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|  | The Haunting Past - Ch 24 THE FINALE - 08.07.06
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Sorry this is so late, but I was a little busy adopting the most beautiful, adorable, funniest, smartest, most talented 19 month old boy in the free living world. 
Here's the final chapter. Thank you to everyone who read my latest story. And to all those who responded with love, hate, or indifference to Ridge. I enjoyed writing this story. Thanks for making writing so enjoyable. I'm so glad I found this board.
Whoever said time heals all wounds never stood in the same room with a murderer playing and talking with the murdered's children. Two years later and it still creeped her out, but she dealt with it. Seeing the joy in Pheebs' and Stephie's faces as the interacted with their grandma made her live with the deal she had struck with the devil.
"Mom. Brooke," the twins called to her.
She watched as Stephanie swallowed her reaction to hearing Phoebe call her Mom. The twins didn't call her mom all the time, but more often than not they did, especially once the newly divorced Ric moved back into the house and Bridget decided to stay there also. "Yes?"
"Grandma, show Mom the card trick," Stephie said.
Stephanie demonstrated the simple magic trick much to the girls’ utter delight.
"Mom, are you claiming the trick I showed you as your own?" Felicia Hamilton inquired, walking over to the table.
"I learned from the best," Stephanie teased.
Brooke shook her head. The therapy seemed to be working. Kristen, Felicia, and Thorne had all been very leery when their mother started making overtures towards them, but over time and with consistency, they began working on their relationship. Eric had been stunned by his wife's decision to leave Forrester and equally amazed at her realizing they had other children besides Ridge. He had noticed Ridge's cooler relationship with his wife and tried to hint around about that, but she and Ridge both pretended not to notice as did Stephanie. Seeing the resistance he was up against, he dropped it and lived happily with the growth his wife had made. He probably ended up attributing it to Taylor's death. And she guessed, technically, that wouldn't be a wrong assumption.
Leaving the twins in the capable hands of their aunt, she never left any of the children alone with just Stephanie there always had to be another adult around, she walked over to the other guests.
"Brooke."
She stopped and walked over to pregnant Simone. Rubbing the little bump, she smiled. After all the years Simone had wasted with her first husband, Dr. Thomas Hardy, Senior, she was ecstatic that her friend had finally found happiness with a man who loved her. "You find a good man and all you do is stay knocked up?" she teased.
Simone rolled her eyes. She was glad to see the light coming back into Brooke's eyes. After Taylor's death, Brooke changed. She thought it was due to Ridge and his usual drama, but she had noticed differences in him also. So had Connor. But whatever it was, they both seemed to be coming back around. Though she had a sneaking feeling it had something to do with Stephanie, she had observed a chilling in the relationship of Ridge and Stephanie. Maybe one day when the time was right, she'd ask Brooke what happened. "Please. I would have waited a little longer. I've got a twenty-three-and-a-half-month-old daughter and in four months I'll have triplets."
"Ah, the luck of being the 1 in 705,000 women lucky enough to have triplets naturally," Brooke grinned.
"Bite your tongue. Of course, Tommy and Connor are over the moon."
"Of course. They don't have to carry three kids for nine months."
"I told Connor I'm not coming home from the hospital until he's had a vasectomy."
The two college roommates laughed.
"What did he say?"
"What could he say? He knew the cookie shop would be closed until he did, so he agreed. Five kids are enough. I don't know how you do it."
Brooke shrugged. "You do what you have to do. You'll soon discover."
"Brooke?" Ridge called.
"Excuse me."
Simone nodded.
"Yes," she said walking towards Ridge.
"Have you seen Justin?"
She thought for a moment, she hadn't seen him in a while. "No, I'll go see if I can hunt him down. He shouldn't be missing out on his own party."
"I'll look upstairs again."
Walking through her living and dining rooms, she nodded at her family and friends, as she headed outdoors. And there she found him sitting on top of the diving board, staring out at the water. Carefully, she climbed the stairs and sat down next to him.
"I've dreamed of this day since you took me to my first day of kindergarten. Kaleb's mom, dad, older brother, and younger sister were all there to wish him good luck on his first day. I looked at him and I wanted that. I didn't want you to be alone and I wanted a dad and sisters and brothers."
She had deprived her son of so much. And not just Justin, but Ric, Bridget, and Hope also. She had had the privilege of growing up happy in a two-parent home, but her children had not. She would always live with that guilt and the guilt that she had made too many attempts to create the perfect family for Ric and Bridget, knowing deep in her heart that it was never going to work. "I'm sorry."
Justin shook his head. "It's okay, Mom, because today my dream came true. I'm just like Kaleb now. Today, I became Justin Storm Logan Forrester. Dad and I made it official and all. Just like he did with Budge, Ric, Pheebs, Stephie, and Hope."
Yes, the twins. After Taylor's death, James came to see Ridge and told him that all his time and effort was being used to get his precious Mary back to reality after the Ric debacle and finding out the truth about her mother, and he didn't see any reason this should affect or taint Phoebe and Stephanie's world. He told Ridge if the twins ever had any questions or wanted to see him, the door would always be open. James' assurance relieved Ridge immensely, but he still adopted the twins to feel doubly safe. Her heart sympathized with James', she knew how difficult it was to sacrifice one child, or in his case two children, for the sake of another.
"That's right, we did," Ridge agreed, sliding onto the board with them.
The teenager smiled brightly. "If I hadn't made the decision two and a half years ago to leave Aunt Donna's and Uncle Colton's, we wouldn't be here now- -"
"Running- -"
"I know, Dad, running away is not the answer. But if I hadn't I wouldn't be a legal Forrester, now would I?"
