Ethan grabbed Antonio the bottle of bourbon, he was going to pour him only a glass, but knew he would be running up, and down the stairs every two seconds just to fill up his glass. He walked back over to Antonio, handing the bottle over "Now don't chug this all at once. You'll need to be sober when they come home you know."

"I'll be fine, I just need to calm my nerves. I guess I forgot what it was like to be that age." Antonio sighed, while looking at the time.

"Are you going to get drunk tonight, or can I go to bed? It's late, and I have to get up early." Sadie says, pulling the bottle out of Antonio's hand.

"I'll stay sober enough until the girls get home, after that, then I can't promise you anything." Antonio smiled.

"Well if you come to bed, and you're not slobbering drunk; I'll give you a milkshake." Sadie winked, as she walked past him "Goodnight everyone." she smiled, and walked up the stairs.

"Milkshake?" Ethan questioned.

Antonio's eyebrows moved up, and down fast, and with a big grin on his face "That's for me to know, and for you to not find out what she meant." he laughed.

"Never mind, I think I know. I may be slow sometimes, but I'm not stupid." Ethan chuckled.

The girls finally walked through the doorway, and Antonio let out a sigh of relief. The girls looked happy as Antonio walked over to them, asking how things went, and was happy to hear they had fun.

"After we left, Andrew and Chris had to laugh, they thought Ethan was weird, but funny." Isabella smiled.

"I had to tell them that was nothing, that Ethan was being pretty mild, but I was still embarrassed by him." Gabriella giggled.

"I am, who I am, I can't change that." he grinned, and looked over at Antonio "See, I told you they loved me, and knew I would make an ass out of myself. I knew there was nothing to worry about."

"Well I'm glad that you both had fun, but it's late, and you both should get to bed." he says, kissing the top of their heads.

The girls headed off to bed, and Antonio looked over at Ethan, and Ilona, placing his hand on his heart "Thank God everything went well."

"I think maybe you were overreacting just a little, but I guess it's hard when you have two daughters at that age going out, and exploring the pre adult life, and then having to worry about how boys will be with your daughters." Ilona said, hoping she wasn't overstepping anything.

"It's a dad thing I guess, and I have not one, or two... but three more to deal with."

"That just means you'll get better with each one." Ilona giggled.

"Well I'm going to bed, are you staying, or leaving?" Antonio asked Ethan. Ilona turned her head towards Ethan, curious to see what he would say, hoping he would stay.

"Nah, I'm heading home. After today I need some time to myself, and figure things out."

"We'll get it all figured out." Antonio smiled, giving him a thumbs up.

Ilona sighed, and leaned back against the couch. She didn't know what to think, or what to expect anymore, it seemed like something was in the way every time she wanted to spend some time with Ethan.

"So, what happened that your all bummed about?" Ilona asked quietly, looking down at her feet.

Ethan walked closer to her, with his hands behind his head "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

He then placed his hands on the sides of her hips, and looked at her with hurt in his eyes "Just because, my life is just one big disaster. Mr. Funny guy does have a heart, that can be easily ripped apart. I don't mean to look like a mess, but I am. I've got so much going on in my mind, and then to find out that I might have a child that has been hidden from me for the last four years, was the icing on the cake."

"Oh?"

"I told you about Melissa, Sadie ran into her the other night, and saw her with a little girl. Antonio did some digging, and found out when she was born, we went over to her house to confront her, and was basically told she could be mine."

"Oh, why would she do that?"

Ethan let out a pissed off laugh "You got me; I have no clue. I never did anything wrong to her, the way you see me all the time now, is how I was with her. She said I was a child, and that she wanted an adult father in her life. Which is a bunch of bullshit. She knew I loved kids, and knows I have always been good with them. She saw me around kids all the time, especially Antonio's kids. I now get the feeling she did a lot of lying when we were together."

Ilona leaned forward and gave him a kiss "Sorry you're going through that; nobody should ever have to go through that." she said quietly.

"I better go, it's been a long day, and I'm tired."

