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Post by luisismine on Aug 10, 2007 16:52:49 GMT -5
I'm so loving this.It's really but so wonderful at the same time.I'm such a smuck that I had tears in my eyes when Timmy went to see Julian. Can't wait for more of this wonderful story.
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Post by tinka♥belle on Aug 15, 2007 12:25:14 GMT -5
I'm so loving this.It's really but so wonderful at the same time.I'm such a smuck that I had tears in my eyes when Timmy went to see Julian. Can't wait for more of this wonderful story. You & me both We are just big babies. And we demand more. lol I love this story, it was great Eve finally telling Simone & Whitney where to stick it. Wonderfully written.
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Post by srhrobin on Jan 2, 2008 17:03:31 GMT -5
P.S. Sorry this took so long. I've been applying to go back to college, and I've been really busy.
Chapter Seven
Eve showed Marlena some of Harmony's attractions. However, after a little while, Eve's back couldn't take the walking anymore, so they got a booth at the lobster shack and had some lunch.
"Harmony's a lovely town," Marlena told Eve as they were having their meal.
Eve smiled "Yes, I like it."
"How long have you lived in Harmony for?"
"Most of my adult life. I moved here while I was finishing up medical school. I did my internship at Harmony Hospital and stayed ever since."
"Wow, that's a long time."
"Yes it is." Eve dabbed her hands with her napkins, and then set it in her lap and then folded her hands in front of her on the table. "So where have you been staying?" she asked Marlena.
"At this bed and breakfast called Grace's B&B."
"Oh that's my best friend Grace Bennett's B&B."
"Really, small world."
"Yes it is." Eve tried to hide her sadness when she heard Grace's name. It broke her heart thinking about how much Grace now hated her. So she put on a smile, and willed herself not to think about it for the moment.
"My husband John is going to be joining me here in a couple of weeks," said Marlena.
"Oh that will be nice," Eve said. "So how long have you lived in Salem for?"
"Most of my adult life too."
"Do you have any children?"
"Yes, I have three children actually. They're all grown now. My oldest are Eric and Samantha, their twins, and they're from a previous marriage. And my ex-husband Roman has a daughter, Carrie, who I pretty much raised and still think of her as my daughter. Then John and I have a daughter together, Belle. Then John has a son from a previous marriage, Brady. Then I have two grandchildren. Will, he's Sami's son, he's a teenager now. And then my daughter Belle has a baby girl about a year ago, and her name's Claire."
"That's nice, you have a little granddaughter."
"Yeah I'm crazy about her." Marlena pulled a picture from her purse of little baby Claire and showed it to Eve. "Here she is."
"Oh she's so cute," Eve cooed.
"Thank you. I think so too," Marlena said beaming with her Grandma pride.
"I'm crazy about my grandson, Miles too." Eve pulled a picture of Miles of her purse and showed it to Marlena.
"Oh he's adorable." Marlena smiled at his picture.
"Thanks. I know."
"How old is he now?"
"He's one. He has me wrapped around his little finger."
"Claire has me wrapped around her little finger too."
Both women put their picture of their grandchildren away, and the waiter came to take there dishes, leaving Eve and Marlena to their conversation.
"So Roman is he the guy who abused you?" Eve asked Marlena.
"Oh, no, no. Roman's a good man," Marlena answered. "The guy who abused me is a different guy."
"I see." Eve could tell whoever man was, that Marlena despised him.
"So how have you been since I last saw you?" Marlena said feeling considered about her new friend.
"I'm okay. Just hanging in there. I stayed home from work until today, and I'm still pretty sore from the beating."
"I'll bet. Has T.C. tried to get in contact with you?
"Yeah, he kept calling me on my cell phone, so I just dodged his calls and then I changed my number."
"That was good thinking."
"Whitney and Simone came into my office today. Apparently, T.C. told them that I left him without any noticed and didn't tell him that I was leaving."
"Unbelievable." Marlena shook her head. She couldn't believe what a jerk T.C. sounded like. She couldn't imagine how Eve was able to put up with someone like that for twenty years.
"I know. Then Whitney lashed out at me again for my past sins, and for what I did to Sam and Grace, and her current problems with Chad."
"Why what's going on with that?"
"Whitney thinks Chad's cheating on her, and now she blames me because she thinks if I had just told the truth Chad and she would have never thought we were half brother and sister, she would have never have joined the convent and he would have never hooked up with some other woman."
"What? That's ridiculous." Marlena felt sorry for Eve having to put up with a family like hers.
"I know. Well today, I finally stood up to both of them for the way they treated me, and told them off."
"That's great. How did it feel to do that?"
"Fantastic! It felt like a weight was lifted off me."
"Good for you. How did they respond?
"They just stood with their mouths open. You know, I think for the first time in two years I really feel angry at them. I'm angry for how they treated me, I'm angry that they don't love me, and I'm angry that they don't have any remorse."
"Well you should be angry."
"I told them that if they didn't love and only tolerated me that I no longer wanted anything to do with them. And the truth is I meant it." Eve looked sad as she said this.
Marlena gently put her hand on Eve's forearm. "That's perfectly understandable," she coaxed. "I don't think most mothers would have had the same kind of patience you had."
"I know." Eve nodded in agreement. Marlena pulled her hand back from Eve's arm. "Do you know what you're going to do now?" asked Marlena.
"With Whitney and Simone? I don't know. I am thinking about leaving Harmony though."
"How come?"
"Too many memories of Julian. Although if I do move to another town and I don't know if I can get another job as a doctor, after what I did to the Bennetts."
"Have you heard anything from the medical board yet?"
"No. I still have my job and I haven't heard anything from the medical board. Whatever happens I'm just going to accept it."
"You know if you tell them how Ivy blackmailed you, they might just suspend your license for six months."
"I'm not taking the easy way out on this one. I'm just going to take whatever they give, because that's what I deserve."
"You're not the one who brought the imposter to town. That was Ivy. Besides you said she threatened you more than once."
"It doesn't excuse what I did," Eve stated. "I talked to Grace on the phone recently while she was still in Italy. I told her what happened and she was furious with me." Eve hung her head in shame. "She said she'd never forgive and I don't blame her."
"She was upset, I'm sure that once she calms down she'll forgive you."
"I hope so. She deserved a better friend than me."
Marlena put her hand on Eve's forearm again and looked her in the eye. "You're a wonderful person, and a wonderful doctor. I heard them rave about you at the hospital, saying what a good doctor you are, and how you care about your patients and your employees. I know things are hard for you now, but they can get better. Really. I've gone through some really hard things too, and let me tell you they can and will get better."
"Thank you," Eve said giving Marlena a grateful smile.
"What have you gone through if you don't mind me asking?
"No, it's all right. It's just that I don't know if you'll believe it."
"Honey, after living in Harmony, I'll believe anything."
"Okay, then I'll tell you."
Marlena then proceeded to tell Eve her life story.
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Post by srhrobin on Jan 2, 2008 17:05:30 GMT -5
Chapter Eight (Part One)
Back at the Compound, Julian was sitting at his table and reading a book. Since he had been at the Compound, reading had been how he learned to pass the time, to keep himself from dying of boredom. So far he had read almost all of the books on the shelf. Somehow, that afternoon, reading wasn't helping his nerves, so he got up and went to looked out the window. He leaned his left forearm against the glass, while he stood up and leaned his head against his forearm.
It had two days since he saw T.C. beat Eve on the monitors, and since then the monitors had been blank. Julian definitely thought that was strange. For four months Alistair seemed adamant that Julian see everything that was going on in Harmony. If Timmy hadn't had visited him a couple of days ago telling him that everything would be okay, and that he was going to look after Eve and his family, Julian would be on the verge of panic with worry. However, now he knew they would be safe with Timmy, and he could take comfort in that.
