Time Waits For No One

Time Waits For No One - 10 part II

Chapter 10 part II;

While Michael sat at his sister Janet’s house waiting for her to come back and take him to his children and see his mother and other family members, he laid on the couch relaxing to the sweet scent of lavendar all around her comfortable condo. “It feels so good to be back” Michael said to himself as he looked around, while he waited his eyes slowly closed as he fell asleep dreaming about the day he realized Blanket was Nikole’s baby. Janet was still at her photoshoot finishing up when Nikole came waltzing in with lunch, she didn’t think Janet would want to be out in Los Angeles where she would most likely be mauled by the cameras or asked to sign numberous autographs. Janet’s face light up as the last shots were being taken, those were the photos that were used, pure Janet, happy, smiling, excited! Nikole motioned that she would be in Janet’s dressing room, Janet nodded her head give her approval as she walked off the set making her way to the dressing room as well. Opening the door she smiled seeing Nikole. “Hey beautiful!” Nikole said looking up at Janet, then got up from the couch she was sitting on and greeted her with a hug. “Hey!! wow this looks great!! did you make this?” Janet asked looking at the buffet of food all around the room. “Well not alone, Sharon came into town for a little bit, she helped me too. I wasn’t alone in this endeavor” Nikole giggled then looked down at all of the food her sister and herself had prepared for Janet for lunch. “I need to talk to you about something Nik..” Janet said sitting in the mirror, taking her hair down from the style she had during the shoot and putting her hair into a tight ponytail. She walked over to her wardrobe to see if there was something else she could wear. Janet slipped into some khaki slacks and a tank top, she pulled out a button up shirt that she would wear after she finished enjoying her lunch with Nikole. “Nik I really think you should come around Blanket more, I mean he’s 10 now and I’m sure you can finally build that relationship that I know you have been longing for with him, Please consider coming to dinner this evening? At my mother’s home, She would love to see you again, we all would. You know how much we enjoyed having you in our lives, and just because Michael isn’t… around at the moment doesn’t mean we don’t miss you” She smiled at Nikole walking back towards the couch Nikole was resting her body on. “I don’t know JanJan I mean he’s going to wonder where I have been, why I haven’t seen him before, the family will look at me weird, I don’t know I’m so… scared I guess…” Nikole replied back to her reaching for a biscuit, she took a bite and glanced over at Janet with weary eyes. “Oh no honey you know my family, we aren’t like that, we know your Blanket’s mother and we know why you did it. We don’t understand why you didn’t come back around and show my brother the happiness you knew you could give me him and maintain. But that is all in the past now sweetheart, Please just come by for dinner? I’ll show you it’s not like that. It never was…” Janet whispered pulling Nikole into a hug. “We love you just like family” Janet whispered as she kissed Nikole’s cheek. Nikole gave a slight smile and nodded, “Okay okay I’ll be there” she chuckled softly. “So intent on my attendance!” Nikole joked with Janet then looked up at her, “You have always been such a great friend to me Janet I love you so much for that” Nikole kissed her cheek. 

(December 24, 2006) - Michael was walking around on his private jet as him and his children rode back to America, where they planned to live, Michael didn’t want to be back in the United States but he knew what was best for his children and wanted them to be comfortable and around family. The 3 children were sleeping peacefully on the long plane ride back from Bahrain. Michael stared at his son Prince-Michael then glanced over at his darling daughter Paris. Smiling brightly he then turned his attention to his youngest son Blanket, looking at the sleeping 5 year old, his eyes began to squint, although Blanket did look an awfully lot like himself there was something very familiar about this child. He couldn’t put his finger on it just yet but there was something about Blanket that reminded him about someone. Once they reached America and the children woke up Michael looked into the eyes of his youngest and he knew. “Nikki?” He whispered as he reached out for his 5 year old baby to come to him. Blanket ran into Michael’s arms screaming with excitement, “DADDYY!!!” Blanket cheered as he raced to Michael. Picking him up in his arms he held Blanket in his arms rocking him back and forth. “I love you so much Blanket, So much” Michael whispered to his son his arms still wrapped around him. Once the family was in their new home in Las Vegas Michael asked his children to go spend some time around the house seeing their new rooms and toys. Michael walked into his den, he sat at the desk where his book of phone numbers was, pulling out the book he opened it looking for Nikole’s number, he noticed there were many numbers missing. Michael looked very confused as he flipped through the pages and was unable to find the number he was looking for, he noticed many numbers were missing but that wasn’t his main concern at the moment. “Who would have…?” He questioned then shook his head, He picked up the black phone and looked around to see whom was around him, “the coast is clear” he said to himself as he called Nikole. “HEY! YOU’VE REACHED NIKOLE! I’M NOT IN RIGHT NOW….[laughter] I’LL BE BACK LATER…MAYBE? WELL LEAVE ME A MESSAGE AND I’LL TRY TO CALL YOU BACK OR SOMETHING [more laughter] OKAY BYE!!” was the message on Nikole’s answering machine, Michael sighed he didn’t want to leave a message, he wanted to talk to her. Hanging up he tried his sister La Toya, he looked through the book once more then noticed even her number was missing, “Who has done this? Who would do this to me?” Michael challenged as he looked to find his mother’s number, it was still there. A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he placed his hand above his heart. He dialed the number and spoke to his mother for what seemed like hours. Finally he asked “Mother have you guys spoken to Nikole while I was gone?” He asked softly thinking about how much needed her in his life. “Michael… no I haven’t, we haven’t not even Janet. Janet said she came to one of her shows in Los Angeles last year but she disappeared before she could go to speak with her, I am so sorry Michael…” His mother Katherine empathized. She knew her son was hurting and she knew Michael loved Nikole very much. Once the phone call ended he got up and looked through his filing cabinets. He found a file, one he had never seen before, opening the file he read over the documents that were signed 2-22-2001 by Nikole, Michael’s eyes widened as he read them over and over again, “You will not ask for custody, you will not ask for money you will leave the child and his new family alone” read the doucments over and over Michael couldn’t believe that Nikole would sign these. “Who would have made her sign these….” He began while flipping through the files suddenly his youngest son was at the door. “Daddy can I have some cupcake?” Blanket asked as he walked closer to his father. Michael glanced over his shoulder at his son and smiled. Softly running his hand down Blanket’s face Michael nodded his head. “Let’s go find out what is for supper first, afterwards you may have a cupcake son” Michael replied calmly taking Blanket’s hand in his walking out of the den and into the foyer area on their way to the kitchen.