Faith's POV
I wake up and hear giggling and turn to see Michael and Precious snuggled up, gigging to each other. "What are you two giggling at?" I smile. "You talking to yourself between snores" Michael chuckles "I do not snore or talk on my sleep" I fold my arms pretending to be offended. "What was I saying?"
"You mumbled something about peanuts...well I hope it was peanuts. Little ears were listening too" he chuckles handing Precious to me. "Good morning sweetie" I coo giving her a cuddle and a kiss. "How come you guys are dressed so early?"
"We have that interview today remember? We can tell them all about how much mommy love peanuts" he chuckles at Precious. "Don't even think about it" I say stern yet playfully. "Baba?" Precious babbles pointing at my baby bump. "That's right!" I smile proudly giving her a hug. "We're gonna have to start thinking of names soon" Michael smiles, placing his hand on my tummy "Baba!" Precious frowns at him, trying to move his hand. "Don't worry, miss attitude. Your my baba too" he coos giving her a hug and kisses cheek. "I'll go get her breakfast while you get ready" he smiles and leans forward to peck my lips and Precious makes a slight growling sound and he covers her eyes with his hand and kisses me quick "Dada?" She says in a cute little suspious tone making me giggle.
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Jackie's POV
"You came" Julie says with a slight smile of relief and sits across the table from me. "I'm not staying long. You said you needed to tell me something so tell me" I say coldly. "It's about Faith and Michael. My mother came here and said they've been talking to her and I need you to stop th.. "
"Is that why you asked me to see you!?" I frown cutting her off. "How about you explain why you murdered my son and dumped his body in the woods!" I snap and she shakes her head. "That's not what happened. She did it not me. She was really sick and I was scared and I didn't dump him there. It was my grandma's cabin and..."
"You really expect me to believe that?" I raise an eyebrow at her. "It's true! How many times do I have to explain it to people before they believe me! That woman is crazy! Me having her locked away for years should be a big enough hint!" She snaps and I look at her with still unsure what to believe. "I told you I was pregnant and you just broke up with me and didn't talk to me for months and when I told my mom, she said she'd help me, but I had no idea that's what she had planned" she sobs and I don't say anything for a moment.
"I always thought you just made it up. Y-you didn't look pregnant... w-why did you hide it, if you had nothing to do with it?" I stutter and she doesn't say anything for a moment.
"My mom said it'd be for the best if people didn't find out and said that the whole town would think I was a whore and she said that we should keep it between the two of us and that she should be the one to raise it and let everybody think it was her baby"
"And how exactly was your mom gonna explain that?" I shrug still unconvinced about her story. "We went away to my grandma's cabin around the time he was due and we were gonna come back and say she gave birth while we were away"
"So what happend then?"
"I started having a change of heart and said I wanted to keep him and she said I didn't have a choice and I couldn't. I tried to run away from the cabin one night and she caught me and locked me in a room and it all got too much and I went into Labour that night and as soon as he was born she started freaking out saying he was a demon as stuff and she took him from me and I ran outside after her, but um.." she pauses and begins weeping "it was too late" she sobs. "Why didn't you tell me?" I croak "I didn't think you'd care" she sniffles. "Of course I would have cared! And we got back together after that. Why not tell me then?"
"You didn't care to much when I told you about Faith and you didn't seem to care about Precious either" she shrugs "if you didn't want to be her father then you should have just said. You had no problem saying that with Faith or Danny... that's what I called him by the way... but instead you just did the same thing she did" she frowns scrunches her face at me. "And I'm truly sorry for what I did that day"
"You had no right to take her from me"
"I know an I'm sorry" I mumble looking at the ground. "If you were truly sorry then you'd make them give her back to me"
"I can't do that. I can't just take her from them. Even if I wanted to" I shake my head. "Sure you can. You could admit Faith forged my signature and then the court's will have to make them give her back. She's MY baby. It's not fair" she says and I don't answer her for a moment.