******

Antonio was in his office and on the phone, when there was a knock at the door. Finishing his phone call, he got up from the desk, opened the door, and saw Melissa standing there.

"Melissa? What can I help you with?" Antonio asked, surprised to see her.

"Can we talk?"

"Sure, come in. I was in the middle of some things, but I can put that to the side for now, what's going on?"

"I talked with my husband, and we've come to an agreement. I don't want to bring this out into court, and I don't need Faith to get confused with what is going on, even though I'm the reason for it." Melissa sighed.

"What do you mean? Ethan deserves to know if that is in fact his child."

Melissa looked away from him, and stared at the wall "The thing is, I know for a fact that she is his daughter. A couple years ago, my husband doubted that she was his, and had a paternity test done on her after I admitted to him to what I did." She says pulling paperwork out of her purse, and handing it to Antonio.

Antonio looked at the paperwork, it was dated almost two years ago, and it clearly showed that James was not the father.

"So how sure are you, Faith is his?" he asks, walking around his desk, and sat down across from her.

"One hundred percent. I assumed she was James, and always hoped it wasn't Ethan's. When that test came back, and showed it wasn't my husband's, I was upset, I wanted her to by husband's child. There were only two people that I slept with, and that was Ethan, and James."

Antonio looked at her with furrowed eyebrows, feeling angry with her "You do know Ethan has every right to do a paternity test of his own."

"I know, but as much as I don't want her to be his, she is, and I just want to get this over with. I knew it would eventually come out, I just wished that it wasn't this soon."

"So why are you here?"

"I want to make things right, and to let her get to know who her real father is. I don't want any child support, my husband and I talked, and thought that it would be best for him to get to know her, spend time with her, and eventually let him have her on weekends, holidays or whenever he wanted her. I'm willing to sign any paperwork that's needed, and to show that I will not go after him for any money. I don't want his money."

"Why the change of heart?"

"Because she means the world to me, and I know how much he wanted a child. I've already kept him from her, and when I saw the hurt in his eyes the day you two were over, I did in fact feel bad for him, and felt bad for everything that I did to him. After having the talk with Ethan at the party, I wanted to tell him that very same night, but couldn't find it in my heart to say anything. You may think that I'm a terrible person, and I guess I am for what I pulled on him, but I'm not that bad of a person."

"What you did to him was wrong, and evil. What if there was an emergency, and she needed something from Ethan to survive?"

"I know it was wrong, and that's why I want to make it up to him, and to make things right. Thanksgiving is in a couple days, and I would like for him to have her for that. I assume he will be at your place?" Melissa stood up, and walked over to the window, looking out. "I figured I would talk to you, instead of going directly to Ethan, I didn't want this to turn into a fight."

"Yes, Thanksgiving will be at my place, and I'm sure he would love that."

Antonio thought about it, and wondered what was up her sleeve, thinking that it was odd, that she came to him. For her not wanting to bring it to court, to not want child support, and to offer that he can have her at any time that he wanted, he found just odd.

"I guess I'm not understanding what your intentions are on this, what do you get in return?"

"Nothing, I want nothing out of this. I guess, the only thing that I ask is, for him to be a father to her."

While Melissa stood there, Antonio drew up paperwork for her to sign, and questioned her again before she signed anything. He wanted to make sure this was what she wanted to do, and when asked if she would have a problem if Ethan still had a DNA test done, to be sure, she was OK with it.

Later that night, Antonio had Ethan stop by to talk to him about Melissa, and what they drew up for paperwork. Both he, and Sadie were excited for him, and hoped he would feel the same.

Grace happened to be over playing with the kids, and helping Sadie get things ready for Thanksgiving. Ethan walked in, and stopped when he saw Grace standing at the breakfast bar talking to Sadie about what they were going to be making for food. Ethan's heart skipped a beat, and walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her "Your breasts remind me of Mount Rushmore, my face should be among them." Ethan said quietly in her ear, making her giggle.

Sadie looked over at Ethan, and pointed her finger at him "I heard that you know."