Actually, since Timmy's visit, Julian was feeling a lot better, than he had been since he was kidnapped. He now had hope that he would get out of this hell hole, and be with Eve again. Julian sighed with a heavy heart. "Oh Eve, how I miss you,” he said out loud. "Please believe that I love you my darling." He hated thinking of what Eve had to go through with that horrible imposter. The way he treated he was horrible. Julian wasn't usually a violent person, but now he wanted to hurt the people who wrong him and the people he loved more than anything, most of all T.C.. Julian was still furious with T.C. for beating up Eve. He shuddered to think what could have happened to her. All Julian knew now that he was certain that he was going to make T.C. pay for what he did to her. He wasn't used to being the one who was doing the beating when it came to T.C.; however he was looking forwarded to it. For the past couple of days, he had actually been doing push ups, to get ready for when he attacked him. The only other time when he attacked T.C., was the night when their past was exposed. Before that night, he had imagined what T.C. would do to him if he ever learned the truth. However, he never imagined he would want to kill T.C. at the same time. Before that night, even though Julian and T.C. had had their differences over the years, a part of him respected T.C., and he had to admit he was even jealous of him. T.C. had been a better tennis player than Julian; he had Eve, and a loving family. That all ended that night. He felt sorry for T.C., and began to loathe him for the way he treated Eve. He hated the way T.C. had treated Whitney and Simone as well. T.C. had no right to berate Simone for being gay, or to push Whitney to be a tennis player, when she wanted to be a singer instead. Now Julian's loathing for T.C. had tripled in size. He could only imagine what Eve was going through now that T.C. attacked her. She must be so sad and alone. It killed him that he couldn't be there for her now, to help her get through this and to protect her.
One of the things that got to Julian the most was that the last time he saw Eve, they had a fight. He hated himself for getting upset with her. He should have realized that Eve was tending to T.C. out of misguided guilt, not because she was falling back in love with him or to hurt Julian. If Julian had been smarter he would have just gently shown Eve that she didn't have to play nurse maid to T.C.. If he had known that it would be the last time he would see her, he would have at least told her how much he loved her, and how much she meant to him. Instead, he choose to fight with her. Now all he wanted to do was hold her.
Julian sat down in the window seat, and continued to stare out the window. The stir craziness was eating him alive. Being locked up in one room for four months was torture for him. He was sick and tired of being in the same room, and he was desperate for some fresh air. In the beginning of his captivity, he had asked the guards if they could let him go outside just for some exercise. He even suggested that one of the guards could supervise him so he couldn't escape, but they refused. He remember when he was in school, learning about the Nazi Holocaust, and hearing about some Jews were forced into hiding from protect themselves from the Nazis. He also remembered hearing about how Anne Frank and her family hide in an annex, where her father used to work. For two years they were forced to remain indoors. He wondered how they managed it. However, they had people there to talk to, and weren't forced into complete isolation like he was. Of course, in their case, they were desperate not to be found, unlike him was desperate to be found. Not to mention the alternative for the Jews during that time was far worse at time, going to concentration camps. When Julian thought of how those poor people were tortured; having their hair chopped off, working long hours, being denied food and sleep, beaten, and gassed and worse; somehow his prison didn't look so bad. He remembered his teacher telling his class, how the concentration camp victims couldn't give up for a second, if they wanted to survive. Maybe if he could look to their example, he could survive this too.
If one thing that being at the Compound that taught him was that life was short. You should never take anything or anyone for granted. He had already taken so much for granted in his life. All those years ago, he took Eve for granted. Then he took his life for granted when Alistair forced them to break up. Then for years he took his family for granted. Since being at the Compound, he thought about his children and how much he loved them and how badly he felt that he hadn't been a better father to them. Seeing Alistair torture them on the monitors was unbearable, and he felt terrible that he couldn't be there to protect them. He decided when he got out of here, he would make a mends with his children and be a better father to them. Then he would spend the rest of his life to try to make up for not being there for them.
Julian had hoped he would have got the chance to a father to Little Ethan, but it looked as if it wasn't going to be possible now. Maybe it was for the best. Little Ethan had always been closer to Ethan, so it wouldn't be so painful for the little fellow. Still it didn't make the pain any easier for Julian. Losing Little Ethan was like losing Ethan all over again. Julian had felt horrible about they way he had treated Ethan when the truth about his paternity came out. If only Julian had let himself be swayed by Alistair, he wouldn't have treated Ethan the way he did. He didn't care about biology, in his heart Ethan and Little Ethan would always be his sons.
Then there was his little daughter Endora. She was so cute and so sweet. She already had her Daddy wrapped around her little finger. The last time he saw his angel, was when he had stopped by Tabitha's house to give her a balloon. He missed his baby girl. It made him furious seeing the imposter worm up to her. If that character hurt Endora in anyway, Julian would kill him. When Julian got back to Harmony he decided he would tell Eve about Endora. He wanted to respect Tabitha's wishes about keeping Endora's paternity a secret, but he felt that Eve had a right to know. Maybe now, Tabitha would let him have visitation rights of Endora. He loved to think about spending time with Endora. Eve and him could take care of her and take her places, it would be so wonderful. Julian knew Eve was going to be a wonderful stepmother to Endora.
Eve was so wonderful with children and a wonderful mother, as well. It was one of the many things Julian loved about her. She was so loving, gentle, and nurturing with children and with her daughters. He could never understand how Whitney and Simone could say that Eve wasn't a good mother, just because she lied about her past. He liked Whitney and Simone, and cared for both of them, just as Eve did for his children. However, he thought the way Eve's daughters had treated her since Liz had exposed their past was horrible. They owed her an apology for the way they behave after their past came out, especially Whitney. Whitney may have been hurt by thinking that Chad was her brother, but that was not Eve's fault. Whitney needed to grow up and realize that Eve was a victim in that situation just as much as she was. He knew it wasn't completely the girls fault, given the fact how T.C. influenced them. Whitney and Simone were lovely young women, just like their mother, but they had their father's stubbornness, unfortunately. Julian hadn't said anything to Eve about how he felt about Whitney and Simone's treatment towards to Eve before, because he didn't want to make matters worse for her. Now he wasn't sure that was the right thing. Maybe if he had said something Eve would have seen what a cad T.C. is. Then Eve would have put some distance between herself and T.C., wouldn't have felt guilty about his accident. If Julian had had any idea that T.C. would have beaten Eve, he would have intervened a long time ago. By the time Julian was done with T.C., he was going to be wishing that car accident had killed him.
Just then Julian heard someone unlock the door from the other side. He figured it must be 'Satin,' the head guard at the compound. 'Satin,' was what Julian called the head guard in his head. Satin, was a large Turkish guard who was very cold and nasty. Julian thought he must have got his training from the Gestapo. He could tell why Alistair hired 'Satin' to make sure he didn't escape. Personally he thought Satin and Liz would make a good pair given the fact that they were both meaner than rattle snakes. The door opened and it wasn't Satin. It was Spike, the other bane of his existence.
"Well, hello there. Top of the morning to ya." Spike said with a big smirk on his face. "And how is our prisoner today?"
Julian hadn't seen Spike since he saw him tried to rape Fancy in the mineshaft, on the monitors. Now that Julian saw him, he felt all his rage come back to him for what Spike had done to his daughter. "You bastard!" Julian yelled as he got up. He grabbed Spike by the collar and pushed him up against the wall.
"Hey, what's the matter with you?" Spike asked defensively.
"You tried to rape my daughter and left her for dead, you psychopath."
"Hey, I do not know what you're talking about!" Spike was trying to feign his innocence.
"Don't play dumb with me Man. I saw what you did in the mineshaft to my little girl. And I'm going to kill you for it." Julian latched his hands around Spike's neck, trying to strangle him. However, Spike pushed him down to the floor instead, causing Julian to land on his bottom.
"Hey, you don't want to mess with me man!," Spike said shaking his finger at Julian. "Remember who you're dealing with."
Julian stood up and rubbed his tailed bone. "No, you remember who you're dealing with. And now I'll say it again, YOU TRIED TO RAPE AND KILL MY DAUGHTER!!!"
Spike put his palms together, and made his face look really innocent. Then he began to talk like a baby, “Hey, I didn't want to kill her but she would have turned me in. And I just wanted to have some fun with her."
Julian felt the father lion in him get enraged ever more, as he heard Spike talk about Fancy that way. How dare Spike defile his little girl, then make light of it! He was not going to let his psycho get away with this. Julian put his hands on his hips and looked at Spike with venom in his eyes and said, “Don't you dare talk about my little girl like that," Julian yelled. “You had no right to hurt her like that. And in the code of fathers, what you did to her earns me the right TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOU." Julian lounged at Spike again grabbing his neck again, trying to squeeze the air out of his lungs. Spike tried to pull Julian's hands off of his neck, but Julian's grip was too tight. So he pushed Julian away again, causing Julian to almost lose his balance this time. Then Spike took out his knife out and pointed it at Julian.
"Hey, I ain't telling you again!" Spike said in a no nonsense voice, motioning to his knife.
