Post by Chrissy on Dec 10, 2003 13:01:31 GMT -5
Two days after returning back to California Mimi was still depressed. She sat by the window watching the children outside laugh and play with their parents. She watched a younger couple, probably close to her age, trying to coax their baby into walking to them. She took a deep breath and swallowed the emotions that were tearing her up. She and Rex would never have that with their kids. She wasn't going to deny him his children or deny the twins of their father. She just wished they could have raised their children together. So much for Christmas wishes.
"Ring! Ring! Ring!" Mimi made a run for the phone so it wouldn't wake up Tony and Beth.
"Lockhart residence." She answered.
A male voice that made her heart do flips spoke. "Mimi. We have to talk."
"Why Rex? So you can feed me more lies? So you can tell me you love me? You're married. Obviously I didn't mean that much." Suddenly she heard the tiny wimpers of one of the babies. "Look the kids are awake I have to go. Goodbye Rex."
With a heavy heart she hung up the phone and raced up the stairs to figure out which twin was up. As she walked in the nursery she saw her son looking at her with a wide grin and she got tears in her eyes. He was so much like his father. She went over, picked him up and kissed his forehead. "Ok little man, let's change this wet diaper of your's"
She had just gotten his outfit snapped up when she heard the phone ring again. She quickly picked up Tony and dashed to her room. "Hello?" she answered breathlessly.
"Hey Meems. Are you busy?" Came the voice of her bubbly blonde best friend.
"Hey Belle. Not really, I just finished changing a diaper. Why? What's up?"
"Oh nothing. Do me a favor though. Go down stairs and open your front door."
"Uh mind if I ask why?" She asked, perplexed at the request.
Belle laughed, "Just go do it real quick."
Mimi was unsure of what was going on. "Um, ok. I'll call you back later." She hung up the phone and walked down the stairs with a gurgling Tony. She unlocked the front door and when she saw what was outside she threw the door open. "BELLE!!!!" She hugged her best friend. "What are you doing here?!"
"What? Can't an aunt come visit her niece and nephew?" She looked at Tony and held out her hands. "Come see Auntie Belle baby." She took him from Mimi and started kissing his face.
"Belle, chill with all the kisses, you're gonna turn my nephew into a girly boy." Came the voice of one Shawn Brady. "Hey Meems."
"Hey! Well you two get your butts in here." She stepped out of the way so Shawn and Belle could get in.
"Wow! This house is gorgeous Mimi." Belle looked around and saw the view of the ocean that Mimi had from a window in the kitchen.
Shawn whistled. "She's right. This house is amazing Meems."
Just then a shrill cry came from upstairs. "Coming Beth!" Mimi called but she was stopped by Shawn.
"I'll go. You and Belle have things to talk about." He dashed up the stairs. "Uncle Shawn's coming sweetie."
Belle and Mimi went to the living room and sat on the plush couch. Belle was making baby talk at Tony but once she sat down she got a serious look on her face. "Mimi we have to talk. It's about Rex."
Mimi looked away. "Can we please not talk about him right now? I really don't feel like discussing him or his wife at the moment."
"That's exactly it though Mimi. Something is going on there. He came over to see me yesterday and he doesn't remember getting married. He said the last thing he remembered was having dinner with her the night before. After that everything went black and when he woke up she said they were married."
The tone in Belle's voice told Mimi that something was definately wrong. "So has he told this to Jennifer."
Belle cringed at the girl's name. "Yea but she swears he knew what was going on. I'm telling you Meems, something just isn't right. Rex told me that he had been planning on going to dinner with you the next night. He even told me he still loved you. I just can't see him willingly marrying that... that... that horrible witch." She didn't want to cuss in front of the baby.
"I take it you're talking about Jennifer?" Shawn asked as he came in the room with Beth. "Sorry it took so long but apparently Beth here had a little present for her favorite uncle. At least I better be her favorite uncle after that."
Mimi laughed and looked at the sweet, innocent look her daughter was giving her. "Belle was just telling me how Rex says he doesn't remember the wedding."
"Yea, something's not right there. We all know Rex and I think we all know he would remember something like that. Plus, he's never been one to drink alot so I'm almost certain he wasn't drunk when the ceremony took place. I think he was drugged and I think I can prove it."
"So what does this all have to do with me?" Mimi asked. She was concerned about Rex but she didn't know where she fit in.
"We're here to take you home. You need to be in Salem. Your family needs you back in Salem and more importantly Rex needs you in Salem." Belle explained.
