Miracle Baby | A Riverdale Story

small town millionaires with a shady past

so she punched him. on the cheek the same way he hit her. he fell back, losing his balance.just as he was getting back up to fight back the door flew open. fp thundered in pulling hal up by the collar "touch either of them and i'll kill you" alice ran over to claire hugging so tightly that she couldn't breathe "i'm sorry, i'm sorry baby" she held claire's face in her hands "did he hit you?" she said noticing the obvious red mark on her cheek. she didn't say anything just started to cry again. alice turned around, pushed fp out of the way and punched hal. he fell back, his nose now bleeding from both punches. "get out of my house, you bastard" she said angrily. he started walking towards the door. claire grabbed his arm as he passed her. she put her hand inside his jacket pocket and pulled out alice's serpent necklace. hal jerked his arm away and left the house, slamming the door behind him. claire handed the necklace to alice, "i'm sorry honey, fp look at what he did to her" she said turning claire's head so that fp could see her cheek. "i swear to god, if that asshole tries to talk to either of you ever again i will kill him." he said putting his arm around alice. she pulled claire into the hug "it's my fault. you came home to an empty house, let me tell you that will not happen again" she said, her voice muffled. they heard a phone ringing upstairs. "must be mine" claire said wriggling out of the hug and running up to answer it. it was cheryl, her sister. she answered "hi cheryl" "what's wrong clairikins?" her sister's sweet yet patronizing voice chimed down the phone. "it's nothing, i'll catch you up on monday." claire said "well actually, mother has invited us to dinner at thornhill" the dreaded word. all of her life claire blossom was in and out of the foster care system until eventually, she found a family. the jenkins were nice people but claire knew they weren't her real parents. until her thirteenth birthday, claire had no idea who her real parents actually were and imagine how she felt when she found out they were small-town millionaires with a shady past. that's why she stayed with the coopers. it was even worse when she found out that her parents tried to drown her at birth and that her dad had killed her brother and then himself. "fine cheryl, see you there" she sighed "bye hon!" cheryl said hanging up the phone. claire went back downstairs, alice and fp were sitting on the couch kissing and giggling. alice always says they are making up for lost years. "what are we having for dinner?" claire asks giving them both a fright. "either pizza or chinese, your call babe" alice said "hmm i think it's a pizza kind of night" she replied. "right choice" fp said as he got up to get the menu from the kitchen. "can i have peppers, pepperoni, and olives?" alice said getting up and putting her arms around fp's neck "jeez, al you've been living here too long if you know the pizza menu by heart" fp answered. "oh come on jonesy, antonio's is classic" she said kissing him on the cheek. "alice, that was cheryl on the phone. my mom invited me, cheryl and nana rose to dinner at thornhill." claire said meekly. alice hates her seeing her mom. "okay, well, do you want to go?" she asked "i don't know, i think so." claire said. indecisive as usual, especially when it comes down to things like this.