We Are Unbreakable

Kimbers POV

As much as I wanted to go after CC I had to deal with Seth.
"Mom, is he okay?" Seth asked.
"He'll be okay sweetie. He was just startled to see you" I said trying to comfort him.
"Why?"
"Seth, come sit with me" I said pulling him towards to couch. "Look, sweetie, the reason he was upset was because I hadn't told him about you. I didn't think you would ever come here, so I kept you a secret. I'm really sorry Seth" I said quietly.
"So no one knows I exist?" He said obviously hurt.
"Baby, I'm sorry..."
"Did you ever plan on coming back for me?" He said with tears starting to form.
"I-I don't know sweetie. I always thought about you. Listen, all that matters now is that you are here and I promise you that I have always loved you."
"Then why did you and dad leave?" He asked, trying to keep his voice from cracking.
"Baby, I left because your grandparents told me to. I didn't want to. Leaving you was the hardest thing I ever had to do" I said holding his hands in mine. "Seth, why don't we get you settled in. I can show you your new room" I said trying to make him smile.
"But CC doesn't want me here" he whined.
"Seth, he does. He just doesn't know it yet. I promise you, he will love you just as much as I do and we will be a family. That's the only thing I want."
"Okay" he said quietly.
I hugged him to my chest before showing him his room and the rest of the house.

It was late by the time I had gotten Seth settled in and asleep.
CC still wasn't home, but I assumed he was with Ashley, so I was not worried.
I was about to snuggle into bed and read a book when there was a loud knocking.
I quickly got out of bed and ran downstairs before they woke up Seth.
"Okay, okay, I'm coming" I said, not too loudly.
I opened the door and there stood Riley. She looked completely trashed and like she had been crying.
"Riley... What are you doing here?" I asked carefully.
"I would like to knooow why your huuusband is yelling at me!" She slurred.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I said almost sarcastically.
"He comes to myyy house and I'm only asking him questions. But appparentlllyy, I hassle people, including my own husband."
I just gave her a look of confusion. She really wasn't making much sense. CC would never yell at Riley. They got on so well, it was near impossible for that to happen.
"Okayy, how about I go about it tthhis wayyy. What has driven CC to neeed to be alloone?" She asked in her drunken tone.
"Riley I'm not telling you when you're in this state. It will be hard enough for you to understand sober" I said trying to be reasonable.
"Fine, don't tell your fucking best friend!" She spat.
"Riley, don't be that way. You're tired and angry and drunk. Come on, you can sleep on the couch" I said trying to get her to calm down and get her inside the house.
"No! I'm going home!" She yelled.
"Babe, you're too drunk. How did you even get here?" I asked stupidly cause I could see her car.
"I'm going Kimbeeerr. I just wanted to tell you your husband is an asshole."
"Riley, you don't mean that" I said trying to keep her from getting too angry.
I saw her roll her eyes in frustration. "Fuck it, I'm going home" she said turning away from me and back into her car.
"Fuck" I muttered to myself. I pulled out my phone and quickly dialed Ashley's number. He answered on the third ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Ash, are you with CC?" I asked.
"Yeah, we're at my Malibu house. He told me why he's here..." He trailed off.
"I can imagine. Listen, that's not why I called. Riley is drunk. She just came to my house, spoke some babble bull shit about CC yelling at her then left. Is she okay?"
"Don't worry about her. I came home to her yelling at me for no good reason. She's just irritable. I've been waiting for her to hit the liqueur."
"Ash, don't say that. You're making her sound like an alcoholic."
"Kimber, you don't understand how depressed she has been lately. She's normally so happy and bubbly, but things have been going downhill" he said sadly.
"Depressed? She's hardly been depressed" I said surprised.
"Kimber, you don't live with her. I have been trying my hardest to make her happy, but every fucking little thing gets her down. So do me a favour, when you tell her about your son, do it very gently. I don't need her having a breakdown. Look, I better go. Just be careful" he said then hanging up.
I sighed and put my phone away. How was I meant to tell Riley. If it wasn't hard enough telling CC, telling Riley was going to somehow be harder. I suppose with everything she has been trough, it would be hard for her to hear that her best friend has a kid. I was not looking forward to telling her.

Ashleys POV

I rolled my eyes at my phone once I hung up.
What was gonna happen once Riley found out about all this. She was going to have an anxiety attack. There was no way she could handle this.
"CC, how do you feel about hearing Kimber out? Are you open to having her kid live with you?" I asked out curiousity.
"I'm definitely open to listening to her. I mean, it's her son. We can't turn him away and I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason why he's here. He looks like her, you know?" He said with a smile. "I needed this time to think and calm down. It can't be that bad... Right?"
"I'm sure it won't be... For you" I said slowly.
"You're worried about Riley?" He asked.
"Worried is putting it lightly. Kimber called because she said Riley showed up drunk to your house. Please make sure you say sorry to her. I'm already not looking forward to going home" I said looking down at my hands.
"See what I mean! You guys need to sort through your problems instead in sweeping them under the rug. It's just gonna get worse."
"I know."

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