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Post by Josephine on Apr 29, 2019 18:27:25 GMT -8
April 29, 2019
Matthew Parker had moved back to Berkshire Glen after spending months in rehab and years of trying to get the guts up to go to rehab. He finally gets a hold of his ex and asks her to come over to the house so he could see her and so the kids could finally see her again.
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Post by Joelle on Apr 29, 2019 18:41:34 GMT -8
Carmen has been so nervous, but she really wants to see the kids. She wonders, offhand, if she should take Kai or Joaquin with her, but doesn't know for sure. It's Matt and he wants to see her again, and despite everything, she has never stopped loving him.
And her brothers are always on speed dial.
She takes a deep breath and knocks on the door.
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Post by Josephine on Apr 29, 2019 18:46:29 GMT -8
Matteo was playing with his brother and sister when he hears her. He jumps up and runs to the door. "Mommy!" he says as he pulls the door open.
"Matteo, you know better then to open the door before asking who it is." Matt says. "Hey Ba... Carmen come in." HE had to stop himself from calling her Baby. She wasn't his anymore. And it was all his fault.
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Post by Joelle on May 2, 2019 8:27:13 GMT -8
(OOC: don't forget to put 2 Chasm Court in the directory. It isn't claimed there.)
Carmen can't help dissolving into tears as she hugs Matteo, though she tries not to let him see. "I missed you guys. So so much."
She isn't just talking about the kids. She misses Matt, well, the old Matt. He makes her nervous now. What had gone wrong to make him think drinking is the answer? He isn't abusive, but it's the fact that it has become a problem she can't deal with, because it brings back memories of Dawn. Dawn's parents had run a meth lab. Different substance, same problem. She sighs and looks at Matteo. "Well, little man. Isn't somebody going to invite me to sit down?"
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Post by Josephine on May 2, 2019 12:23:11 GMT -8
"Right. Mommy, come in." he says taking her hand before leading the way to the living room. Acacia, Stefeno look Mommy is here."
Matt smiles and follows behind them. "So you know I am sober. I have been for the last two years." he says.
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Post by Joelle on May 2, 2019 12:28:41 GMT -8
"No, I didn't," she says as Stefano runs to hug her legs, "But that's great," She manages a smile, but it feels just the tiniest bit forced, Is only two years sober enough time for her to trust him again?
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Post by Josephine on May 2, 2019 12:44:18 GMT -8
(That was suppose to be two years)
"Yea it is. I am sorry it became an issue. I never meant for it to be. After we were in the car accident all the thoughts of my Dad and step mom dying in one. One that was no where near as bad as the one that we were in. I guess that the alcohol is well it was the way that I pushed it way. After we divorced I moved back to Georgia with Mom. She pretty much took over taking care of Acacia, Matteo and Stefano. All while she kept me on almost full lock down. I managed to still get alcohol but it wasn't as bad as before. I finally ended up getting help. Mom made me go to rehab the first time didn't work. After being out for a month and a half I willingly went back on my own. I have been clean since. Mim made me stay there till she knew that I wasn't going to relapse."
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Post by Joelle on May 12, 2019 11:31:54 GMT -8
"Wow." Carmen is speechless. She doesn't know what to say, but she knows she has to ask him one thing. "Um... have you been with anyone since...us?"
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Post by Josephine on May 12, 2019 13:55:29 GMT -8
"No one. As far as any one was concerned I was still married. Even after it was finalized I never took my ring off. Couldn't do it. It was a reminder of you. That and our kids."
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Post by Joelle on May 12, 2019 16:09:19 GMT -8
"Me neither." Suddenly the air seems a little tense. Should they kiss in front of the kids? Should they kiss, period? Can she trust him this fast? Would she believe him if she asked that and he said yes? She sighs.
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Post by Josephine on May 15, 2019 19:47:19 GMT -8
"You can say no but can I please kiss you?" he asks her. "I have missed you so much Carmen."
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Post by Joelle on May 16, 2019 17:48:13 GMT -8
"I...was thinking the same thing. It means a lot that you would ask, and sure." Her tension melts away, maybe exactly because he thought to ask. She leans toward him, but suddenly she wonders if they are going to be interrupted by three little faces staring at them. "Hmmm, where could we go...?" Carmen takes a glance around the room to see if there is a place where the kids can't follow them. When Amy had told her about seeing Spencer again, Carmen had understood why they had had to kiss in front of the kids. She hadn't known then that they were going to get back together and they had seen each other on a walk outside. But Matt and Carmen are in the house. This is different. Besides, Amy had always been just a tiny bit braver than most of the Andrieux girls, the most likely one to not worry about her reputation after meeting Spencer. Carmen... that stuff was private to her, or maybe Spencer had healed Amy in some way that Carmen hadn't been. Carmen wasn't sure.