Julian knew he wasn't going to be able to kill Spike today, if he had his knife out. So he took a deep breathe and decided to use the only weapon he had for now - threats. Julian put his hands on his hips, and looked at Spike straight in the eye and said, “You ever go near my daughter again, I'll kill you."
"Yeah, who’s going to stop me, Daddy?" Spikes said stressing the title.
"Don't mess with me Spike," Julian snarled.
"No, you don't mess with me," he countered.
"I mean it Spike. You stay the hell away from Fancy, Eve, and the rest of my family. And while you're at it, next time you see the imposter tell him that I said to do the same. Then I want to you drop a message to T.C. Russell, as a personal favor for me, and tell him to stay away from Eve, and that I'm a going to kill him."
"Hey, I ain't your personal messenger service Man. You want to tell them that, go mailed them a letter." "Oh that's right, you can't send it," he quipped. "Then everyone would know where you are."
Julian gritted his teeth. Spike was as obnoxious as he was evil. "You are not going to get away with this," Julian said to him in a low voice. "I am Julian Crane, one of the most powerful men in the world. I will destroy you."
"You can't destroy me," he replied. He had a big smirk on his face. "You have no power no more. You're Daddy kidnapped you and no one knows where you are. Poor baby."
"Yeah, well we'll just see about that," Julian said defensively. Then he began to scoff. "You know, I'll never understand why Sam Bennett hasn't carved you up by now. Because if you did to my girls, what you did to Jessica Bennett, I'd crucify you."
"Oh don't you go playing holier than thou with me Pal," shaking his finger at Julian. "From what I understand years ago, you did the same thing to the good lady doctor there."
"Oh no, no, no," Julian countered defensively. "I never pimped Eve out, and I certainly never treated her the way you treated Jessica. I love her. I always have and I always will. And if it hadn't been for my father we would have been together."
"Well talk about de ja vu." With that Spike left the room.
Julian shook his head in disgust. He had grown to loathe Spike just as much as Sam did. Since Julian had been at the compound, Spike usually went back and forth between Harmony and the compound. Now it looked like he was back again. 'What happened?' Julian thought sarcastically. 'Was raping women not enough for him anymore?' At least Jessica wouldn't have to deal with him for the time being. Poor Sam,' Julian thought. 'It must be awful for him to have to put up with Spike as his son-in-law.' As a father, Julian could relate to Sam's anger towards Spike. Watching Spike try to rape Fancy in the mineshaft had been the most devastating thing he saw on the monitors, next to watching T.C. beating up Eve. Julian cried like a baby the whole time. He tried to get Satan to call Spike to get him away from Fancy, just like he did with Eve. However, Satin said no, so it didn't work. So he just prayed really hard, and thankfully Fancy was saved.
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Post by srhrobin on Jan 2, 2008 17:10:03 GMT -5
Chapter Nine (Part Two) Julian sat back down in the window seat. Thinking about the Bennetts reminded me of he learned, about Ivy hiring David Hasting to pose as Grace's first husband so she could have Sam all to herself, on the monitors. Not to mention that Ivy had blackmailed Eve to go along with it. That was definitely a surprise for him. It had been Halloween night, and another day in hell for him. Earlier that day, it had the disturbing pleasure of watching Rebecca with the imposter in his office having one of their sex games and the imposter trying to turn Fox into a true Crane. Later that night, he had been sitting in his room worrying about Fox with the imposter and the screen on the monitors came on again "What do they want me to see now?" Julian said rolling his eyes. He was getting tried of watching his life being destroyed and feeling helpless to stop it. He grudgingly sat on the edge of the bed to watch what was going on. The screen flashed to the Bennett's house. He watched Fox and Miguel get into it with each other. Then he saw Ivy go into the kitchen to get the stain out of her dress. " Dang Miguel. He's ruined my dress. Ok, there must be a book around here to tell me how to get the stain out. Oh, let's see what Martha has to say."Then he saw Eve walk in the back door. He smiled when he saw her. She looked so beautiful, as always. He missed her so much, it felt unbearable to him. "Hello, Ivy. "
"Eve, what are you doing here?"
"I need to speak to Sam."
"What about?"
"Jessica missed her therapy session."
"Oh. Well, now may not be the best time. Sam's in the living room. He's really upset. Jessica and Spike have moved out and we have no idea where they are." Julian shook her head in disgust at Spike. The man was a sociopath. Julian felt sorry for Sam and Jessica having to put up with Spike. He could empathize. Spike was certainly doing everything he could to make Julian's life a living hell. "You mean she's out there with Spike?"
"Yes. And she's working the streets again."
"God, Sam must just be so devastated."
"Yes, he is. He's devastated. We're all devastated. And now on top of everything else, we're getting married right away. And my dress has a stain on it. All right. Well, Martha says some seltzer or baking soda and a little lemon juice."
"I can't believe that you're going through with this, Ivy."
"What? Marrying Sam? You know it's what I've always wanted."
"I know. I also know what you did to -- to get him away from his wife." "Ivy did something to get Sam away from Grace?" Julian asked out load. "Please -- ancient history. Just drop it."
"Ivy, won't you please learn from my experience? Secrets always come out."
"My secret is safe."
"Do you know why I think my life really went all to hell? Because I helped you to manipulate Sam. Bad karma." "Wait a minute," Julian said trying to figure out what they were talking about. "Ivy did something to get Sam away from Grace, and Eve helped her? No, no, no. There is no way Eve would willingly do something like that, and certainly not to her best friend." "Oh, please, Eve, stop being a drama queen. Just help me get this stain out."
"I helped you to keep your secret, Ivy. I'll be damned if I'm going to help you get a stain out of your dress. Frankly, I think that it's fate telling you that you are not supposed to marry Sam." Julian could tell by the way Eve looked and sounded, that she was angry at Ivy for whatever Ivy had Eve helped her with. Eve did tell him once that Ivy had blackmailed her into doing something but wouldn't tell him what it was. "This must be what they're talking about, but what is it?" "You are being ridiculous, Eve. The stain on my dress is because Miguel and Fox were fighting. It has nothing to do with fate."
"Miguel and Fox were fighting? Was that over Kay?"
"Yes. Apparently Miguel has decided he wants to be with Kay. Personally, if I were Fox, I'd just let her go. But it's none of my business. Anyway, this stain has nothing to do with fate."
"Do you think that maybe everything that we -- that we do is maybe just meant to be?" "Eve's talking about herself isn't she?" Julian said sadly. He was beginning to see more and more every day that Eve was not happy with T.C., and was missing him, just as he was missing her. He knew she was putting on an act, to hide the pain she was feeling. It broke his heart to see her like this, especially when she didn't know that the Julian she was dealing with was a fraud. "Oh, like my ex-husband divorcing Rebecca so he could be with you and then you dumping him so you can go back to your ex-husband. That was all just fate?" "Oh that was a lot of things, but it certainly wasn't fate!" Julian exclaimed. "Maybe." "Oh Eve if only you knew the truth," Julian said sadly as he hung his head. All of this was all too heart breaking for him. "Please, Eve, you're beginning to sound like Theresa. No, no. I don't buy into all this metaphysical nonsense."
"And you're probably right, Ivy. You know, because there's lots of people who'd have thought Grace leaving Sam to go back to her first husband was fated. You and I both know that that was all your doing." "All right well what was it?" Julian was getting impatient now. He wanted to know what this secret was. "Well, and it all worked out, didn't it? I'm with the man I love. You're with your husband. Wow, the only loser I can see in this picture is poor Julian.""Gees Ivy do you have to rub it in?" he quiped to her. "But T.C. had a stroke. He needed me to take care of him." "T.C. needed a lot of things but he certainly didn't need anybody to take care of him." "No, Eve, he needed a full-time nurse, not a doctor working night and day. Admit it, Eve. You went back to T.C. out of guilt."
"All right, Ivy, unlike you, I have a conscience. It must be just pure bliss going around without one.""I knew it, she still loves me. She just doesn't know the truth." "Well, we all make decisions that we have to live with for the rest of our lives. And you, in my opinion, have made some really ones. You were a fool to give up on Julian -- who adores you and is one of the richest men in the world -- to take care of an invalid." "Don't blame Eve, it's not her fault. She doesn't know what's really going on." "It's T.C., Ivy. I couldn't just turn my back on him, could I?""I knew it; she never fell back in love with him. It was her guilt talking. Only T.C. took advantage of her." "Well -- well, I hope you're happy, Eve. I really do. I don't wish you any ill will."