Mimi looked from Belle to Shawn. They were right. She did need to be there. There was only one thing that concerned her. "So is Jennifer dangerous? Would she try to come after the twins or me if she knew we were back in town?"
Belle glanced at Shawn, who nodded at her. "Well we have that covered." She started to explain. "We're not going to tell anyone you're back. You'll be staying at the penthouse with my parents. They know what's going on and dad's not happy to say the least. He has the ISA on alert and is trying to dig up anything he can on Jennifer."
"So do they know about the babies?"
Belle smiled. "Yes and they couldn't be happier. So are you coming home willingly or do we have to drag you?"
Mimi laughed. "Who wants to help me pack and change the kids?"
Mimi, Belle, and Shawn went to work. Mimi changed into warmer clothes, packed her suitcase and went to work getting the babies' bottles, formula and baby foods together. Belle and Shawn tag teamed the twins and within a few minutes had both of them in turtlenecks, one pink and one blue, matching jeans, white socks and baby tennis shoes. Belle even accessorized by putting a pink headband on Beth.
Mimi dashed in the room with a suitcase that she and Belle started filling with baby clothes and bath stuff. While they did that Shawn packed the large diaper bag with diapers, wipes, extra clothes, toys, the bottles and foods Mimi had brought up. He then found their carseats and buckled them both in.
"Ok is that everything?" He asked as he looked at the three bags that they were taking.
"Yea, I'll grab their bunting outfits and jackets. We can take them on the plane so we don't have to go through the suitcase to find them once we get there."
"Ok well I'll grab Beth, you take Tony and Shawn can take the bags. Let's go people." Belle instructed as she grabbed the carrier and headed downstairs.
Mimi locked the door once everyone was outside and as she walked to the awaiting car, silently hoped that the next time she came back here it would be with Rex by her side. Their plan was set in motion and nothing was gonna stop Mimi from finding out what had happened and making Jennifer pay for what she had done.
Meanwhile in Salem.......
Jennifer sat on the bed. Rex had already gone to work and she was now setting the second part of her plan into motion. She had just finished poking tiny holes through all of the condom wrappers when her watch sounded telling her it was time to take her pill. She grinned as she took the pill out of the container and then dropped it in the toilet. "Oops, I accidentally dropped my pill. Oh darn." She laughed as she flushed the toilet. "Oh Rex, soon we'll have our own family and you'll forget all about Mimi and those bastard children of her's."
"Ring! Ring! Ring!" Mimi made a run for the phone so it wouldn't wake up Tony and Beth.
"Lockhart residence." She answered.
A male voice that made her heart do flips spoke. "Mimi. We have to talk."
"Why Rex? So you can feed me more lies? So you can tell me you love me? You're married. Obviously I didn't mean that much." Suddenly she heard the tiny wimpers of one of the babies. "Look the kids are awake I have to go. Goodbye Rex."
With a heavy heart she hung up the phone and raced up the stairs to figure out which twin was up. As she walked in the nursery she saw her son looking at her with a wide grin and she got tears in her eyes. He was so much like his father. She went over, picked him up and kissed his forehead. "Ok little man, let's change this wet diaper of your's"
She had just gotten his outfit snapped up when she heard the phone ring again. She quickly picked up Tony and dashed to her room. "Hello?" she answered breathlessly.
"Hey Meems. Are you busy?" Came the voice of her bubbly blonde best friend.
"Hey Belle. Not really, I just finished changing a diaper. Why? What's up?"
"Oh nothing. Do me a favor though. Go down stairs and open your front door."
"Uh mind if I ask why?" She asked, perplexed at the request.
Belle laughed, "Just go do it real quick."
Mimi was unsure of what was going on. "Um, ok. I'll call you back later." She hung up the phone and walked down the stairs with a gurgling Tony. She unlocked the front door and when she saw what was outside she threw the door open. "BELLE!!!!" She hugged her best friend. "What are you doing here?!"
"What? Can't an aunt come visit her niece and nephew?" She looked at Tony and held out her hands. "Come see Auntie Belle baby." She took him from Mimi and started kissing his face.
"Belle, chill with all the kisses, you're gonna turn my nephew into a girly boy." Came the voice of one Shawn Brady. "Hey Meems."
"Hey! Well you two get your butts in here." She stepped out of the way so Shawn and Belle could get in.
"Wow! This house is gorgeous Mimi." Belle looked around and saw the view of the ocean that Mimi had from a window in the kitchen.