"It wouldn't be fair on Precious either. I'm sorry, but I can't just pick her up and take her away from everything she knows. She's so happy and Faith and Michael give her all the love and care any child could ever want and she loves them, just as much as they love her. After all this time, you can't expect them to just hand her back, like she was just something they borrowed. It doesn't work like that"
"But she ours! How could you just sit back and watch another man raise your daughter and how are you gonna be when she starts talking and calling him daddy and not you?"
"She calls Michael dada all the time. It was her first word" I mumble. "She said her first word?" She mutters and I nod. "She's a real daddy's girl" I mumble "but it feels good when I hear her say it to him and I see the way him and Faith are with her. Because I can see how much they love her. Their her parents. Not us"
"But..."
"I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. I truly am, but I can't take Precious away from them" I cut her off and she doesn't say anything. "I have to go" I mutter getting up. "Wait! You can't just leave me in here!"
"I have to go, I'll come back. I just..."
"But I still need to talk to you about my mom and..."
"I have to go. I can't take any..."
"Your running out on me again?" She cuts me off. "No. I just need to get my head around all this and.."
"But wait! You have to..."
"I'm sorry" I cut her off and quickly leave, not able to handle anymore information"
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Michael's POV
"And that's why I hate interviews" Faith sighs heavily as we get back into the dressing room. "I think mommy's getting cranky" I chuckle, taking Precious from her. "I just hate when people ask stupid question like 'so you both still together?' Duh! We just told you that and the big fat baby bump I have should be a big enough hint!"
"Your so cute when you get mad" I coo playfully and peck her lips. And she sighs heavily "I'm sorry. I'm getting all whiney again aren't I?"
"Yeah" I smile through pursed lips. "It's fine, I understan it's just your hormones" I smile "don't worry yourself about it. you only got a few months left" I reassure her and she smile slightly.
It does get kind of annoying when Faith gets all whiney and hormonal, but I can tell she's started getting really uncomfortable and tiered, so I've been trying my best to ignore her when she gets all snippy with me for stupid stuff and have just been trying my best to keep her relaxed, which is pretty much all I can do anyway since she's 7 months pregnant. It's not like I can just tell her to shut up and deal with it.
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We pull up outside our house and see Jackie waiting at the gates.
"So how've you guys been?"
"We're doing good, how's thing's with you?" I ask and he doesn't say anything for a moment.
"I um... I went to see Julie today and..."
"YOU WHAT!?" Faith snaps cutting him. "You really need to calm down"
"Why would you go to her after what she did!?" She snaps in a slightly softer tone, but still pretty pissed. "She said she needed to speak to me about something and I wasn't sure if I should go at first but... she told me something and it's really important you hear it" he says in a serious tone a tells us about the whole conversation.
"And you believe that?" I ask skeptically "She sounded pretty genuine and..."
"Did she sound genuine when she attacked my grandma and threaten to kill her?" Faith cuts in "She what!?" Jackie gasps. "I guess she forget to tell you the part when my grandma went to visit her and my mom flipped out and attacked and and threatened to kill her"
"She didn't say anything about Emily going to visit her, just what she told me about the baby"
"If that was true then why would she allow Emily around Faith as a baby? We've been to her house and she has a whole bunch of photos with her as a baby and that doesn't explain her pushing me in front of a car when I was a little kid" I point out and he sighs heavily an doesn't say anything for a moment.
"I honestly don't know what to think anymore"
"I don't wanna believe my mom would do something like that either, but from everything you just said. It sounds like she's just trying to use you to try and get Precious back from us" Faith says nervously. "Which I told her was never going to happen, but what she told me does sound possible and would explain why she buried Danny at that cabin"
"She named him?" Faith mutters and he nods. "I don't know about all the other stuff and what she says doesn't explain why she did what she did to Michael or about letting Emily near you if she knew what she was capable of, but I do think she could be telling the truth"
"And what if she's not? What if she's just lying to get herself out of trouble and to mess with our heads again. It wouldn't be the first time she's played mind games with us all" Faith points out. "Maybe you could go and see your mom and you can decide for yourself" he suggest and she doesn't say anything for a moment.
"I don't know if I can" she mutters, shaking her head. "Well you don't have to decide right now. I've said what came here to say and i'll leave you guys to talk about it in private and let you both decide for yourself what you wanna do"