Raising Amber Marie

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Chapter Seventeen


After dinner, Mokuba went to talk to Serenity and he said, “Listen if you want we can go to the movies some other time, I understand that with all that’s been happening that you might want to stay home.”

Serenity smiled at him and she said, “No I’d really like to go out with you.” Then she kissed his cheek and poor Mokie blushed redder then a tomato. Joey and Seto saw what was going on and Joey said, “Let’s go with them, I know that Helga will take care of Amber.”

Seto nodded that he agreed and then Joey walked over to where Mokie and Rene was and he said, “Do you care if Seto and I go too?”

Serenity could have kissed him for offering and Mokie said, “That would be great, do you and Seto want to see Marley and Me with us?” Seto came over and he said, “I haven’t been to a movie in a long time, but that sounds like a good movie.”

Helga came out of the kitchen and when she saw the four of them talking, so she went over and asked, “What’s going on?”

Mokie told her, “Seto and Joey are going to come to the movies with Rene and me.” Helga then said, “I’ll take care of Amber tonight, if that’s alright with Serenity.” Serenity went over and hugged her and she said, “Thanks for offering, Amber loves you.”

Roland, Solomon and Chester were talking and then Solomon said, “I wonder what’s going on over there?” Roland got up and walked over and he asked, “What’s going on?”

Helga told him, “The kids are going to the movies and Amber’s going to stay with us.” Roland smiled at Amber and he said, “So it’s just you and us old people” Amber smiled and then she started jabbering and they all laughed.

So Serenity took Amber upstairs, gave her a bath and got her change into her pajamas, then she changed clothes herself and as they were walking down the stairs, they met Mokuba and he said, “You look really pretty Serenity.”

She smiled and said, “Thank you, you look very handsome yourself.” Joey and Seto were right behind them and Seto whispered to Joey, “You look very handsome tonight.” That caused Joey to almost bust out laughing, but as they got to the bottom of the stairs, Helga looked at both Seto and Joey as if to say, behave yourselves or else.

When they got ready to go, Serenity looked at the men on the floor playing with her daughter and she said, “Look, their on the floor acting like kids.”

Helga put her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing, and then she said, “Alright, I want all of you to go have fun.”

When they got outside, Victor smiled at Serenity and he bowed and said, “I’m your driver for this evening, where do you wish to go?” Serenity giggled like a school girl and she said, “We want to go to the Domino Movie Theater, please.”

When Joey heard her giggle tears filled his eyes and he whispered to Seto, “I haven’t heard her laugh like that since she’s been here, its such a beautiful sound.”

They all got into the Limousine and Victor drove them to the Domino Movie Theater, as he opened the door and they all got out, Victor said, “Just call when you’re ready to go home.” (Little did they know that a man that Douglas Hammond Sr. had hired was following them.)

Seto paid for the tickets and as they got inside, Joey went directly to the concession stand and bought a box of Dots, a box of Snow Caps and a huge drink. They three of them chuckled and Serenity said, “That’s my brother, he loves to eat and it doesn’t matter if it’s sweets he’ll eat almost anything.”

When the movie was over, and they got outside, Mokie and Rene were holding hands. Everyone was crying because the ending was sad, then Seto took out his cell, called, and asked Victor to come get them. Victor said, “I’ll be right there.”

That’s when Seto noticed a strange man looking at Serenity and he whispered, “Joey, that man over there, he’s been staring at your sister ever since we got out.”

Before Joey could react, Victor got there and when he noticed that Joey was agitated he asked, “What’s wrong?” When Seto told him about some strange looking man staring at Joey’s sister, Victor said, “Get into the car now.”

Then he drove them back to the Manor, on the way Victor called and told Roland what Seto told him and Roland said, “I bet that old bastard hired someone to follow Serenity, and then he thanked Victor.”

When they got into the living room, Serenity smiled as she saw her sleeping daughter and she went over and to Helga and said, “How was she?” Helga smiled at her and said, “She was a little angel.”

Serenity then picked up her daughter and went upstairs, put laid her in the crib, and then she went and change clothes and got ready for bed. As she lay there, she was so happy, she couldn’t remember having such a good time, and Mokuba was really cute. Serenity turned off the light and went to sleep.

Back downstairs:

Roland told Chester, “Tonight Seto saw a man watching Serenity; I bet that Hammond hired someone to follow them, but why.”

Chester then said, “Do you think that tomorrow Serenity and Amber had better stay home, just until we can find out what Hammond wants?”

Roland agreed with him and he then said, “In the morning I’ll have a Joseph with her, I don’t want to scare her, but she has a right to know what’s going on.”

Then there was a knock at the door and when Helga answered it, Don one of the guards gave her an envelope saying, “This was left at the gate for Miss Serenity.”

Helga thanked him and then she brought the envelope over and gave it to Roland, who said, “It’s probably from Hammond.” Chester then said, “I think that we should read it first, I don’t want Serenity stressed out by what’s in that letter.”

Roland looked at Helga and she said, “I agree with Chester.” About that, time both Seto and Joey came over to see what was going on, and when he heard them talking about a letter to his sister, Joey said, “I want to know what that man has to say, please open it.”

Roland opened the envelope and then he started reading it. This is what the letter said:


Miss Wheeler:

My name is Douglas Hammond Sr.; my son is the father of your child. When your mother intimidated my son into taking that large sum of money to abandon you and the child, it took a toll on him and he committed suicide.

I am here to get custody of my grandchild and when the Court reads the letter that your evil mother gave my son, I know that I’ll be awarded sole custody of your child.

I hold no animosity towards you, but solely towards what your mother did, in order to make my son’s life worthwhile, I’m going to raise his child to know who his or her father was.

This is the only time I will contact you, my Attorney is at this time is petitioning the Court for a date so that I can show that your mother kept my grandchild from his father simply because she was a vindictive woman. My Attorney will be in contact with you.

Douglas Hammond Sr.

When Roland was through reading it, Joseph was so angry that he wanted to go find this Hammond and beat the hell out of him. Joey said, “What gives that son-of-a-bitch the right to come into Rene’s life and tell her that he was going to petition for sole custody of Amber Marie?”

Then Joseph walked over to the window and as he looked out into the garden, he said, “This is going to destroy her, why can’t this man just go away and leave her and Amber alone?”

Helga walked over to Joseph and she said, “Your sister is a lot stronger then you think I know that no matter what, she’ll come out fighting.”

Roland then said, “Joseph, in the morning I want you and Helga to go talk to Serenity, Helga before they start talking, make an excuse to get Amber out of there, take her to the kitchen and give her something to eat.

Then Joseph you need to talk to your sister, explain what has been going on and if she asks show her the letter, she and Amber have to stay home until this is resolved, you need to get her to understand.

While you’re talking to Serenity, Seto and I will be making some phone calls, I want to make damn sure that Hammond’s son is legally dead, and then Chester can get his Attorney to investigate and see if Hammond really does have a lawyer petitioning the Courts. I promise you that your sister and Niece will not be leaving this house.”

Helga then said, “We all need to get some sleep, we have a lot of things to do tomorrow.

Please R&R..

Chapter Eighteen Coming Up..