Shawn whistled. "She's right. This house is amazing Meems."
Just then a shrill cry came from upstairs. "Coming Beth!" Mimi called but she was stopped by Shawn.
"I'll go. You and Belle have things to talk about." He dashed up the stairs. "Uncle Shawn's coming sweetie."
Belle and Mimi went to the living room and sat on the plush couch. Belle was making baby talk at Tony but once she sat down she got a serious look on her face. "Mimi we have to talk. It's about Rex."
Mimi looked away. "Can we please not talk about him right now? I really don't feel like discussing him or his wife at the moment."
"That's exactly it though Mimi. Something is going on there. He came over to see me yesterday and he doesn't remember getting married. He said the last thing he remembered was having dinner with her the night before. After that everything went black and when he woke up she said they were married."
The tone in Belle's voice told Mimi that something was definately wrong. "So has he told this to Jennifer."
Belle cringed at the girl's name. "Yea but she swears he knew what was going on. I'm telling you Meems, something just isn't right. Rex told me that he had been planning on going to dinner with you the next night. He even told me he still loved you. I just can't see him willingly marrying that... that... that horrible witch." She didn't want to cuss in front of the baby.
"I take it you're talking about Jennifer?" Shawn asked as he came in the room with Beth. "Sorry it took so long but apparently Beth here had a little present for her favorite uncle. At least I better be her favorite uncle after that."
Mimi laughed and looked at the sweet, innocent look her daughter was giving her. "Belle was just telling me how Rex says he doesn't remember the wedding."
"Yea, something's not right there. We all know Rex and I think we all know he would remember something like that. Plus, he's never been one to drink alot so I'm almost certain he wasn't drunk when the ceremony took place. I think he was drugged and I think I can prove it."
"So what does this all have to do with me?" Mimi asked. She was concerned about Rex but she didn't know where she fit in.
"We're here to take you home. You need to be in Salem. Your family needs you back in Salem and more importantly Rex needs you in Salem." Belle explained.
Mimi looked from Belle to Shawn. They were right. She did need to be there. There was only one thing that concerned her. "So is Jennifer dangerous? Would she try to come after the twins or me if she knew we were back in town?"
Belle glanced at Shawn, who nodded at her. "Well we have that covered." She started to explain. "We're not going to tell anyone you're back. You'll be staying at the penthouse with my parents. They know what's going on and dad's not happy to say the least. He has the ISA on alert and is trying to dig up anything he can on Jennifer."
"So do they know about the babies?"
Belle smiled. "Yes and they couldn't be happier. So are you coming home willingly or do we have to drag you?"
Mimi laughed. "Who wants to help me pack and change the kids?"
Mimi, Belle, and Shawn went to work. Mimi changed into warmer clothes, packed her suitcase and went to work getting the babies' bottles, formula and baby foods together. Belle and Shawn tag teamed the twins and within a few minutes had both of them in turtlenecks, one pink and one blue, matching jeans, white socks and baby tennis shoes. Belle even accessorized by putting a pink headband on Beth.
Mimi dashed in the room with a suitcase that she and Belle started filling with baby clothes and bath stuff. While they did that Shawn packed the large diaper bag with diapers, wipes, extra clothes, toys, the bottles and foods Mimi had brought up. He then found their carseats and buckled them both in.
"Ok is that everything?" He asked as he looked at the three bags that they were taking.
"Yea, I'll grab their bunting outfits and jackets. We can take them on the plane so we don't have to go through the suitcase to find them once we get there."
"Ok well I'll grab Beth, you take Tony and Shawn can take the bags. Let's go people." Belle instructed as she grabbed the carrier and headed downstairs.
Mimi locked the door once everyone was outside and as she walked to the awaiting car, silently hoped that the next time she came back here it would be with Rex by her side. Their plan was set in motion and nothing was gonna stop Mimi from finding out what had happened and making Jennifer pay for what she had done.
Meanwhile in Salem.......
Jennifer sat on the bed. Rex had already gone to work and she was now setting the second part of her plan into motion. She had just finished poking tiny holes through all of the condom wrappers when her watch sounded telling her it was time to take her pill. She grinned as she took the pill out of the container and then dropped it in the toilet. "Oops, I accidentally dropped my pill. Oh darn." She laughed as she flushed the toilet. "Oh Rex, soon we'll have our own family and you'll forget all about Mimi and those bastard children of her's."
