Janet's POV

I didn't sleep last night thinking about all the thing's Jermaine was saying about Michael. I know Michael and Ocean have made bad choices in the past, but they never deserved to lose DJ. They love DJ and always have. They never neglected or abused him in any way. If they had then I'd agree with him, but they didn't. It really messed them up when he was taken away and they went down hill from then. They were a happy family once and after DJ was taken no matter what they did, they could never truly be happy because the person who meant the most to them was gone and so was apart of them and they did whatever they could to fill that emptiness and block out the pain. I don't believe what he said about what Michael did to Ocean. He loves her. Sure they have their fallings out and argue from time to time, but so does every couple. He'd never do the thing's Jermaine said he did to her. I know Michael he'd never do anything like that, not to anybody. Especially Ocean.

I'm sat in my room and Randy walks in. "you feeling any better?" He asks softly and I shake my head. "why would Jermaine say those thing's? Michael would never hurt Ocean not in anyway" I shake my head and he sighs sitting beside me. "Dunk, sometimes people do thing's that they don't really mean and..."

"like when Jermaine yelled at me and said those nasty lies about Michael" I scoff cutting him off. "he um... He didn't exactly lie. Not about everything anyway"

"of course he was! They never used us or deserved to get their son taken away and Michael NEVER did those thing's to Ocean!" I frown. "the first two thing's aren't true" he mumbles looking at the ground. "what!? Don't tell me you actually believe Jermaine!" I frown moving away from him slightly. "I believe Michael" he says lifting his head up. "what are you talking about he never..."

"Michael told me himself" he cuts me off. "those things Jermaine said about what he did to Ocean are true"

"Michael wouldn't say that" I shake my head. "he loves Ocean. Their married and they have three children together"

"well he did. And that's the reason DJ and Nevaeh are here. Because he..."

"Michael didn't rape Ocean!" I snap cutting him off. "your just as bad as Jermaine"

"Janet. He did! I know it's hard for you to except but he did. He was really sick at the time and.. "

"get out!" I snap cutting him off. "but I'm trying to explain"

"your a lier just like Jermaine get the fuck out of my room" I croak and he sighs getting off of my bed. "why don't you ask him yourself when he gets back? He's actually pretty open about it" I don't say anything and he walks out closing the door behind him and I begin sobbing once again.

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Michael's POV

I was debating with myself whether or not to tell Ocean about my conversation with Jermaine and the rest off the family because I didn't want to upset her, but we agreed a long time ago that we wouldn't keep things from each other. She was a little upset at first, but not as bad as I thought she would be.

"our you ready?" I smile going into the bedroom "mhm" Ocean smiles, closing the last suitcase. "I think DJs a little disappointed though"

"he's fine. I promised him we'd take him to Lego land this weekend" I smile pulling her into me. "have you been bribing our kids?"

"mhm... How do you think I got them to eat their vegetables?" I smirk making her giggle slightly. And I lean in kissing her softly. "ewww. Daddy! You kissed a girl!" We hear DJ standing at the door. And we chuckle slightly breaking away. "well you shouldn't be looking" I giggle picking him up. "you ready to go?"

"mhm.. But I'm not sitting next to you"

"awww, how come?" I pout playfully. "coz your yucky and kiss girls" he scrunches his face making me chuckle.

We've all had a great time over here and got to spend some real quality time together just the five of us. Without and drama and it's really helped us out alot and with all the downtime, we've been able to clear our heads for the first time and plan our future rather that focussing on the past.

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Jermaine's POV

I feel bad about yelling at Janet the way I did yesterday. She deserved to know the truth about Michael and Ocean. I don't regret what I said, but I do regret the way I said it to her, because it's the truth. No matter what Michael does wrong, everybody always backs him up and let's him get his own way. He's the one that got everything. A beautiful wife, nice home, great kids and even his own business and what did I get? The woman I love used me because she wanted to be close to Michael and a family that hates me for telling it like it is. Even when they started using heroin everyone blamed me because it started when Ocean had an abortion. Not one person asked me how I felt when Michael slept with Aisha. They all felt sorry for him and blamed it all on her. And when I slept with Ocean it was all my fault. Ocean was just as much apart of it as me and unlike Michael I didn't force her to have sex with me. That was my child Ocean was carrying and Michael took her to some back street doctor and got it out of her as soon as he could and then gave her heroin to stop her crying about it. I apologised for what I did to Ocean, but not once did he apologise to me for making Ocean get rid of my baby. Instead he just made a point of getting Ocean pregnant and flaunted his baby in front of me. I've tried not to think about it, but every now and then I can't help but wonder what my child would have been like. Would I have a son or a daughter? Who would it have looked like? And a whole bunch of other stuff. I wouldn't have expected them to hand it over to me or Ocean to leave Michael, but I would have been there and been a good father, but he didn't even give me chance because just like when we were kids everything had to Michael's.

