1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

sutton stared at ethan, seeing the pain behind his eyes. he still loved emma and yet he was lying to himself. excusing herself she made her way over to where dan sat and sat down.

"you need to take back the ultimatum. it's not ethan or emma's fault. its mine." she told him honestly. she told him the whole story, including how emma helped him with school and how emma loved him before looking to dan.

"please? i ruined everyone's life. not emma. hate me but let them be happy." she asked him. dan stood and made his way away from her towards ethan.

across the room ted and kristen sat at the table, ted telling her everything. he told her how he was blackmailed, how he never wanted rebecca, how he just found out about emma and how he loved her. he expected her to hit him and walk away but instead her face softened. "take me to see my other daughter." she said to him needing to see emma. ted nodded and stood up helping her up before they made their way out to the car.

laurel looked over the room seeing her sister and ethan standing beside dan. she ran to them and took a moment to catch her

eath.

"mom and dad just headed to the cabin. dad told her everything and if she tells emma to leave i want to be there to defend her." she said worried.

"yeah same here. i'm not letting emma leave without a fight." ethan told them agreeing with laurel, who flashed him a smile.

"you guys are joking right?" sutton said watching them like they were insane. "of course we are going. this is my sister we are talking about." she said as she lifted her dress off the floor and headed out of the room. ethan, dan and laurel following, wanting to get there as soon as possible.

rebecca came out of the shadows and smirked knowing this was the perfect timing. kristen would kick out emma and she would be there to pick up the pieces. she headed to her car her smirk in place as she drove.

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emma sat in the cabin wondering what was going on. she wanted to call sutton or laurel but she knew she couldn't. it would send up too many red flags and she didn't need that. hearing a car she stood up and moved to the window wondering who it was.

ted and kristen stepped out of the car and looked at each other before making their way to the cabin door. emma stepped back biting her lip scared as to what was going to happen when they walked in the room. her

eath left her lungs as kristen looked to emma as emma for once.

tears filled kristen's eyes as she looked to emma. she had another daughter. granted it wasn't her biological daughter but still. without saying anything kristen wrapped her arms around emma holding her close. both girls started crying unable to stop it. ted looked to the door as ethan, dan, sutton, and laurel walked through stopping when they saw what was going on. no one said anything as they all took a moment to watch the scene unfold.

"why didn't alec say anything?" kristen asked wiping emma's tears away, in a way only a mother could. ted stepped forward knowing he had the answer.

"he didn't think we could handle twins, so emma was sent off." he explained looking to them. everyone moved in to the room and emma and sutton started telling everyone all they knew wanting to be as honest as they could.

when everything was said and done, slow claps caught their attention and everyone looked to the door were rebecca stood.

"well isn't this lovely; a cute little family reunion. only, that's my family." she said harshly as she moved in to the room. her arms were crossed over her chest. emma and sutton stood up.

"sorry but this is our family. and if you think you are going to weasel back in here, you have another thing coming." emma said, shocking herself and everyone in the room. rebecca looked to emma smirking.