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Post by phoenix10 on Aug 24, 2023 22:06:21 GMT
Rachel left without saying a word to Jean. Charlie crossed her arms and gave her youngest daughter a long look.
<"She needs you. You know she's pregnant?"> Charlie telepathically asked her daughter.
Jean nodded slightly. <"Yeah. Emma told me.">
<"Why is it so hard just to be civil? She's our flesh and blood, Jeannie.">
Jean teetered uneasily in the cheap hospital chair. It was slightly too small for her oversized ass, making it impossible for the redhead to get comfortable. She sighed and tapped on her knee nervously.
<"Its not...I want to be. But...I can't.">
<"Why?">
<"Because her father raped me.">
Charlie was quiet for a moment. She was trying to hide her shock from the others around her. Finally, she spoke back up. <"Why didn't you tell us? Your father and I would've hunted him down."> She balled up her hands. <"I would've taken him down myself! Hell, I'll do it now! Who is it?!">
Jean put her head in her hands. <"No, no. That's why I never said anything, Mom. I just...I really can't see Rachel. I can't.">
Charlie stood up and scowled. Lorna, Scott and Emma's kids looked confused -- though Lorna was kind of used to it. Being the step-daughter and sister of telepaths wasn't easy!
"Jean, I won't let this go. NO ONE ABUSES MY LITTLE GIRL."
Charlie turned around and stomped out of the waiting room. Lorna raised a brow at Jean who has slumped down in her seat.
"Don't ask," Jean muttered.
- Charlie tracks down her daughter's rapist - Jean meets Emma's new daughter
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Post by Kappa on Aug 25, 2023 15:59:46 GMT
"Natalie Frost-Grey." Jean smiles while holding her fiancée's baby girl in her arms.
"Frost-Grey?" Scott questions.
"That's what the birth certificate says. Don't you have enough Summers walking around???"
"Listen you--"
Emma's loud snores stop what was going to be a huge fight. Utterly exhausted from labor, the two look at the mother with a frown.
"I fucked up with Emma." Scott admits. "Take-Take good care of her."
"Of course I will. Unlike you, I know how lucky I am."
Scott sighs. 8 years of adultery that ended with his wife coming out of the closet?
"Was that your daughter I saw earlier?" Scott questions.
"I don't want to talk about that."
"She looks just like you."
"I know." Jean scowls. "Just drop it."
Scott nods.
"I still want to be a part of my kids lives. I have every right to be."
Jean...
-Agrees -Thinks Scott should leave -Something else
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Post by phoenix10 on Aug 25, 2023 19:05:21 GMT
Jean didn't hate all men. But she did dislike a lot of them. And really didn't like Scott.
The redhead took a deep breath and looked at the man who had been married to her girlfriend. He had cheated on her, disrespected her. But, he was still the father of her kids. The kids that Jean already loved desperately.
"Fine," Jean consented. "The kids deserve to know who their dad is. So you can visit. But joint custody isn't on the table. You have your own family with Betsy."
Scott leaned against the doorframe and crossed his lanky arms. "And if I say I want joint custody? If I take it to court?"
Jean raised a pierced eyebrow. "I'll make sure the judge knows the exact number of times you lied to your wife and your kids about your mistress and bastard child. No one will be on your side, Scott. No one. Just be glad you can visit them, alright?"
Scott gave his newly born daughter a dejected look but nodded slightly. He wasn't an idiot -- he knew when he'd lost. It helped that Jean's threats were backed up -- he knew how powerful she was. There was no getting around that.
After Scott left, Jean cradled the baby for a few more minutes until Emma woke up. "Hi," she said sleepily.
"Hi, you " Jean replied with a smile. She passed off the baby to Emma who opened her hospital gown and allowed Natalie to nurse.
"You did great," Jean assured. She grabbed her fiancées hand. "Scott came in...I told him he could be a part of his kids' lives, like we talked about. But no joint custody."
"And he accepted?"
"Seemed like it."
Emma sighed deeply. "Good. I just want to focus on us -- on our lives together with the kids."
"I know. I do too. I...I also told Charlie about what happened. How I got pregnant with Rachel."
"You did?"
Jean nodded. "She...flipped out. She might've already killed him, honestly."
Emma smirked. "If she did, he deserves it."
- Charlie hunts down Jean's attacker - Emma comes to terms with her life in M-Town
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Post by Kappa on Aug 26, 2023 5:15:18 GMT
It had been roughly 2 months since Emma gave birth to Natalie Frost-Grey and things were going pretty well.
Emma adapted to life in M-Town, living in a comfortable apartment with Jean and her kids. Emma did well at her job and, thanks to being on her feet all day, lost a considerable amount of the baby weight.
Things were good... and yet, there they were, at a police station with Jean's Dad.
"What did Mom do?" Jean questions, her muffin top a lot more pronounced these days, her hips much more wide, motherhood giving her much more matronly curves.
"... She found the boy who raped you years ago and ran her car into her house." Eric explains.
Emma blinks erratically. That was a fucking crazy sentence!
"Of course Mom did that." Jean sighs. "Of course! God, and people wonder why I'm nuts?!"
"She's getting out on bail." Eric explains. "Her court date is in a few weeks. Your mother really wants to talk to you."
Jean...
-Decides to talk to her mom -Refuses. She doesn't need this shit! -Something else
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Post by phoenix10 on Aug 26, 2023 17:15:56 GMT
"Mom...what you did is just...insane!" Jean crossed her arms beneath her heaving bust. They were standing in the back of the restaurant, in Charlie's office. The mature blonde shrugged her shoulders and sighed.
"Honey, once I knew what he did to you, I had no choice. He deserves worse. He deserves --"
"Leave him alone, Mom!" Jean shouted angrily. "Warren is disgusting, I agree with that. And...I wish that night hadn't happened. But it did and we have to deal with it."
"I did deal with it."
"Running your car into his house isn't dealing with it!"
Charlie rolled her eyes. "Jeannie, he needs to be punished."
"Because of you, I have to see him again," Jean explained cooly. "You have to go to court -- it'll be a huge mess." She took a deep breath and smoothed her hands over her tree-trunk thighs. "I wish you hadn't done it, Mom."
Charlie looked away. "No one who hurts my babies gets away with it. Ever."
---
When Jean left the office, Emma was waiting for her. She had Natalie in her arms and she was breastfeeding her.
"Are you okay?" She asked softly.
Jean nodded, showing off her thick double chin. "Yeah. I just...need some space. From my mom. And Emma?"
"Yeah?"
"I think I'm ready to meet Rachel."
- Jean and Rachel meet for coffee - Warren tries to contact Emma
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Post by Kappa on Aug 27, 2023 1:34:51 GMT
Rachel sits inside a diner, Jean and Emma in front of her, dumbfounded at the information given to her telepathically.
Her Grandma, finding out her daughter got raped at 16, drove into one of the richest men in Salem's estate?!
"... I-I understand why it was hard to see me." Rachel stammers. "I'm not mad at you."
Jean breaks into tears, Emma's matronly arms wrapped around her tightly.
"Your Grandma is going to court the next week." Jean blurts out.
"That makes sense." Rachel rolls her eyes. In the three months she's known Charlie, crazy is the best word to describe her behavior!
-Rachel invites the couple to her baby shower -Charlie's day in court -Something else
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