Chapter 172 - A Surprise, Sadness and a Fight

1 February, Matthew's Villa, City K

As Lexi stopped her car, Dominic quickly unbuckled himself from his seat and quickly said "Hurry up Mummy, I want to go inside."

"Dominic, you need to let me get out and come around. Taking a couple of minutes young man, will not be a problem."

"But Mummy I need to make the most of my time with you and Daddy Matthew tonight, as tomorrow morning I am going to spend some time with Uncle Chester, Uncle Phillip, and then Grandpa and Granny. There are so many things I want to do with you and Daddy Matthew this weekend, but I am so worried that I will not have the time."

Taking a deep breath, Lexi said "Dominic calm down. Let me get out. And before you do anything you will do your homework…"

"That is unfair mummy. I will tell daddy Matthew."

"Absolutely not. You know the rules. Homework first before you do anything else."

Lexi climbed out of the Porsche Macan and moved around to let Dominic out. As he climbed out, he grabbed his school bag and started inside. Following him, Lexi saw him drop his school bag inside the entry door and start moving further inside. Lexi called out "Dominic. Pick up your school bag, and head to your room to do your homework."

Dominic turned back and said "No mummy. If you are going to be mean, I will tell Grandpa and Granny. They will not let you do that to me."

Lexi took a deep breath, as there is no way she was going to tell Dominic what as occurring between her and Richard's parents. "Dominic, threatening me with your grandparents is not acceptable," responded Lexi in a firm voice.

"You are being mean mummy. Grandpa and Granny have always told me that there is always time available on weekends to do homework. I should enjoy my time and do it when I want."

Damn Richard's parents. This was an unacceptable attitude to be allowing Dominic to develop. "Dominic Yao!" responded Lexi in an extremely firm voice. "The quicker you get your homework done, the more you can enjoy the weekend, without having to think about it."

"I do not want to, and I am not going to," whined Dominic. "If you make me, I will ask Grandpa and Granny for me to stay with them, as they will let me do my homework when I want."

"That will not happen. Your homework is important, and it will be done."

Dominic, ran back towards Lexi, picked up his school bag and threw it across the foyer saying, "I will not Mummy, and you cannot make me." He then moved and kicked Lexi on the shin adding "You are mean Mummy."

Before Lexi could say a word, a voice from behind her said "Dominic, that was unacceptable. You will apologise to your mother for your behaviour and do what she asks. Your Mummy is right, the quicker you do it, the sooner it is done, and it will not interfere with your weekend. But if you keep up that attitude, I will call your Uncle Chester and Uncle Phillip and cancel the visit there and tell your Grandparents they cannot see you because of your bad behaviour."

"You are mean daddy Matthew, and you cannot tell me what to do."

"Dominic, I heard your mummy ask you politely to pick up your school bag and go and do your homework, and you behave like that. She does not deserve it. Now, you will go to your room young man and do your homework and write an apology to your mummy about your behaviour otherwise you will not be doing what you want this weekend."

"You are not me real daddy, so I do not have to do what you say."

"I do not pretend to be your real dad, but I am your step-father. I am asking you to respect your mummy, who went through a lot after your daddy died to get herself to the point, she could care for you all the time, and this is how you behave. Now, you can make your choice, continue your behaviour and your weekend plans will be cancelled or go and do what you were asked, and you can do what you have planned for the weekend."

Dominic looked between his mummy and daddy Matthew and could see that both were determined, and he would have to make a choice. As he had not seen his Grandpa and Granny for a couple of weeks he really wanted to see them, so in a slightly angry tone he responded "Fine I will, but I am telling Grandpa and Granny that you were mean forcing me to do my homework as soon as I got home from school." He moved across the foyer and picked up his school bag, before stomping his way up the stairs and to his room.

When he was out of sight Lexi turned to Matthew and said "He is my son…"

"Lexi, I do not pretend to be his father, but I will not accept him treating you like that. There are boundaries and that was beyond what was acceptable."

"Stay out of it. I do not need your help, or more importantly you know my position…"

"Damn it Lexi, we are not going to do this today. Chester called me…"

"Why did he not call me?"

"Apparently Anna Hou went into labour earlier today, and has given birth…"

Lexi squealed "Amazing. I better…"

"Slow down Lexi. What he said was that Hou Yi had Anna's brother James call him. Apparently, they do not expect one of the twins to live more than a couple of days. Apparently, Anna has been asking for you to come and visit her on Sunday, as she wants a friend as well as family around her."

Holding up his hand, Matthew signalled to her to stop, "And before you ask, I asked Chester if Dominic could stay with him and Phillip until Monday and them to take him to School. They agreed. I have flights booked for the two of us …"

"You do not need to come with me."

"Lexi, either I go, or you do not. As you have been told your civilian passport has been cancelled and unless I agree you will not have access to your new passport. Our flights are scheduled for after we drop Dominic off."

Lexi, having heard Matthew, finally processed what he had said "What did you say about the babies?"

"I am only repeating what I was told, but one is not expected to live."

Lexi finally took in the seriousness of the situation and tears started to run down her face as she said "Anna was so looking forward to those two babies, and this…"

Gathering Lexi into his arms Matthew said "Lexi, we cannot change what is happening. All you need to do is be there to listen. Having seen and helped parents who lose their a.d.u.l.t children through military service, the way that I have seen them deal with the situation is to have support. I could not fathom how they will cope with the loss of their baby but being available to simply listen to what Anna has to say, will be the best thing that you can do now."

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