"Thanks, Ivy. So what am I supposed to say now? Good luck with your marriage? When I know that you tricked Sam into it?""All right will somebody tell me what happened?" "I didn't trick him into proposing to me. That was his own idea."
"Please, Ivy. Sam and Grace had a wonderful marriage. And then you hired a man to pretend he was Grace's first husband. And she couldn't tell the difference because she'd had amnesia." "Oh my God!" Julian exclaimed now that he knew what the secret was. He shot right up from his seat. "Ivy, you didn't! I knew you wanted Sam back, but I never thought you'd go this far. And Eve helped her? I knew Ivy blackmailed Eve with her past before." Then Julian paused for a moment realizing Ivy must have blackmailed Eve about her past with him. He couldn't believe it. Then shook his head back and forth, “No, no, no there is way Eve would give in that quickly. I know her. Ivy had the Crane power at the time, maybe be threatened Eve's life or Whitney and Simone's life, after she blackmailed Eve about their past." He did remember hearing about Whitney being drugged at a dance around that time when David Hastings’s first came to town. Maybe Ivy did that to get Eve to do her bidding." "Ok, look. Grace is having the time of her life in Europe with David and their beautiful son. She's fine."
"And what if David decides to tell Grace the truth one day?"
"David can't tell the truth, because David faces jail time if he does. No, Grace is staying where she is. I'm going to marry the man I love and we're going to grow old together. And no one can stop us."
"I could. All I'd have to do is walk right in there, tell Sam the whole truth."
"You are not going to tell Sam anything. Don't you get it? I will do whatever I have to do to keep Sam. I will lie, I will cheat, I will ruin your reputation. I would revoke your medical license. I will kill you, if I have to, to keep Sam.""And now I'm sure of it," Julian sneered as he fold his arms across his chest. Julian couldn't believe it. His poor Eve, what she must have gone through all this time. The guilt she must have felt. It must of have been torture for her. "Now, Ivy, put down the knife, because you cannot marry the chief of police if you're in jail."
"Please, Eve, please, please, please just leave it alone. Grace isn't coming back, ok? She's gone. She's never coming back. And I -- I love Sam. And we are going to be the happiest couple on the face of the earth. I promise I'll make him happy. Please."
"I seriously doubt that, Ivy." At that moment, Julian just stood there in shock. "Ivy, you b*tch, I'm going to kill you," he sneered at her. Then before he knew it, he saw Kay confessing to everyone that she knew about what Ivy had done. Julian felt devastated. He slowly paced around the room aimlessly for a little bit and then he stopped and leaned his back up against the wall adjacent to the door. He was completely baffled by the whole thing. He could not believe that Ivy would do something like this. He had not been this furious with Ivy since he learned about her lying to him about Ethan being her son. How dare Ivy blackmail Eve the way she did! Eve didn't deserve that kind of pain. Then Julian slowly slid to the floor and sat down with his knees in front of him. 'My poor Eve,' he thought. He couldn't deny what Eve did was wrong, and he wasn't thrilled that she had done it. However, he wasn't angry or upset with her. He knew better than anyone, what it was like to be up against a Crane. All of his life, Alistair had threatened Julian the same way. He also remembered how kind and understanding Eve was about his past sins, and still loved him unconditionally. He would do that same for her. Julian thought it seemed like a crazy twist of fate, that here he was being held captive and he learned about this. He should have been back in Harmony, standing by Eve while she was going through this. She needed him, and he couldn't be there for her. It wasn't right. For the rest of the night, Julian watched the rest of the Bennett's learn Ivy's secret. He didn't feel sorry for Ivy one bit. If anything he thought the Bennetts were letting her off easy. The only thing he worried about was Eve, and what was going to happened to her. He understood that Sam and Grace would be angry at her, but Eve was not the culprit in these mess. She certainly did not deserve to be made out to look like she was or to lose her job or her license. Later that night he saw Eve and Ivy at the blue note talking and the imposter came over to them. If Julian would have been there he would have given it to that creep for the way he talked to Eve. "But you, Eve? God, I am so shocked. You cast yourself as someone in between Florence Nightingale and Mother Teresa. You parade around here like a paragon of virtue. You even preached to me about, "oh, Julian, you've changed, you've regressed to the bad Julian I thought was gone forever". The hypocrisy. Well, I suppose thank God for that. I mean, it's what makes life interesting." "Hey, don't take to her like that!" Julian yelled at the imposter through the screen. "Julian, please,” Eve begged to the imposter."Hypocrisy! I should practice that, because, you know, the one thing I'm not is a hypocrite. I'm quite open about the bad things I've done, that I should be ashamed. But you know that I am most ashamed of myself the most for turning myself inside out to prove that I was a better man, someone that you could love. God, what a fool I was. Ivy? I want to thank you for helping me take the blinders off. I now see that your partner in crime is just as morally bereft as I, if not more so. She's probably even worse than you are. ""Shut up," Julian yelled at him again. "You don't even know what you're talking about." "Enough, Julian,” Ivy said to him.
"I'm telling you, Eve, it was just killing me to try to suppress my natural bad self for your sake. I wanted to prove that I was worthy of you, and all the time you were just sitting back and watching Sam and Grace's marriage be destroyed. In fact, you helped make that happen. I mean, don't you ever, ever point your finger at me. Not you ever. You know, Eve, I -- I suppose I admire you. You had the gall to play holier than thou with me at the same time you were a participant in perhaps one of the most vile, base plots in Harmony history.""Oh you're one to talk," Julian said sarcastically to the imposter. "You who don't care that I'm being held hostage, only that you're getting paid you a$$hole." "Yeah, you once said that you -- you didn't want to spend your life with someone like me. Well, I think now the shoe's on the other foot. I really don't want to spend another minute with someone so malevolent as you. God help that stroked-out, crippled husband of yours. Let's just hope he gets his health back so he can make his escape from you. "Julian wanted to ring his neck for that. The imposter had no right to berate Eve like that. Then if he didn't think Ivy couldn't stoop any lower, he was wrong. He saw her tell Whitney about Eve's involvement with her scheme. He was even more furious with Ivy for that. It wasn't bad enough that she blackmailed Eve, but now she made Eve look like it was all her doing when it wasn't. He was especially angry when Ivy said to Whitney that Eve was a former drug addict, not to mention she had a child out of wedlock with him. And that she had a half-brother or half-sister running around out there somewhere that her slut-turned-saint of a mother gave birth to. That was totally uncalled for and untrue about their baby that they share. Julian told himself that if he ever got out of the compound, he was going to get Ivy hell. Then he saw Whitney berate Eve on the phone. He was really disappointed in Whitney for that. That girl never seemed to learn. He was beginning to wonder if Whitney really did love Eve at all. "Oh Ivy," Julian said as he snapped back to the present. "You're in for it. If you thought Sam and Grace gave you a bad time, it's going to the hell I'm going to give you." Julian and Ivy had managed to be friends in the past few years, but not after this. He couldn't be friends with someone who hurt the woman he loved like that. He really hoped Grace and the rest of the Bennetts would eventually forgive Eve for what she did. Julian looked out the window at the waves and the blue sky. "I love you Eve," he said. "Never forget that I love you."