"It was pretty good, wasn't it." Ethan laughed "But what I really would like, is to kiss those beautiful, luscious pink lips of yours, and then the ones on your face." he grinned, making Sadie run after him

"Dammit Ethan, go find Antonio." Sadie snapped as Ethan took off laughing. As much as he knew it would bother Sadie, he felt like he meant what he said to Grace. He thought it felt good teasing her again, and that it had been a while since he was able to talk to her like that.

Grace was loving the comments, making her feel warm inside, and felt she was missing him, then had to start doing things, just to avoid him. She knew this was going to be the week she would end up running into him, because of the holiday coming up, and with Sadie leaving for a week with Antonio. When Ethan had his arms around her, she wanted to turn around and kiss him, and to let him have her, but knew she had to be strong, and knew that this was what she wanted.

Ilona happened to overhear Sadie yelling at Ethan, and walked over to see what was going on "Oh, Ethan is always making comments to my mom."

"You too?" Ilona asked Grace.

Grace didn't care to hear that Ethan was hitting on her, but didn't let it show "Yes, Ethan has been doing that to me for about ten years now. I find it rather funny; he definitely knows how to get you to smile, and laugh."

"That he does." Ilona sighed with a smile.

Ilona talked with Sadie, and Grace while Antonio talked with Ethan about what Melissa offered. Ilona started talking about Ethan in front of Grace, that had her making her feel uneasy. Her stomach turned, and felt like she was going to lose her balance "Excuse me a moment." Grace said, quickly taking off to the bathroom, and locking the door after entering.

Grace ran some cold water, and held her hands under the cold water, splashing her face to cool off, feeling as if she was going to be sick. She looked at herself in the mirror, and whispered calm down Grace, this is what you wanted. She then put some cold water on the back of her neck, and the moment she did that, she ran over to the toilet, letting everything out she had eaten throughout the day.

A knock at the door had her lifting her head up quickly "I'll be out in a minute."

"Are you OK?" Sadie asked worried.

"I'm fine. I'll be out in a minute." Grace choked as she was talking, and puked some more. She then crossed her arms on the seat, and laid her head on her arms. As she looked down into the bowl, and saw what came out, she puked some more "What the fuck did I eat today?" she mumbled.

After feeling better, she cleaned herself up, and rubbed toothpaste on her teeth, and inside her mouth to get the bad taste out of her mouth. She walked back out, and sat back down at the table, leaning her head in the palm of her hand as her elbow rested on the table "I think I'm going to head out, I'm not feeling the greatest, I must have gotten food poisoning, or caught some sort of bug." She wasn't sure if she got herself so worked up after hearing Ilona talk about Ethan, that it made her puke, or if it was something that she ate.

"You look like a ghost." Sadie says grabbing a glass, and filling it with water, then handed it to her "Drink this, I'm not letting you leave until you get some color back in your face."

"I'm sure I'll be fine." Grace insisted as she stood up. She drank some of the water, and started to heading to the door.

Antonio, and Ethan walked out of the office, and Ethan had a smile on his face, he walked over to Ilona, picked her up, and twirled her around. He then noticed Grace putting on her shoes, and set Ilona down, to go walk over to her. "Are you leaving?"

"Yes, I'm going home, I'm not feeling too good." she said quietly, feeling upset with herself. Upset enough that she couldn't even look at him.

"I'll be right back; I'm going to walk her to her car." Ethan called out as he walked her out the door.

"You can go back in; I don't need you walking me to my car." Grace stopped to look at Ethan, she wanted to say something to him, but couldn't, and started walking again.

Ethan ran over to her car, and opened the door for her "I wanted to tell you that I found out I have a little girl... Melissa had been hiding her from me for the last four years."

"Sadie mentioned that to me earlier. Congratulations." Grace smiled. She reached up, and gave him a hug. Being in his arms again felt good, the heat of his breath against her skin had her closing her eyes, and causing her to feel weak in the knees.

"What has four legs, and doesn't have the most beautiful woman on it?" Ethan asked quietly.

"Huh?" she asked confused, and pulled back to look at him.

He smiled wide "My bed, would you like to fix that, and come home with me?" 

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