The Turns Life Takes (Eve/Julian) - Chapter 22
by yhh
Eve hated to do this to TC, but she knew if she showed up at the house
he would refuse to let her in the house. So she had come to the school,
to his office to talk to him. She knew this was his free period. She took
a deep breath and knocked.
"Yes, come in," TC said.
Opening the door, Eve took a few seconds to gaze at the man she had loved
for so many years and had created a wonderful life with. She had always
known her house of lies would crumble, especially when she discovered Julian
lived in Harmony also, but she hadn't imagined that it would end like this.
TC finally lifted his head and saw her. A look of utter disgust covered
his face. "What are you doing here?"
Quickly closing the door and stepping inside his office, Eve stood inches
away from the door. This wasn't a social call, she would say her peace and
leave. "I came to tell you before you heard it from anyone else that Julian
and I have found our daughter- -"
TC shook his head. "Do your lies ever stop? I thought you and that creepy,
career stealing man had spawned a bastard son."
It was on the tip of her tongue to reprimand him and yell at him for saying
such things about her child, but that wasn't why she was here. She wouldn't
allow him to draw her into a shouting match or distract her from the reason
she was here. "Alistair switched my daughter with a son before I saw my
child."
"Of course he did," he said condescendingly.
"He did. My daughter, Brenda Barrett Corinthos, is in town with her husband,
Sonny- -"
"And I care why?" he asked, ignoring her physical presence and going back
to his paperwork.
He was really making this difficult and working her last nerve. His attitude
made it difficult for her to remember why she had ever loved him, stayed
with him and put up with the temper all these years. "I didn't want you to
feel uncomfortable when you saw me with my daughters around town."
"To be uncomfortable I would have to care," he said bluntly.
And on that note, it was time for her to leave. "Here," she said, stepping
forward and fighting the urge to toss the document on his desk.
"What is this?" TC picked up the document and perused it. "You're giving
me everything? What about Simone? I will not allow my daughter to live with
you. Or worse yet be a party to you're adulterous affair with that- -that
man."
"Thornton, Simone is old enough to chose were she wants to live. I would
hate to take this to court and make a judge decide where our daughter should
live, but I will if I have to. I was hoping that we could come to an agreement
ourselves without putting Simone in the middle, but first I figured you
would want the divorce as soon as possible."
He didn't like that the custody issue was still up in the air, but he did
want to rid himself of this whore and remove her presences from his homes
and the money in the bank would go a long way to do just that. "Fine. When
do you leave for the Dominican? I assume that's where your lover is sending
you." He signed the papers.
Ignoring his accusation, she answered his question. "I'm headed to the
airport now. We can discuss Simone when I return. Good day, Thornton and
here's a tip, don't spend all that money in one place because there's no
more after that." Picking up the signed documents, Eve exited with a weight
lifted off her shoulder. Her marriage was really over and in just a day
it would be officially over. Everything she had worked for, sacrificed for,
was gone. All too soon, she would have to deal with the present and the future,
and more importantly give Julian an answer.