Chapter 86
My grandmother shook her head as though she knew the feeling all too well “Come on we’re all going up to the dock and having a couple of drinks and I want to taste these fabulous drinks you have been making everyone” she demanded wanting us to get on a better subject. She had been my true savior in that moment as there was nothing I wanted more then to get out of the confined space and back on happier times. Once on deck I was afraid to even ask where my father and grandfather were. As they were not on the deck where I figured they were waiting on us to join them. I took it as a sign to just leave things be and busied myself behind the bar making a couple different kinds of drinks. I had even poured a couple of shots that had a mixture of hidden ingredients as I made them in a shaker before putting them into the shot glasses. “Alright well mom this is your fav. Grandmother this reminds me of you, so I hope you enjoy it. Sav you too I based them on the attitudes of my loved ones, so you’ll have to be the judge of the rest” I said passing them their cocktails and then setting up the shots and lighting them on fire before blowing mine out and downing it a couple seconds later.
Savannah and Bruce followed suit downing the other couple I had set up and knew that my mother and theirs would not be doing them. “DAMN!....” “WHOA… now that was a shot and awesome too” Bruce yelled out cutting Savannah right off from what she was about to say. Savannah shook her head in agreement with her brother. The 3 of us were feeling real, good by the time we had arrived back to the other side of the island where the house was, and the crew had brought out the motorboats to us. Savannah, Bruce and I let our mothers get on one together while we hung back a min to get on the other one that had Sebastian. “Well now… who is that fine piece of a—s—s….” Savannah asked as Sebastian got closer and held out his hand to her while Bruce jumped in almost losing his balance and falling out of the boat. “HA…. Bruce no more liquor for you dude you can’t handle my shit” I yelled out from the yacht ready to take a step down on to the first step of the latter. “Nope you are not leaving until you go down and see your father and grandfather who are waiting for you” Sebastian said when I reached out for his hand and he pulled it back. I gave him a look of “What the hell are you talking about” and watched as he drove off with my aunt and uncle leaving me to fend for myself.
When I was alone at the edge I was ready to jump from the yacht and swim back until my name was spoken loudly over the intercom freaking me out “MIA…. Don’t even think about it…. get your butt down here and say hi to your grandfather.” My father’s voice told me not to tempt him and rolled my eyes as I headed down to the office where they were. Knocking on the door I waited for one of them to open the door or tell me to come in giving me a few extra seconds to relax but also get ready for another long session about Maxwell and I. Ethan Sr. opened the door and pulled me into his arms before I could even step inside the room. “Hey sweet pea…. Come in come in” he said with such anguish to his tone. My father stood up from behind his desk where I knew he felt comfortable and in control of everything that might be hard or even easy, but this was in no way easy for him. “Hi grandfather… so what is it that the two of you want to talk to me about that can’t be done at the house in that office” I asked moving closer inside once he let me go. After sitting down on the edge of the arm of the couch I just wanted things to start and end so we could all get back to the house and see what was happening. “So grandfather looked over all the medical files and notes that the doctors wrote down… everything looks good, but we’re confused about a few things.. you lost the twins at just about 20 weeks not 16 which is almost 5 months, and you would have needed to be on bedrest for a few days after. There is no record of a hospital stay just that you came in and had a procedure done and another thing there was no charge for disposal of…” my father stopped as he started to get choked up.
My grandfather Ethan Sr. took over “Mia, the babies have no death certificate on file that we could find… so what exactly happened to them and are they still alive?” I knew that this was just another secret that I’d never be able to keep to myself. “Grandfather, father look we 3 know that the babies are not alive because if that were the case do you think I’d lie about that or want to be away from them. I know people who I thought had things buried deep enough that this would never see the light of day unless I wanted it to. Then again, I have a father like you who would never stop at just this. You are good I give you that…. But how about you take another look down at your papers that you have on me and my dead babies, look real, close and you’ll figure it out. Then again if grandfather missed it then you probably won’t figure it out” I groaned as I stood in a huff. My father rolled back and forth in his chair as he looked at his computer scrolling and finally passed my grandfather a tablet and had him start looking too. “OMG…. You didn’t….” my grandfather gasped out telling me he figured it out, which my father wasn’t too far behind has he found the paper my grandfather had. “I ummm wait you spend this much money a month for some storage place and for what, what’s there?” my father stood with such fire behind his eyes.
Ethan Sr. got in front of me as though he was going to protect me from my father who had started towards me. What either men did not realize is I was no longer a victim, and I was not afraid of any man or anyone for that matter and moved to the side. Only so my father didn’t feel threatened by his father who was a little taller than him but still a ½ inch shorter than me. “Dad what kind of storage place do you think that is, because I assure you that I’m not spending a $1,000 a month to keep records and secrets of my life….” “Hey son… it’s a cryogenic place that preserves bodies for science, and well other things that people might believe in. I’d love to know the reason you have to keep your dead children in those tanks” my grandfather said cutting me off. My father was now in complete shock looking at me as though I was a mental patient. "You are telling me that you not only hid things even though I found them, and you have my grand-daughters in a tank? You know they are dead right and there is no bringing them out of it?" he asked as he stomped around the office.
Anger was building fast on all our ends but, I wondered if either one of them would understand my reasoning behind it. "Well, I was not expecting this to come out so soon" my brother Ethan said in a tone that told me otherwise. I scowled at the thought and cringed inwardly when my father and grandfather were waiting for me to respond. "Yes, father I know that my daughters are dead and won't ever be with us like I wish they were. With that said I wanted to know more on why they couldn't be saved or why I had gone into labor early even though I know it was because of trauma..." I was happy that the photos were not out there swirling around for anyone to get to. I was once again disengaged from the two men who were waiting for me to finish what I was saying. "Ummm where was I?.... ahhh anyways I also thought if I ever did go into medicine, I would want it to be researching and learning about what causes things to happen like what they call domino effect. I don't expect you or anyone else to understand why I did it, and if I may can, we please keep this between us? I could only imagine what mother would think or say for that matter!" I said as I stood and went to the bar pouring myself a scotch needing the feel of the burn.
A second later I felt the strength of my fathers’ hand on my shoulder and stayed strong as possible as I knew he would only want more answers and ones I was not sure I could give him. "I can't promise not to say anything to your mother which will also depend on where we go from here!" my father said in such a way that told me before my summer was over my parents and now probably my entire family would know the INs and OUTs of my life whether I wanted them to or not. "Well, I guess that means we'll have to just wait and see I guess since now besides me myself and I you both know that my girls are at a cryo-facililty until I either burry them or give them up for science" I shrugged hoping that what I said would keep them from going any further.
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