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Post by Josephine on May 16, 2019 17:57:00 GMT -8
"Lets go to the kitchen." Matt says offering her his hand.
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Post by Joelle on May 16, 2019 18:46:34 GMT -8
"Okay." She gets up and follows him to the kitchen, breathing a sigh of relief when they get there and they can finally kiss. After kissing him- twice for good measure- she sighs happily. "I really missed this..." she finally admits.
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Post by Josephine on May 16, 2019 18:55:17 GMT -8
"Me too." he says holding on to her.
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Post by Joelle on May 17, 2019 18:58:41 GMT -8
"I...I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish I could just stay." Carmen holds him tighter. "I missed you so much, even when I was afraid things would never go back to the way they were."
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Post by Josephine on May 19, 2019 18:31:44 GMT -8
"then stay. The kids will love it. As will I." He says holding on to her.
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Post by Joelle on May 19, 2019 18:44:09 GMT -8
She nods. "Tonight, I will. We'll see about the rest, but... for tonight." She hopes she can trust her gut here. Or the part of her that wants to keep kissing him. Or both of those things.
She kisses him again. It's a promise.
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Post by Josephine on May 20, 2019 13:04:20 GMT -8
He kisses her back
"Tonight is a start. I promise you will not regret trusting me." He says. "We better get back in there. They are to quiet."
They go in to the living room to find the triplets coloring. Next to them was a folder that held papers that Matt had put up. He goes over to them and sees that they were coloring on. "Oh no." He says gathering up the papers. "Guys only in your books not on these."
He looks up at Carmen. "What if we aren't officially divorced?" He asks her.
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Post by Joelle on May 20, 2019 18:59:57 GMT -8
Stefano, who had briefly peeked in the kitchen before darting away, had seen his parents kissing. "Daddy, is Mommy back for real?"
"Huh?" Carmen is stunned. "Then I-I guess you must have really loved me then?" She ends it on a question, but she's determined to see something good in this somehow.
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Post by Josephine on May 20, 2019 19:25:58 GMT -8
"SHe is back for tonight at least Buddy." Matt tells his son. "I did really love you Carmen. I still do."
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Post by Joelle on May 20, 2019 19:30:34 GMT -8
"Yay!" Stefano leaps in the air, then turns back to the other two kids."Did you guys hear that?"
Carmen laughs at her son, then turns back to Matt. "Amy and Dawn's bio parents both ran meth labs, you know. Different substance, but the same basic problem you had," she whispers. "I just got scared."
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Post by Josephine on May 20, 2019 19:35:50 GMT -8
"Yay!" the other two say.
"I know I am sorry." he says.
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Post by Joelle on May 20, 2019 20:01:11 GMT -8
"I know you are... now I know that..." Carmen sighs. "I missed you so much. I still love you too. There was never anyone else for me, either."
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Post by Josephine on May 20, 2019 20:07:59 GMT -8
"I am so glad to hear that." he says.
"Come colorwith us Mommy and Daddy" Acaica says.
"What do you say? Up to coloring?" Matt asks her.
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Post by Joelle on May 20, 2019 20:47:44 GMT -8
"Sure." Carmen grins. "I've missed them, too." She goes over to the table, noticing the papers the kids had colored on. "Maybe- just maybe- that was the smartest thing anyone's ever done," she whispers to Matt with a giggle. At least by them doing this, she got to see, in a way, that Matt still loves her. With him being sober now, this might actually work.
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Post by Josephine on May 22, 2019 12:23:45 GMT -8
"Maybe it was," he says taking her hand before theygo and clor with the kids.
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Post by Joelle on May 24, 2019 21:22:02 GMT -8
"I really do love you... I never stopped," she whispers.
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Post by Josephine on May 28, 2019 11:46:03 GMT -8
"Me either Babe." he whispers back.
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Post by Joelle on Jun 4, 2019 16:48:57 GMT -8
"Now I wonder what we should do about that," she admits with a sigh. "I'm glad we're still married- now- but after knowing you had been a drinker for as long as you were...and only just finding out that we're not divorced, I'm a little bit in shock, in all the good and bad ways both. What are my parents going to say tomorrow?"
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