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Michael's POV

We didn't tell anybody we were coming home today, firstly because we didn't actually decide until last night and second we thought it would be a nice surprise for everybody.

We get to my mothers house and the place is empty "maybe we should have called after all" Ocean giggles carrying Princess while I get our bags. "I'm sure there'll be back soon" I smile pecking her lips then head upstairs to the bathroom.

When I'm done in the bathroom, I walk along the hall way and hear a light sobbing from Janet's room. "Dunk?" I say softly opening her door. "Michael! Your back!" She smiles excitedly and runs into my arms hugging me tightly "I missed you too!" I chuckle then notice her eyes are bloodshot "hey, what's wrong?" I ask softly and she shakes her head "nothing"

"Janet, you know I can't help you unless you tell me" I say softly and she starts crying "w-when you hung up yesterday... "

"is that what this is about? Awww. Dunk I didn't hang up because I didn't want to talk to you. I only hung up because Jermaine was going on and..."

"he said some really horrible thing's about you" she cuts me off "I sure a lot have people have" I chuckle slightly under my breath. "Your back!!!" I hear my mothers voice and I'm assuming she's seen Ocean and the kids. "I best go and say hi. And you have two nieces and a nephew that have been missing their favourite auntie" I smile and she smiles back slightly through pursed lips. "whatever Jermaine said, don't let it get to you ok?" I smile wiping her tears away and she nods and I take her hand leading her out of the room to come downstairs with me.

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"so how was Jamaica? when did you all get back? Why didn't you tell us you were leaving or..."

"jeez woman let them answer the first question before you ask another" my dad cuts my mother off. And I chuckle slightly "well... The place we stayed was really nice and we had a great time and relaxed. We got back about an hour ago and we thought we'd surprise you" Ocean smiles "well you all look great! I'm glad you guys had fun" LaToya smiles back. "have you um... Made arrangements?" My mother asks and I look at her confused. "Marlon told us everything" my dad says "that's done with now" shrug not wanting to go over it all. "and as for arrangements. We found a nice place but it's not quiet ready yet so we was wondering if...."

"of course you can move back!" Mother cuts me off. "it'll only be for a month or so. If that's ok" Ocean adds "your all welcome here as long as you want"

"do you need me to help you with the work?" Randy asks and I shake my head "I'm not actually working on it"

"but, you have your own painting and decorating business. Why pay someone for a job you can do for free?" My dad asks confused. "firstly because we bought the land and the house is still being built and second. It's in Miami"

"it's where!? Why would you move all the way there?" Mother asks. "the areas great and there's a beautiful beach literally in front of our house!" Ocean smiles excitedly.

*

We continue talking for awhile and the whole time I notice Janet has been really quiet, but I don't say anything because I don't wanna put her on the spot in front of everyone.

After awhile she goes upstairs to bed and I excuse myself and go and check she's ok. "everything ok?" I ask going into her room and she nods "I'm just tired" she mumbles clearly lying. "I'm sorry I didn't stay with you longer. I didn't realise you were so upset" I mutter feeling guilty and she doesn't say anything and looks at me slightly nervous for some reason. "do you remeber earlier when I said Jermaine said stuff about you?"

"yeah, what about it?" I shrug. And she doesn't answer. "Dunk whatever it is it can't be that bad"

"he said you hit Ocean" she mumbles "he told you that?" I sigh and she looks at me confused. "why aren't you denying it?"

"come over here" I motion her over and she looks at me nervously "please? I'm not gonna get mad at you" I say softly and she comes over and sits beside me. "I don't hit Ocean. But I did used to. I'm not proud of it but I did"

"but you said you loved Ocean?" She frowns confused. "and I do. I always have and I will. I love her with all my heart. But at the time I was really sick and when I would do it... It's hard to explain but I would have these black outs and wouldn't even know it what happened until it was too late. But I've had alot of help since then and I take medication a doctor gave me to stop the black outs" I explain. "this was all along time ago. Almost three years in fact and thank God. Ocean forgave me and we've moved on and left al that stuff in the past"

"when DJ was a baby?" She mumbles and I nod "he said something else too" she mutters timidly. "Dunk, whatever it is I'm not gonna get mad at you" I say softly having a pretty good idea what else he said. "he said that your babies are only here because you raped Ocean" she mumbles "b- but that's not true right?" She looks right at me and I sigh looking at the ground. "Princess isn't " I mumble "it's true!" She looks at me shocked and I nod. "it's true. Duncan, Nevaeh and Angel... The baby we lost" I turn to her "they were all conceived because I raped Ocean" I croak. And tears start rolling down her eyes "but your my big brother! And you love Ocean. You wouldn't do that" she shakes her head. "I'm not proud of myself for the things I've done and I will never forgive myself for that, even if Ocean did"

"she really forgave you?"

"along time ago. She said that even though what I did was wrong she knew I was sick and had blacked out and she says that if I hadn't ra... Done what I did, then we wouldn't have DJ and Vaeh would we?"

