold of Emma but he can't find her. I had security watch out for her and let her and Thomas know why. Richard Edward's wants to force her to lose the twins or give them up for adoption. If they don't exist she can't prove he was the father. He tried to drag her to get an abortion and she fought him and broke loose from him.