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Post by princess1980 on Jan 5, 2008 21:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by srhrobin on Apr 3, 2008 16:47:55 GMT -5
Chapter Nine While Julian was looking out the window at the compound, Marlena had just finished telling Eve her life story, at the lobster shack. "Wow!" Eve said after Marlena told her about her life. Eve was shocked to learn about everything that Marlena had gone through. The situation with her twin sister Samantha, losing her baby with Don, being kidnapped and raped, being possessed, being made to think she was the Salem Strangler, her abusive ex-husband trying to erase her memory, not to mention the love triangle between her, John and Roman. It was unbelievable. Eve felt so bad for her new friend going through all that pain. She could definitely empathize with her on a lot of levels. "That's quite a life story. I am so sorry you had to go through all that." "It's okay," Marlena said as she smiled. "It hasn't always been easy but having John in my life makes my life complete." "I can't believe what that Alex North did to you," Eve said shaking her head. "That so was horrible." "I know," Marlena nodded in agreement. "All I can say is I'm thankful that he's dead." "I would be too." Marlena gently put her hand on Eve's arm trying to convey her empathy. "But you can see, I've made some mistakes in my life, but I try to move on and learn from them. We all make mistakes, but its how we deal with them and make them right is what matters. When we forgive ourselves, who can move forward with our lives." "I guess you're right," Eve gave Marlena an appreciative smile and put her hand on Marlena's letting her know how much she appreciated her kindness. "Unfortunately, I've had to learn that one the hard way." "Well no one's perfect," Marlena reiterated. Both Eve and Marlena laughed at that. "You know," Eve said. "You and John remind me so much of me and Julian, way back when." "Yeah, you were telling me about him," Marlena said as she stirred her tea. "What's the story between the two of you?" "Julian Crane, my first love, the love of my life," Eve's eyes became all dreamy like when she talked about him as she remembered the love they shared. "Like I said before, we met years ago in Boston. We were madly in love with each other. He swept me off my feet right away. Then Alistair found out that we were together, and he didn't want his son to be with an African-American woman. So he forced Julian to leave me, and made sure Julian didn't know I was pregnant," Eve's voice became solemn as she began to talk about the pain she had experienced when she first lost Julian, and her eyes looked sad. "For years, I was so angry at Julian for leaving me, but when I learned just how abusive Alistair was to Julian, I realized he did the best he could under the situation. For twenty years, I tried to deny my feelings for Julian, but I never stopped loving him. Then seven years ago, our paths crossed again. Alistair had turn Julian into his flunky. Julian had become mean and nasty, and a lot. Then Julian had a spiritual awakening and started to change. Around that time, Liz was making my life hell, and he promised he would do whatever he could to protect from me. At that time, we also began looking for our son. He became like the Julian he was when we first fell in love. He was warm, tender, loving, and generous. He was my rock. He told me he still loved me, and that he was willing to help me hang on to my family just so that I'd be happy. No matter what kind of trouble I was in, he was there to rescue me. I remember there was this one time, we were on his private plane, and the door flew open and I flew out and I was hanging on to the wing of the plane. Julian, puts these seats together, and goes out on the wing of the plane in midair to rescue me, risking his own life to save mine." Marlena's eyes widened. "Wow that must have been so scary for you." "It was. Soon, I realized my feelings for Julian were growing stronger and stronger. I realized I never stopped loving him and that's why I couldn't give myself to T.C.. Then after Liz exposed my past, and we got back together and it was wonderful." Eve gave a sad smile, as she remembered how wonderful everything was between her and Julian, and how much see missed those day. "Nothing had changed between us. Our love for each other was beautiful, magic, passionate, healing, unconditional, and so much more. He was always there for me no matter what. Then proposed to me, and I said yes. When he was finally about to get a divorce from Rebecca and we were ready to get married and then T.C. had his accident." Eve's tone became very matter a fact. "At first Julian was very supportive. He even paid for doctors for T.C.. Then all of a sudden he became jealous of the attention that I was giving T.C., and reverted back to his old ways, only worse this time. So we broke up." Eve then became all choked up. "When we did brake up he called me a whore and a gold digger. It really hurt, because he's the one person I can't take it from. Now I know I was wrong to treat Julian the way I did, by going back to T.C. when he had his stroke. I was incredibility insensitive to his feelings and he didn't deserve that. However, I can't forget that he regressed the way he did." Eve felt a few tears come to her eyes as she thought about how much she missed Julian. "My heart's been empty ever since we broke up. I've tried to put on a brave face in front of people, but the truth is I feel like I'm dying inside without him. I've tried to forget him, but I can't. He's all I think about. "I've tried to convince myself I no longer care for him, but that's a lie." Eve began to get all choked up again. "I ache for Julian. It's tearing me apart." Eve muffled her sobs not wanting to cause a scene in the restaurant. "I am so sorry Honey." Marlena gave Eve's arm a gently squeeze. "That must have been so hard for you." "Thank you," Eve said drying her tears. "It has been." "I've got to tell you though, as a psychiatrist, I have to say, his behavior doesn't add up," Marlena said matter a factly. "What do you mean?" Eve was curious as to what she meant. "Well you mentioned that Alistair abused Julian, but then Julian eventually stood up to him. Usually, once abused children stand up to their abuser and realize what they did was wrong, they don't start emulating them. Also, you mentioned that when Julian was bad, it was because he was Alistair's puppet. Now Alistair's dead and Julian's worse? That doesn't make much sense. Not to mention this was not the first time he had a reason to be jealous, and he never acted this way before. Why would he start now? You weren't even going to leave him. Am I way off base here?" Eve shook her head. "No, you're not." She felt gratified that Marlena was thinking the same thing she had been thinking about. "I've been having the same thoughts myself. Ever since he started regressing I've had this feeling in the pit of my stomach, like something wasn't right about him. I dismissed it as that he was regressing, but it hasn't been that. It's something much more and the feeling has been becoming stronger and stronger." Eve gave a heartfelt sigh. "Julian tried to warn me about T.C.. He told me that T.C. was angry and selfish, and I didn't deserve that kind of treatment from him. However, I didn't listen, and I may have killed the man I love." "Now don't say that," Marlena coaxed. "Julian's a big boy, he needs to take responsibility for himself." "I said something to him at Thanksgiving. I told Julian that he treated me like a slave, and how good it was to be with a man who accepts me for exactly for who I am." Marlena was surprised that Eve would say something like that. From what Eve had told her about T.C. sounded like it T.C. was the one who treated her like a slave. "Was that true? Did you mean that?" "No," Eve solemnly admitted. "It's was completely untrue and unfounded. Julian never treated me like a slave. And as for T.C., he's the one who didn't accept me for who I was," she said firmly, as she reiterated the truth about T.C. to herself. "T.C. is the one who threw me out when he found out I wasn't perfect. Julian even pointed that out to me, but all I said that T.C. was hurt and felt too betrayed to take me back at that time. I even said that it was T.C.'s putting me up on a pedestal that made it so hard to come to terms to what I had done, and now things were fine. Now I see I was a fool. Julian is the one who took me in after T.C. threw me out. No strings attached. His love didn't come with any conditions attached either. He was the one who showed me that it was okay to be human and to make mistakes. And what did I do in return? I betrayed him." "Look, I've been where you are. I know what it feels like to be in love with two men at the same time. However, the truth is the only way to find true happiness is to follow your heart. Because if you don't it's just a recipe for disaster for everyone involved." "I realized that now." "Eve you said that when you met Julian he was a good man, and in all the years that you two were apart you never stopped loving him?" Marlena asked. She was in her psychoanalyzing mode now. "Yes,” she replied. "Could it be that maybe you know deep in your heart that Julian really is a good man?" Eve raised her eyebrows at that. She had never considered that. However, it made so much sense to her. There had to be a reason that even with Julian's faults she could never stop loving him. "I never thought about it that way before," she said. "Eve let me ask you something. What does your head tell you about Julian?" "That he's regressed." "What does your heart say about him?" "That I'm still madly in love with him." "What does your gut say?" Eve paused for a moment and then took a deep breath. "That there's something more going on with him that meets the eye," she admitted. "Can I give you some advice?" "Sure." "Don't take anymore crap from him or anyone else. However, find out what this gut feeling is telling you. I'm pretty sure when you find out what its saying; it will answer your questions about Julian." Eve realized Marlena was right. Ever since this whole ordeal began, that gut feeling had been nagging at her. If she could figure about what was really going on with Julian, then she could figure out what was really going on. "Thank you Marlena. You know what; I think I'll do that." "You know my daughter Belle once had a situation similar to yours." "Really what was it?" "Well it was around the time that everyone thought I was the Salem Stalker. He had left town, but his crazy ex-girlfriend kidnapped him, and held him hostage in his cage she had made for him." "Oh my God!" Eve was shocked. That sounded so horrible. "I know," Marlena agreed. "He's ex-girlfriend's not well I'm afraid. Well she made everyone think that Shawn no longer wanted anything to do with Belle but of course that wasn't the case. But eventually Shawn was able to escape, and when he did he feel off his motorcycle and hit his head. He was rushed to the hospital and had to have emergency brain surgery. Well when he woke up he was mean and nasty, completely not like himself. He even thought he loved his ex-girlfriend, which wasn't true." "Well with a head injury and brain surgery, that will do it,” Eve said in doctor mode. "Eventually did Shawn get better? "Yes he did, and then we all understood his behavior." "So you're saying Julian might have a neurological condition?" she clipped. "It's possible. We're both doctors, we both know that certain neurological and medical conditions, can make people not act like themselves." 