Ruffling her youngest son's hair, she put on a stern face. "Well, we'll never know now because you took matters into your own hands."
Properly chastened, Justin sat with Brooke and Ridge and enjoyed the sounds coming from inside the house.
"So Mom, you're the only in the house who's not a Forrester- -"
"Squirt, the party is inside," Ric yelled at his much adored younger brother.
"Yeah," Thomas echoed.
"Be quiet, Sport," Ric said.
"Make me," Thomas threatened. "No! No! Dad, stop him," he yelled, as Ric picked him up in a fireman's hold and threw him in the pool.
"Hey, you can't do that to our brother," Phoebe, Stephie, and Bridget reprimanded in unison as they pushed Ric in the pool; but at the last moment, he surprised them and held onto them, taking them in the water with him.
"Me too!" Hope screamed, jumping in after them.
Making a splash-less dive into the pool, Justin joined his siblings.
"You know he's right," Ridge commented, as they watched the party move outside and their children play in the pool.
"Come on," she said to Ridge, standing up and grabbing his hand.
"You didn't answer my question."
"I didn't hear one being asked."
Bending on one knee, Ridge faced her. "Brooke Logan, would you- -"
Using all her upper body strength, she pushed Ridge off the diving board sending him flaying into the water below.
Laughter erupted all around.
Seeing her family below her, she moved to the edge of the diving board, ready to cannon-ball in when a sudden movement stopped her.
"Uncle Sonny," Justin screamed, swimming to the edge of the pool, getting out and running to the casually, yet exp*nisively and tastelfully dressed medium height man.
Sonny Corinthos threw open his arms and hugged Justin Forrester with all his might. "I heard there was a party going on."
"I was hoping you could make it," Bridget said, waiting for her chance to hug, the man who was like an uncle to her and her brother.
"I was worried you weren't going to make it," Ric added.
"Have I ever not made it?" Sonny asked of Brooke's eldest.
Ric shook his head. "Never."
"That's what I thought, now give me a hug."
Ric stepped forward and embraced the older man, very relieved that he had come.
"Forrester, congratulations," Sonny spit out, trying hard to sound congratulatory.
With a scrowl on his face, RIdge nodded and muttered something that sounded vaguely like thanks.
Sonny smiled at Ridge's obvious dislike of him. It was nice to know some things never changed. "So Mija are you going to jump or come over here and welcome me to your house?"
With the intense gazes of the two dark--haired men on her, Brooke tossed back her head and laughed. LIfe was a fun and crazy thing.
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| | Re: The Haunting Past - Ch 24 THE FINALE - 08.07.
« Reply #1 on Aug 8, 2006, 5:12am » | |
Thanks Yash! You have been busy!
That was a great ending.
Congratulations on your 19 month old, that is really happy news.
Barbara
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« Reply #2 on Aug 8, 2006, 11:20am » | |
Hey Barbara,
I'm one busy worker bee, but happily so. Thank you for the congrats.
I'm glad you enjoyed the ending.
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« Reply #3 on Aug 9, 2006, 6:04am » | |
I have a quastion: who is sonny and why does he call brooke mija?
hugs, jule
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« Reply #4 on Aug 9, 2006, 9:02am » | |
Hey Jule,
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, Junior is a character from General Hospital. "Mija" is an affectionate nickname that he uses for Brooke.
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« Reply #5 on Aug 9, 2006, 10:01am » | |
Hey Yash!
I have to tell you - I love your stories, but I hate Sonny as much as I hate Ridge. The idea that GH turned a mob thug into a romantic hero and tried to wrap every story around him and that every woman wants him disgusts me.
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« Reply #6 on Aug 9, 2006, 1:43pm » | |
Janice,
I'm dying in laughter here. I just can't win with you. I bought Sonny as the mob boss as a romantic hero, but when GH turned into the Sonny and Jason show I stopped watching. It was too much for me. But I like the Sonny in my fanfics.
Sonny vs Ridge. I would have to take Sonny over Ridge. Come on, you have to like one a little bit more than the other. Which one?
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« Reply #7 on Aug 9, 2006, 2:13pm » | |
If I had to choose one, it would be Sonny by the slightest of margins, only because he doesn't seem to deceive himself or anyone else about who he is. As I said, Yash, I love your stories even if I hate some of your heroes.
I hate how soaps regard mobsters as misunderstood heroes (Sonny, Danny on GL, Massimo as originally presented on B&B). In my story I am trying to make Massimo the kind of character I would love to hate.
I love all these debates with you. But Ridge is still lower than pond scum.
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« Reply #8 on Aug 9, 2006, 5:46pm » | |
Janice,
I"m smiling again. I loved Danny too. Somehow Mass never came off as a loveable or misunderstood mobster like Danny, Jason, and Sonny. Maybe it's because every time I see Mass I see Stefano. I love these debates too.
See we're in the same camp, Sonny over Ridge.
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« Reply #9 on Aug 11, 2006, 6:36pm » | |
Yash,
First, I'd like to congtatulate you for your new son; I don't have any child yet, but I'm sure that welcoming one is a great experience. I wish you & your family only the best .
So Sonny is the mysterious man! I like the way you choose to end your story with Justin having found the family he wanted for so long, and the Ridge Brooke Sonny playing.
Anyway, thanks for your wonderful writting,.
Shioban
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« Reply #10 on Aug 12, 2006, 5:47am » | |
Shioban,
Thanks for the congrats.
I"m glad you enjoyed the ending. I thought it was a nice way to tie everything up.
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