Vanessa: You think Finn is going to freak when he sees her again?
Stacey: Probably, he’s been a dick since she left.
Vanessa: He was heartbroken. Men do stupid shit.
Stacey: Not an excuse, to declare your feelings for someone and then go and fuck all of New York.
Derrick: Kind of what Christian did.
Vanessa: Yeah. But look how things turned out. If Chris and I can get over that blip those two can.
Derrick: Pregnancy has softened you.
Vanessa: I wouldn’t have had this life if I didn’t take a risk. Finn needs to take the risk, or he will lose her forever.
Stacey: Her moving halfway across the world should have been a wake-up call.
Derrick: He’s terrified of Oscar.
Stacey: Oscar?
Derrick: Yes. The man who was blackmailing Finn.
Stacey: What?
Vanessa: Blackmailing?
Derrick: I’ve said too much but, Stace, ask your boyfriend about it. Because he is a big obstacle between the two of them.
Vanessa: D, that seems a little harsh.
Derrick: It’s not.
Stacey: Oscar is overprotective, but I can’t imagine he would hurt them like that. He knows they’ve hooked up in the past and hasn’t said anything.
Derrick: Look, I’ve said too much, but ask him subtly about it.
Stacey: Derrick?
Derrick: I can’t say anything more.
Vanessa: So today there’s going to be a problem at the hospital?
I feel bad for mentioning things earlier in the text with Vanessa and Stacey, but if anyone can get Oscar to back off from Finn, it’s her. Not that I’m playing matchmaker or anything, but maybe this time it might be different when they see each other again.
I make my way into the hospital, I’m the first person outside of her parents to arrive.
“SiSi.” I gasp as I rush over and hug her, she looks like a glowing princess.
“Derrick,” she says in tears as I hug her.
“You did good, Mama,” I tell her.
“He’s so perfect, D.”
“Let me see my new nephew.”
“He’s here,” Evan says, holding the little bundle in his arms.