'Why hadn't I thought about that before?' Eve thought. "You're right," she said to Marlena. "I've never thought about it that way before. Thank you Marlena, you know I'm going to look into that." "You're welcome. What are friends for?" Eve smiled affectionately at Marlena. "Well you certainly are a wonderful friend. I hope when you return to Salem we can still stay in touch." "Of course we will,” Marlena said smiling back at Eve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at the compound, it was almost sun down, and Julian was still sitting in his window seat. Days were long at compound. One of the most frustrating things about being there was that he was forced to watch the time go by, as he was forced into isolating captivity. He wondered what it was like for his Aunt Rachel when she was forced to be Alistair's prisoner for all those years. Julian knew Rachel had it worse given the fact that Alistair would repeatedly rape her. Since Julian had been at the Compound, he had tried everything he could possibly think of to escape. He even tried bribing the Spike and the guards with money and offering not to press charges, but none of them budged. They were all too afraid of Alistair. Julian even offered to say that he escaped on his own, so they wouldn't get in trouble, but again they refused. The guards had taken Julian's cell phone from him, the day he was kidnapped so he couldn't call for help. Julian had thought of maybe if he did manage to escape he could swim to safety, but he knew as a doctor's fiancé that the effects of the hypothermia would kill him in minutes. Plus there were probably sharks in the water. The only thing he could do was wait for a miracle. One of the things Julian decided, since his captivity, that once he got home, he would find a way to bring Alistair down once and for all. Julian couldn't have Alistair hurting him and the people he loved anymore. As long as Julian could remember Alistair was always in indestructible to him. When Julian was a child and Alistair was abusing him, Julian knew that one no could come and save him and his mother and his sister. Alistair was too powerful. Any other family, social services would have intervene, but not with the Crane Family. So Julian was forced to turn inside of himself, and deny what he knew to be good and true in order to survive. He thought about his mother, Katherine. Ever since he was a little boy he loved his mother so much. She was always so loving and kind and gentle with him and Sheridan. Katherine had taught him right from wrong, and how to be a good man. Then when Timmy and Eve came into his life, he went back to the values that Katherine had taught him. For a long time, Julian he feared how disappointed Katherine would be if she knew how he turned out. Then when Katherine came back into his life, Julian found out that Katherine was not disappointed in him and if anything she understood. Julian understood why his mother had to leave, but the memory of losing his mother at such a young age was still painful and anyways would be. Now Julian missed his mommy, the same way he did when she died. Julian felt a tear fall from his eye. Thinking about Katherine now made him feel like a little boy again. He missed her so much. A few nights ago, he saw Katherine lecture the imposter on the monitors. Julian was furious that the imposter was putting his mother through hell too now. He felt so bad for Katherine, having to put up with the imposter. He knew that if Katherine knew that her son was kidnapped she'd be devastated. Julian hated to think what Katherine would do to Alistair when she found out that Alistair had kidnapped him. Julian remembered Katherine had tried to kill Alistair twice, for what he did to him and to Sheridan. Julian wasn't sure if it was possible to repair his family, but he wanted to try. He thought about the Lopez-Fitzgerald’s and the Bennett’s, who had close loving families. He would have given anything to grow up in a family like their families. When Julian was growing up Katherine, Julian, and Sheridan were all close. Then Katherine left, and Julian tried to be there for Sheridan but Alistair sent her away to live in Europe. Julian was then left to be tortured by Alistair. It was then that he began to lose his innocence. Julian hadn't realized until now that the depth of the pain he suffered in his childhood and that it was still with him. Inside he still felt like that same little boy who was being abused. 'How does one recover from having Alistair Crane as a father?' Julian wondered. The answers never came to him. He didn't know how to heal the hurt little boy inside of him. Julian felt more tears come out of his eyes. Alistair had taken so much from Julian; his childhood, his mother and sister, his innocence, his self-esteem and self-respect, his values, Eve, the years they could have spent together, their son, his dignity, and now his freedom.' Julian wished he had Eve to talk to about this right now. She was always so comforting to him when he was down. Maybe when he got home Eve could help him sort all of this out. Julian didn't like the idea of getting Eve involved with something that was as horrible as his childhood, but he realized he needed the woman he loved to help him through this. Just then Julian heard a noise coming from somewhere. He wiped away his tears and got up to investigate. It seemed to be coming from behind the wall that was left, behind his bed. Julian put his ear up against to the wall to hear what was going on. It sounded like Spike and Satin, were the other side and then after a few minutes they left. Julian had never noticed before that the wall was hallowed. He wondered if there was a secret passage way behind it or something. He saw a candle stick that was built against the wall. He turned it and all of a sudden the wall opened up into a door. Julian's heart skipped a beat. Maybe there was a way out of here after all. Julian opened the door, and walked right into a child's bedroom. 'What the hell!' he thought to himself. He wondered why Alistair had a child's bed room in the house. It seemed strange to him. To the right of the room there was a canopy bed against the wall. On the left of the room there was a window seat and near it was a rocking chair. The room was filled shelves of child's books and toys. The walls were covered with teddy bears. Then Julian saw another door across the room. He immediately went over to it to see if he could open it, but it was locked shut. When he realized that the door wouldn't open, he went over to the window to see it he would open or break it open, but it was bullet proof. "Damn it," he said in frustration. Then he heard soft crying from the side of the wall of the door that he came in. He turned around and saw a small boy with blonde hair, who was about four years old. The boy had his knees against his chest and his head buried in his heads as he cried. Julian realized he knew that boy, he had seen him before. "Marty," he said to the boy. Marty is played by the Gerber twins.
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Post by pensfan on Apr 4, 2008 8:00:57 GMT -5
Oh I need more.I hope Julian gets free soon.
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Post by tinka♥belle on Apr 9, 2008 13:10:13 GMT -5
aww
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Post by srhrobin on Jul 21, 2008 21:51:22 GMT -5
Chapter Ten
Marty looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. It was the first time in a long time that he had seen anyone with a kind face. He remembered he once saw that his grandfather Alistair had a picture of this man, only Grandpa had his picture pasted to dart board so he could throw darts at it. Somehow however he felt a connection with this man, but he didn’t know why. “Yes,” Marty answered in a small voice.
Julian couldn’t believe his eyes. It was his long lost presumed dead nephew right in front of him. “Are you Marty Lopez-Fitzgerald?” Julian asked.
“Yes,” Marty replied.
Julian gave a sigh of relief knowing that Marty was really alive. ‘It’s a miracle,’ he thought to himself. Then he knelt down next to Marty and smiled kindly at him. “I’m your Uncle Julian,” he said. “Your mommy Sheridan is my sister,” Julian pulled out his wallet from his back pocket and then pulled out his wallet photo album and showed Marty the picture that was taken of Julian and Sheridan. “See,” he said as he showed him the picture.
“Mommy,” Marty chirped. He realized then that Uncle Julian was who he said he was.
“That’s right.” Julian put his wallet and the picture in the back in his pocket. “What are you doing here?”
Marty began to cry again. “Grandpa told his men to put me here so no one would ever find me and then he had his men shot my other mommy.”
“You mean Beth?”
“Yes,” he sobbed.
Julian looked at Marty sympathetically and wiped his tears away with his thumbs. “It’s okay,” he said tenderly. Then Julian stood up and picked Marty up and took him in his arms. “Sshh,” Julian said as he rubbed Marty’s back. “It’s all right now.” Julian could tell this child had been through hell at Alistair’s hands. His heart broke for Marty at the thought of what he must have been through. He grew up with Alistair and knew just how cruel he could be.
Then he heard a sound from outside the door of the other room. Julian went back into his room, while still holding Marty, to find out what the noise was. He went to the door and knelt down so he could look through the key hole. He was shocked to see Spike and Satan pulling a gurney with Beth Wallace on it and she was dead. It looked like she had been shot several times. “Oh my God!” he whispered. He realized then that Alistair had only faked the train explosion in Rome. ‘I don’t believe this,” Julian thought.
“Well another one bites the dust.” Spike said to Satin. “Beth should have known better than to try finding a way to be with Luis against her father’s wishes, and then Mr. Crane wouldn’t have had us shoot her. I’m just glad I ain’t one of Mr. Crane’s kids. He already kidnapped Julian and broke Luis and Sheridan apart. God knows what he would do to me.”
“Are you kidding?” Satan clipped. “Looking at the two of you, I would think you were related.”
