" I love you all ," Lewis said to the roomful of shocked family members in his early evening family therapy session. " But I hate most of you sometimes. "
He pointed at Niles. " You had one of your friends beat me in England while you stood there and laughed and cheered him on. All because I watched Dad marry Nigel. "
Richard and Andrew both glared at Niles who just sat in his chair with his arms folded across his chest and a blank expression on his face.
Richard snapped," You did what to him ! "
Tania turned to her ex husband and retorted," You see ! Look what your other son did to him ! Look what happened to him in your house here ! He's not safe with you or your family. "
" Shut up, Mom," Lewis said. " You don't care about me. You didn't come to England when I tried to kill myself. You didn't come back from Japan when I got shot. You never called me at boarding school. You didn't even ask me if I wanted to go to Japan with you. All you care about is Wilson who just cares about himself."
Tania shook her head at him and reached out to her son who sidestepped her embrace. Her face suddenly crumbled and she fell back against her husband who silently held her.
Lewis then turned to his devastated looking father. " Dad , you were a crappy father. But you changed. I know you care. I think you do. Marrying Nigel helped you be better. I don't want you both to break up because of me. I just don't. "
" We're not breaking up ," Nigel said as Richard just stared at his son wordlessly. " We love you, Lewis. We both do. "
Lewis shook his head. " I don't want you all fighting about me. I don't want to live with you, Mom. I want to stay with Dad and Nigel. I want to see you and Wilson on the weekend or something but that's it. I'm..... I ..... want you all to get your shit together, okay ! Figure it out already. If you all love me then start thinking about what I want. If you can't do that then I want to stay with Granddad when I get out of here. "
Tania looked at Richard and he looked back at her.
Lewis thinned his lips stubbornly and got up to walk to the door of the office. He said firmly," I said what I wanted. Now I'm going back to my room. Night. "
Then he left without another word.
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ODDS OF LOVE - SEASON 14
General FictionThe ongoing original soap opera about disabled math genius and professor Dr. Spencer Norland - Lane , his doctor husband DuBuis Lane , and their family, friends and enemies in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Diverse. Multicultural.