"well no" she shrugs.

We sit and talk for awhile and I can see it's all getting too much for her. "I know you have alot to take in right now, so I'm gonna give you some space ok?" I say softly and she nods. "if there's anything you wanna know about this or anything else. You can always ask me or Ocean and we will answer any question and we won't get ever get mad at you for it" I smile through poured lips and leave her to take in everything I've just told her.

Even though everybody tried to talk me out of it speaking to Jermaine, I still head over to his place. Ocean and I have been very open with our family about what's happened in our past, but it still pissed me off that Jermaine would say that to Janet. He knows that's all on the past and he had no right telling her.

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Jermaine's POV

I'm just about to go to bed and somebody starts pounding on my front door. I answer the door and Michael storms in and immediately starts yelling "why the fuck did you tell Janet about what I did to Ocean!?"

"why not? She had the right to know what kind of man her precious brother really is" I shrug. "what happened back then was over with a long time ago and even if it wasn't! What I do with my wife is none of your business!"

"over along time ago huh? Have you forgotten the time I saw you slam her into the dresser? Or push her half way across the kitchen after you tried to rape her AGAIN!"

"it's wasn't like that!" he frowns "if it wasn't for your phycho, slut of a girlfriend messing with my head stalking me and lying about being pregnant then.."

"then what? You wouldn't have hit and tried to rape your wife?" I cut him off "and if Aisha's a slut then so's Ocean for fucking me and..." I'm cut off when Michael suddenly punches me hard in the jaw busting my lip. "don't you ever call her that again" he frowns "why? Because she's and inccocent victim like you?" I say holding my jaw "Well at least you play the victim, when actually your nothing but a selfish, ungrateful, little brat that always has to have his own way!"

"what the fuck are you talking about?" He frowns confused. "I helped you and was there for you when you needed me and what did you do!? You fucked the woman I loved and..."

"it wasn't like that and you know it! I was mess and hadn't been taking my medication and your not exactly innocent either! You fucked my wife! The woman I love more than anything and got her pregnant!" he snaps "and unlike you I apologised for that and for what I did to you, but what about you , huh?"

"what the fuck do I have to be sorry about?" He frowns confuses. " you told me Ocean was pregnant with my child! Then took her to some back street doctor and made her abort it. You didn't have to tell me but you did! And then you purposely got her pregnant and then flaunted your perfect beautiful little girl in my face just to rub it in that little bit more you couldn't wait to get that baby out of her. Yet everybody makes me out to be the bad guy!?"

"I didn't make her get rid of the baby. I told her I'd let her keep if she wanted to and that I'd stand by her decision. It was her choice" he says on a softer tone. "see what I mean!? you told her she could keep her baby! Is was mine and hers! Not yours and You had not right to make any decision or tell her to do anything and what about me huh? Did either of you stop and ask why I wanted? No! Because all you two care about is yourselves"

"she didn't want your baby and it was her decision and as for me purposely getting her pregnant. Yes I did! Because we were trying for a baby at the time. And the one she was carrying wasn't ours it was yours and if you felt this way then why did you let us move back?"

"because I thought I could forget about it and for awhile I did and then when I saw you with all your kids listening to them call you daddy and constantly running over to you excitedly when you walked through the door and always telling you and Ocean they love you it killed me. Especially after Princess was born. That was suppose to be my baby and it was meant to be me cradling her, but instead it was you. You got your kids, your wife everything and what have I got huh? Nothing except everybody blaming me for what Aisha did and you two running off again. when I found what she did I defended you and threw her out and you ran away and just like everyone else blamed me"

"that's not why we left. We left because I was scared you were gonna do to Ocean what Aisha did to me"

"why would I do something like that!?" I frown "I slept with Aisha so you slept with Ocean. We come back and Aisha drugs and tries to have sex with me again and you just admitted you wished Ocean had kept your baby. For all I do knew you were gonna try and do it again. I saw they way you looked at Ocean when we came back. You stared at her all the time like you were just waiting for your chance and I wasn't going to let that happen"

"I'd never do that to you. I'll admit I find her attractive just like most of the men out there and do you blame me? You have a beautiful wife and..."

"yes, I am aware of that! I did marry her remember!?" He snaps cutting me off. "why are you getting so defensive? You got the girl, the beautiful kids, own business, nice cars, house and everything every man could possibly want yet it's still not enough for you is it?"

"of course it is!" He frowns "then why are you here?"

"I'm here because of what you said to Janet!"

"she'll get over it and she'll forgive you just like everybody else does" I shrug and he doesn't say anything. "you won Michael. You got everything and I got nothing. Now you have two choices you can stop with the attitude, sit your ass down and have a beer with me and we can talk and try and resolve our difference like men and we can move foward or you can walk out of here and we can go back to hating each other like we did for years" he doesn't say anything and stands there for a moment then sits down on the sofa.