“Well come on lets dump Bethie’s body in the sea.”
“Oh my God, father what have you done now?” Julian said quietly to himself. He felt a sickening feeling come over him as he watched Spike and Satan carry his long lost half sister’s dead body away. Julian didn’t have any love lost for his half sister Beth. He never knew Beth was his sister and he was furious at Beth for what she had done to Sheridan. However the thought of Alistair killing his own flesh and blood brought chills up his spine, and he was completely dumbfounded and baffled by what he just saw.
Julian stood back up with Marty and looked at Marty in his arms. Julian realized that Alistair was planning on keeping Marty here at the compound so no one would find him or know he was alive, and he was planning on keeping him in one room just like Julian had been. What was Alistair thinking keeping a child locked up like this? That was no way for a child to grow up and to live. This was beyond cruel even for Alistair. Then it dawned on Julian that Spike would be making sure that Marty stayed hidden. Julian knew Spike was capable of anything just like Alistair, and would do anything to hurt Marty if he had the chance.
This was his nephew, Julian had to protect him. He was not going to let Alistair or Spike hurt Marty, even if he had to die trying. Julian had let Sheridan down too many times in her life, and he was not about to let her down now or Marty. “It’s okay,” he said to Marty as he sat down on the bed with the child in his lap. “You’re Uncle Julian is here. And he’s going to take very good care of you and he’s going to find a way to get us out of here.” Julian held Marty in his arms rocking him back and forth as he cried. ‘I promise you Sheridan,” Julian thought to himself as he rocked Marty, “I’ll protect Marty with my life and I’ll bring him home to you. As God as my witness I will.”
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Back in Harmony, at the Bennett house Grace Bennett was in the living room going through a box of things that she had brought down from the attic. She had just got back to Harmony two days ago and was thrilled to be back in Harmony with her family. She missed them so much while she was away and was determined to make a fresh start with Sam. The reason why she had choose to leave with David Hasting to begin with was because she felt obligated to him because she thought he was her first husband, even though she loved Sam more. Unfortunately she realized that a relationship without love isn’t a relationship at all. She was determined never to let anything come in between them again. After some discussion she had convinced Sam, Noah, and Jessica to forgive Kay for her part in splitting up her and Sam, and they agreed. So far their family reunion had been wonderful with them talking, spending time together and getting ready for Christmas. To everyone’s relief Spike hadn’t been seen in days. He had told Jessica he had some business to attend to, which was fine with her. At least he wouldn’t be beating and raping her.
As Grace looked in the box and saw a frame picture of her and Eve. She picked up the picture and looked at it solemnly. For the past week, she had felt so angry, hurt, and betrayed by Eve. She couldn’t understand how her own best friend could fake John’s DNA test and not tell her the truth about David being a fraud. However, despite her angry she couldn’t forget that Eve had been her best friend for over twenty years and expect for giving into Ivy’s blackmail, Eve had been a wonderful friend to her and to her family. Grace took the picture and sat on the couch with it and continued to look at it. The truth was Grace knew that what Eve did was wrong, but Ivy did push her into a corner threatening to expose her past, and then when Eve told her no Ivy drugged Whitney, put a gun to her head, and then threatened to turn Whitney and Simone into drug addicts, and had the power to do it. Grace couldn’t imagine the fear Eve must have felt. Then there was T.C.’s temper and the way he had always threatened to kill Julian. When Sam had told her over the phone about T.C. throwing Eve out the way he had when he found out about Eve’s past, Grace had been very angry with T.C. for treating Eve that way. She didn’t deserve that from him. She made some mistakes when she was younger, everybody does, but they weren’t about T.C., Whitney and Simone, they were about Eve. Not to mention she had already gone through more pain than most people will ever know in a lifetime. Personally, she couldn’t understand how Eve could go back to T.C. even if he did have a stroke. She missed Eve and her friendship and no matter what Eve had done, it didn’t feel right to her to throw her out of her life.
Just then Sam came into the living room, and gave Grace a kiss on the cheek from behind her. “Hey, Sweetheart, what are you looking at?” Then he saw Grace was holding a picture of her and Eve. “Oh,” Sam said as he saw the picture. Then he sat down at the couch next to Grace and held her held. “Are you okay?” he asked her.
“No, I’m not,” Grace said sadly. “Ever since I found out what Eve did I’ve been so angry with her, but now I still can’t forget that she was best friend and was a pretty good friend expect for this.”
“I know,” Sam said sympathetically. He had been just as upset as Grace was when he learned the truth. He loved Eve too, just like a sister. But now he was beginning to not feel angry with her anymore and was feeling more understand of the position that Ivy put her in. “I’ve been having the same thoughts about myself.”
Grace turned to look at Sam, “I miss her Sam and I still love her. I know what she did was wrong and I’m not trying to make excuses of her, but I can’t forget that she was repeatedly pushed into a corner by Ivy.”
“Not to mention T.C.’s temper,” Sam chimed in. “The way he talked about killing Julian scared even me and I’m his best friend.”
Grace smiled a little. “You know I remember whatever I was going through Eve was always there for me no matter what. She was always so kind and supportive. You know she saved my life when I had the miscarriage and Kay’s life when she was accidentally sparred by Miguel, and Maria’s life when she was born.”
“Yeah, I remember,” Sam said smiling.
“I want to forgive her and be friends with her again Sam. I know what she did was wrong, but the truth is we’ve all done things that we’re not proud of, and the church preaches forgiveness. And let’s not forget Ivy played a major role in what she did. Do you think I’m crazy?”
“No I don’t,” he answered. “I’ve been having the same thoughts myself. I love Eve too, and I know what she did what wrong, but you’re right she was pushed by Ivy, and if Ivy hadn’t blackmailed Eve, Eve wouldn’t have been in that position to begin with. And you’re right, you shouldn’t throw out the whole barrel because of one bad apple.”
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Post by srhrobin on Jul 23, 2008 12:59:52 GMT -5
Feedback please. I need to know what you guys think.
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Post by pensfan on Jul 23, 2008 13:30:20 GMT -5
you updated...I need more sooner then later please.
