Going Solo: Kerri 2.14

"When were you planning on telling me I had a son?"

"I...I wasn't."

"You need to put her son down, and leave now." Sha said, but Boyd ignored her.

His eyes were focused on me, and me alone.

"You weren't going to tell me?" he yelled.

"No!" I screamed back. "You had no interest in me. Your mother didn't approve and she wouldn't even claim Davis if she knew about him. He's not 'pure' remember."

"He's mine."

"No, he's mine!"

We were in a stand off, and Davis started crying. The yelling had scared him. Boyd took another look at him before giving Davis to me. I held him close, snuggling him, trying to calm him.

"You need to go." Sha stated again, stepping around to stand beside me.

"I'll go for now, but I'll be back. You can't keep my son from me."

I was upset the rest of the day after Boyd left. He didn't come back to the house, but the phone calls started. After the phone calls, I got a letter in the mail. He was taking me to court for custody. Not just visitation, he wanted to take Davis from me. I lost it, but Sha remained calm.

She assured me that I had nothing to worry about. I called Mom and she said the same thing. For once I traded on Mom's fame, and even though Dad wasn't around, his name still carried weight. I hired a top notch lawyer. As things progressed, I learned that Sha's family had some pretty good pull around Moonlight Falls. Learning that, I started to feel better about the situation. She said she'd see what she could do to solidify the case.

Boyd kept calling, and stopping by unannounced. He said he had a right to get to know his son. Sha always ran interference. Our first court date was to discuss visitation, and sadly Boyd was granted supervised visits. His mom was there with him, I was surprised to see her. His wife however, was no where to be seen. Mom told me later that she'd seen her around town and she was pregnant. I couldn't believe it, here he was fighting me for my son, when he had another child, a pure child, on the way. Sha said he was just being a pain because I wouldn't agree to date him again, that it really wasn't about him wanting Davis.

I hoped that wasn't the case, that he wasn't putting my son through unnecessary stress just to get back at me. I would watch him during the visits, and he seemed to actually enjoy getting to know him, but I kept my guard up just in case.

As things got more stressful, I painted as a way to relax and took to working out. I also made sure to spend more time with Davis. It was on one of those family outings that Sha surprised me in the most unexpected way.

She told me that us being in a 'more committed' relationship would prove to the judge Davis was in the right family situation. She made sure to tell me that the custody case wasn't the only reason she wanted to marry me, but I cut her off when I happily said yes.

I called Mom to tell her the good news and she shared some of her own. Apparently Gram had remarried, and it was to a much younger man. Graham and Mom both made sure there was an iron-clad pre-nup in place and Graham was in close contact with the family attorney should any strange requests be made to her will. She also said that Graham and Ichelle were expecting another child. I was happy for them. Now I just had to wait to get my own news about the case.

**A/N**

Kerri is now level 9 of the painter career, so that is almost done. Then it will be just one more trip to Uni to complete her gen's requirements. Kerri keeps rolling the want to get married, so I decided to let her have it. I didn't give Ansley her happy ending, I can at least let Kerri have one.

Picture of Elise aged up to a kid.