Back to the Start (Book 3 of the "Fearless" series) [Completed]

Chapter 20 - Long Way From Happiness

August 22nd, 2013
East Rutherford, NJ

[Emmileigh]

Bags were packed.

I'd spent the night repacking a bunch of clothes, rearranging mine and the kids cases and going over everything in my head. We had just over a week left of the US tour before we headed overseas.

And I wasn't even sure me and the kids were going to stay on the tour.

Donnie hadn't come back. That much I knew. Where he stayed? I had no idea, and at that moment I didn't care.

To me, our marriage seemed to be over already. He thought I was a selfish jealous bitch. He compared me to Kim.

Did I want to be married to someone who would throw that in my face every time things got tough?

"Emmi? Logan spit up his breakfast.. and he's playing with it."

I looked up at Elijah and sighed. I climbed off the bed and followed him out into the living area of the suite. Sure enough, Logan was on his front, playing with the chunks of his baby food breakfast.

"Ugh.. gross Logan." I picked him up and grabbed the wipes, cleaning him up.

"Where's dad?"

I laid Logan back on his front and turned to Elijah. "Honestly? I don't know.."

Elijah sighed. "Are you and dad gonna break up like him and my mom did?"

I patted the floor beside me, making Elijah sit down. I honestly didn't know what to say, so I pulled him close, hugging him. "I love you, you know that?" I felt him nod and smiled.

"Then don't worry about anything. I love you, and your dad loves you."

We hugged, watching the babies play, but we jumped apart when the door swung open to the room, making us both turn around.

Donnie stumbled in, obviously looking like he'd been out all night. He shut the door and walked right past us and into the bedroom, slamming the door shut.

I sighed before looking at the kids.

I needed to make a decision. And I needed to do it. Today.

[/Emmileigh]

[Karsyn]

I went to sleep kind of depressed, thinking about how sad Emmileigh was, and Nick and I talked a lot. Emmileigh was right, everything was rushed. Granted Nick and I didn't rush into stuff as fast as Emmileigh and Donnie did, but I didn't want us to start arguing about things like they had, especially after the baby comes.

I sat on the sofa, eating some of the leftover cupcakes when I heard my phone go off. I looked over and smiled, seeing it was Sarah.

I'm downstairs in the lobby!

"Nick, watch Haley, Sarah's here!" I shouted out as I grabbed my keycard and ran out of the room. I practically leaped to the elevator and pressing the lobby floor.

As soon as the elevator door opened, I saw Sarah standing there. She had lost a little weight probably from all the long hours at the magazine.

"Oh my God, you are showing!" she said as we hugged. "Now where is AJ so I can take him off your hands?"

"Come on, I'll take you to your master," I laughed as we headed to the elevator. His room was just down from ours. "Hopefully seeing you will cheer him up. And we need you to scope out this Lucie bitch."

"I'd be happy to," she said as we stepped off the elevator. I went to turn left to take Sarah to AJ's room when she tugged on my arm pointing down towards our rooms. "Someone got laid...."

There stood Lucie with her back to us and a sheet wrapped around her, kissing on someone. We started walking down the hallway. If it was Donnie, Alma wouldn't have anymore grandchildren from that son because I would cut his pecker off.

"Have you no fucking class?!" I shouted as she turned around to look at me and I froze seeing who she was kissing.

AJ.

"Sarah?!?" AJ shouted staring at her. "What are you... Wait... It's not what it looks like!"

"Surprise," Sarah said softly as Emmileigh's door opened and she looked out. Sarah immediately walked into Emmileigh's suite and I glared at Lucie and AJ.

"I brought her out here to surprise you and...." I said, looking at AJ and then at Lucie. "Lucie... You know longer teach Haley. I don't want her learning from a conniving whore," I said, walking over to Emmileigh's suite to get Sarah, bringing her to my and Nick's suite because I had a feeling Emmileigh was about to have a few words with her herself.

"You're one to talk about being a whore," Lucie spat back, causing me to look at her. Sarah grabbed my arm, practically pulling me into the suite and slammed the door shut.

"No, you're pregnant, I know you want to cut her..."

"Do you see?" I asked as Sarah looked away as if she was going to cry.

"What's going on?" Nick asked, walking out of the bedroom. He looked at Sarah and then looked at me.

Then we heard AJ yell something outside.

[/Karsyn]