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Post by Mrs. Ackles on Jul 23, 2008 19:48:20 GMT -5
Thanks for this update, I love it a lot. Post more soon, thanks
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Post by srhrobin on Jul 23, 2008 21:11:18 GMT -5
Chapter Eleven Julian held Marty in his arms for two hours comforting him. Marty cried for a little while and then the little guy seemed to calm down a bit. Julian felt so bad for Marty. He didn’t deserve to go through this. It made him wonder if his own son with Eve had suffered the same fate. Alistair had kept him and Sheridan from the people they loved and kidnapped their children making believe they were dead. It was all too cruel. Julian was even more determined now that Alistair would not get away with his cruelty any longer. When Julian looked at Marty, seeing his sad face it was like looking in a mirror seeing himself as a boy. It was enough to break his heart. Then he began to worry about how he was going to take care of Marty on his own. He hadn’t had too much experience with children. He did take care of Sheridan when she was younger, and he did spend a little time with his children when they were growing up, and he did help Eve take care of Miles, and then he spent time with Endora before he had been kidnapped. He would just have to use his instincts and remember what little knowledge he had about children. After all he had been a little boy once himself. Just then Julian heard Spike in Marty’s room, “Hey where’s the brat?” he heard Spike say. Then Spike came into Julian’s room. “Hey there he is!” he said when he saw Marty. “Yeah,” Julian said to Spike sarcastically. Then Julian stood up while still holding Marty in his arms. He felt his blood boil as he looked at Spike. “So you’ve been keeping my nephew hostage as well!” he said he accused. “Hey, that ain’t Marty!” Spike lied. “It’s just a kid to looks like him.” Spike was hoping he could fool Julian. “Please, how to you think I am!!??” he snapped. “Okay fine it is Marty,” admitted Spike. “You caught me.” Julian looked at Spike with hated in his eyes. “Just when I think I couldn’t hate you anymore than I already do, you make me hate you even more,” he said in low voice. Then he yelled, “How dare you keep my sister’s child away from her!” Julian was trying to fight the urge to strangle Spike. “It wasn’t bad enough that you and Alistair hired Christopher Boothe to fall in love with Sheridan, now you’re keeping her child from her?” “Hey, I’m just following the boss’s orders.” “I don’t care. You have no right to keep a child locked up like this,” he yelled. Julian wanted to say, ‘wait till I get back to Harmony and I tell Sheridan the truth and expose you all,’ but he knew he had to act like he had no hope of ever leaving the compound in front of Spike and the guards. “Oh you mean like you,” Spike quipped. “Yeah ain’t it funny, your old man kept you and your sister from the people you love. Now Chris is with Sheridan, and the lovely doctor is back with Coach Russell. I bet she’s forgotten all about you by now. You know I heard that they’ve been doing great together.” “Shut up Spike,” Julian snapped. He knew he shouldn’t take that way in front of Marty but Spike was provoking him. “Eve loves me. She would never forget me anymore than I could forget her. The only reason she went back to T.C. was because she feels sorry for him and doesn’t know what kind of a man he really is. And after once she finds out what T.C. Russell did, she will never speak to him again.” “Yeah well, she ain’t never gonna find out, will she?” ‘She will if I have anything to say about it,’ Julian thought. “Don’t even think of doing anything more to her,” Julian threatened. “Or what?” “Don’t mess with me Spike,” Julian growled. If he hadn’t been holding Marty he would have grabbed Spike. “I love Eve more than my own life, and I will kill anyone who causes her any harm.” Before Spike could say anything Satan came in Julian’s room. “What is going on?” “I came in here to get the kid and the prisoner here started yelling at me.” “Oh is the prisoner being a bad boy?” Satan taunted Julian. “Oh shut up!” Julian snapped back at Satan. After four months, Julian was at his wits end with both Spike and Satan. They had gone out of their way to make his like a living hell, and now they were holding Marty prisoner. It was all too much. He was done letting them walk all over him. “Okay, enough of this, fork the kid over,” Spike said to Julian with his hand out to take Marty. “Not in your life,” Julian held Marty tighter trying to protect him from Spike. “Why not?” asked Spike. “Because I wouldn’t trust a gold fish with you let alone a child.” “Hey, I have my orders.” Spike stated. Julian looked Spike straight in the eye, “You touch one hair on my nephew’s head and I’ll kill you myself.” “Don’t let them take me,” Marty pleaded to Julian as he wrapped his arms tights around his uncle’s neck. Marty had been exposed to Spike more than he would have liked and knew he was a bad man. “Sshh,” Julian said gently patting his back. “Don’t worry I won’t,” he reassured Marty. “Hey come on kid,” Spike said to Marty. “It’s uncle spike man here.” “No,” moaned Marty. “For god sakes you’re scaring him,” Julian said. “Julian, you dun’t wunt me to whipped you now do you?” Satan threatened Julian. “If you two dunt back off you two will be the ones who will be hurt. He is my nephew and I will look after him.” “Mr. Cron, did not give permussion for zis,” Satan said to Spike. “Well I dun’t care if Mr. Cron, , did not gave permussion or not,” Julian said pocking at his accent. “The child is staying right here with me. “Hey,” Satan said pointing his finger at Julian. “ Dun’t make fon of my accent.” “Look,” Julian said calmly. “I’m not going anywhere and neither is Marty. You all have made it impossible for either one of us to escape.” “Ah, but you did try to escape that one time,” Spike pointed out. “And he punched me in the stomach.” Satan added. ‘And what fun it was,’ Julian thought as he remembered the satisfaction he felt when he punched Satan. “What do you think I’m going to do?” Julian said to them, “Swim away from here in the North Atlantic Ocean in winter?” Both Spike and Satan couldn’t argue with that logic. “He’s right,” Satan said to Spike. “All right fine the kid can stay with you,” Spike said. “But no funny business now. Remember who’s in charge here.” “Oh go sell some drugs,” Julian said sarcastically. Both Spike and Satan left the room. Julian was glad to be rid of them. It did feel good to give him a piece of his mind. Then he looked at Marty who had his head buried in Julian’s shoulder. “It’s okay Marty, they’re gone now.” Marty looked up at his uncle and could see that he was safe from Spike now. “Are you okay son?” Julian asked. “Yeah,” he said. “I don’t like Spike.” “You and me both,” Julian sat Marty down on the floor and knelt down next to him. “I’m sorry you had to see that.” “Did Grandpa and his men put you in here too like they did me?” “Yeah, I’m afraid so son,” Julian answered. When Marty said that, Julian realized that his poor little nephew had had to grow up really fast. He knew what was going on, and that he and his uncle were in danger from Alistair. “Why?” “Well because your Grandfather is a very bad man.” “I thought you said you were going to find a way out of here. But you told Spike that we weren’t leaving.” “Sshh, keep your voice down. We can’t let him hear us.” Marty realized what Julian was saying and whispered to him, “Why did you tell Spike that we weren’t leaving?” “Because he can’t know about it,” Julian whispered back. “If he were to find out he would try to stop us, so it has to be our secret. And that means no matter what happens you can’t tell anymore. Can you do that for me son?” “Yes. When are we going to get out of here and go home?” “I don’t know yet. It could be days or weeks even. But I promise you we will. In the mean time, I’m going to take good care of you and I promise I will not let anything happen to you.” “Okay.” Marty had just met his Uncle Julian, but he could tell that his uncle was a nice man and really cared about him and would make sure that he was okay. “Good boy,” Julian gave him a hug. Then a French maid came in with a dinner table for Julian and Marty. "Dinner is served,” she said. Julian stood up from the floor. “Okay you know the routine and the child’s food too.” “Oui Monsieur Crane,” she said as she began tasting the food. “Why is she doing that?” Marty asked Julian. “She’s just making sure it tastes good.” Julian didn’t want Marty to know that he was really making sure that the food wasn’t poisoned. A child didn’t need to know that. After the maid left, Julian put Marty in the chair that had the booster sheet for him and cut his food for him. Then Julian sat down at the table and began to eat his dinner. “So Marty,” Julian said, “what do you think to do for fun?” “Play with my toys, read, and watch hockey.” “You like hockey do you?” “Yeah, I like the Bruins. I wanted to play pee wee hockey, but other mommy said that I couldn’t because then they would find us.” Julian was shocked to hear this. “Did your other mommy and your grandfather ever let you play with other children?” “No, other mommy said it was too dangerous and we’d be caught.” ‘Beth you are unbelievable,’ Julian thought to himself. ‘You were truly father’s daughter.’ Then he turned to Marty and said, “Marty last summer back in Rome, there was a train explosion do you remember that?” “Yeah, Grandpa paid his men to make it look like me, grandpa, and other mommy died. But we didn’t. He took us to a place to hind. I saw him one day throwing darts at a picture of your face. I heard him say he would get you.” ‘That doesn’t surprise me,’ Julian thought. “Did he say anything else?” he asked. “No,” Marty replied. “After that he brought me and other mommy here. Then he had Spike shot other mommy, because she tried to find a way to be with Daddy.” “I’m so sorry son that you had to go through this son,” Julian said. “I do know that your mommy and daddy miss you very much and want you home.” Marty looked at the window in the room, and he turned to Julian and whispered, “Do you think we could escape from going out the window?” “I tried,” Julian whispered back. “It’s built with very strong glass that won’t break.” “Oh,” Marty said disappointedly. After dinner Julian run Marty a bath in the bathtub. He found some bath toys in Marty’s room for him to play with. He sat by the next to the tub while Marty played. Marty seemed to enjoyed playing in the tub, and Julian actually found him enjoying taking care of his nephew. He couldn’t give over how much he looked like Sheridan. Being with Marty reminder him of when he used to take care of Sheridan when she was little. It seemed like a lifetime ago now. “Marty look at this,” Julian said as he put his hand in the tub, making a fountain out of it. Marty laughed when he saw that. “Oh you like that,” he said. “You know you look just your mommy did when she was your age. You know you I used to take care of her when she was little, the way I’m taking care of you now.” “Oh,” Marty said. “Yeah, I did. I know she misses you very much and can’t wait to see you. And once I k-i-l-l your grandfather there won’t be anything keeping you from her.” After the bath, Julian dried Marty off, changed his pajamas, read him a story and put him to bed in Marty’s room. “I’m really glad I found you, son,” Julian said to Marty as sitting on the edge of his bed and he tucked him in. “You know you’re the first nephew I’ve ever had. I want you to know I’m here for you.” Julian gave Marty a kiss on the forehead. “Good-night son,” he said. “Good-night Uncle Julian,” he replied. Julian smiled at him. Hearing Marty call him Uncle Julian warmed his heart. Julian got up and turned his night light on, and the main light. “I’ll be in my room,” he said as he closed the secret door to Marty’s room.
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