Saving Claire

Glen woke up to his alarm going off. Thomas was curled into his side. He untangled himself from his little brother and got out of bed. He went to make sure Zach was up before going to make coffee. Zach had fallen asleep in his clothes last night. Poor guy has been working so hard lately and now this new stress is being added on. I shook Zach awake

"Good morning sleeping beauty,, did you sleep well in your jeans?" I teased as Zach looked at how he had fallen asleep and chuckled.

"Ugh I need a shower, could you start breakfast for the demons?" Glen laughed

"Of course, take your shower I'll take care of breakfast after I wake those demons." I formulated a plan last night on dealing with Rhonda. I sent a quick text to my friend Luke as I walked to Caleb's room. Once all the boys were moving I started the coffee and breakfast. During breakfast, the boys were pretty quiet, they usually are after a spanking and I really couldn't remember how long it had been since all three earned a spanking on the same day.

"Thomas, I may need you to do dinner again tonight. Not sure if I'm working late" Thomas nodded

"That's fine I can take care of it" the normal hustle and bustle of the morning continued as always. Thomas drove the boys to school since he taught at their high school. Glen told Zach he would give him a call when he was ready. They had a plan to go visit Steve and get more info on Claire.

Zach had been busy going over paperwork on his current case when the crime lab called him. "What? Are you sure? Oh, wow um thanks Katie for running that sample for me"

"Of course, anytime Zach, I'll have your glass here in the lab when you have a chance to pick it up." Zach hung up and saw he had a text from Glen. He had dropped Glen off at work that morning and they were going to go talk to Steve when Glen was through with his hospital rounds.

"I can't thank you enough for getting this so quickly. I owe you a big one" Luke smiled at his longtime friend.

"Hey anything I can do to help you guys, I will. Keep me updated" Glen confirmed he would, he quickly texted Zach he was ready to be picked up. The two brothers drove in silence, neither was sure how they felt knowing soon they would be face to face with the women they both disposed of.

Zach pulled over to the side of the street "I'll be right back" Zach got out of the car and went into the alleyway. A few moments later he came back with Steve.

The tension in the car was thick "Glen I wanted to apolo..." Steve started before Glen interrupted

"Save it for someone who gives a shit" Glen snarled. Steve sat back in the seat and was surprised when he saw Zach's mouth I'm sorry in the rearview mirror. They pulled into a parking lot and the three got out to talk.

"Can you tell us what you know about Claire?" Zach asked Steve, Glen glared at Steve while he talked.

"Well, I know she goes to school around here and your mother is still having men in and out of her house all the time." Glen had been sitting on the hood of Zach's car, but he jumped off suddenly

"Wait do you know where they live?" He asked suddenly.

"Um ya I followed them home one time"

Zach gave him a look "How did you follow them if you are homeless and don't have a car?" Steve looked surprised at his question but before he could say anything Glens phone rang, it was Thomas

"Hello.....what happened?....okay we will be right there" Glen looked at Zach

"Thomas' car won't start he needs us to pick him and the twins up" Zach sighed he really didn't want to drag out this issue with their mother. He wanted to get to Claire to help her.

"Look I know I'm a monster to you guys but really all I want is to help Claire she needs to be taken out of that situation asap" Steve told them urgently

"Okay ride with us we will pick up Thomas and the boys take them home then you can take us to Rhonda's" Glen said the first civil thing to Steve.

When they got to the school Thomas was shocked and upset to see Steve with them. Glen explained what was going on. "I want to go with you guys so drop off the twins" Thomas told them

"What? No, we want to go with you guys" Brett and Caleb complained.

"You know what this affects all of us and it's time we all confronted Rhonda; I say we all go" Glen said to everyone's surprise. Usually, he was very protective of the boys. Zach shrugged to catch up in his thoughts to truly register what he had suggested. Steve guided them where to go. They pulled up to a house and everyone got out.

"Thomas, Brett, Caleb get back in the car" Zach instructed. They were about to argue when the look on Zach's face told them not too. Steve leads Glen and Zach up to the door. A drunk man opened the door.

"Can I help you? '' he slurred.

"Ya you can get out of the way so we can come in, '' Steve ordered as he pushed his way in. The three men found Rhonda sprawled out on the couch with a bottle in her hand.

"Babe someone's here to see you" Rhonda sat up and looked first at Steve then at her boys to say she was shocked was an understatement.

"What are you doing here?" She snapped

"How could you go have another child. You couldn't take care of the 5 boys you had?" Zach accused. Just then a young girl walked in. She had soft curly dark hair with piercing green eyes. She smiled when she saw the bearded man with them

"Hey, Kyle, how's it going? What are you doing here?" She asked Steve but she called him Kyle

"What the hell is going on here?" Glen shouted.

"You don't need to be in my home, all of you get out!!" Rhonda yelled

"And you!! You little shit go back to your room!" she snarled at Claire.

Zach shook his head "you're never going to change no matter how many kids you have? We are here to check on Claire and won't leave until we are satisfied that she is in no danger." Rhonda laughed and picked up her phone.

"I'll call the police,'' she threatened. It was Zach's turn to laugh as he pulled his detective badge out of his pocket and showed her.

"Why do you want to check up on me?" Claire asked the strange men.

Just then Thomas and the twins walked in, and Rhonda turned pale and sat down. "Claire, we are your brothers" Glen explained. Poor Clair looked more confused

"I don't have any brothers; well alive I mean I had twin brothers, but they died long before I was born" Rhonda buried her head in her hands.

"Claire, these are your brothers, all of them live together. This is Glen, Zach, Thomas, and the twins Brett and Caleb but I don't know which is which '' Steve or Kyle whomever he said he was.

"Then who are you? How do you know so much about them?" Claire kept firing her questions.

"He was our stepfather of sorts' ' Glen snarled.

"Actually, he's not. I had the glass he drank out of at our place tested this morning. He's not Steve he's Kyle they are twins" Zach announced as everyone gasped.

"Look Zach, Glen I didn't enjoy lying to you about who I was. A few years ago, my brother showed up on my doorstep with liver disease, he was dying. He confessed everything he did to you boys to me. When Rhonda bumped into me and thought I was Steve I played the part. Mostly because my brother told me about Claire and didn't want to risk not getting her help. Steve was Claire's father as well as Caleb and Brett's. He denied them because your mother told him she would get more money from the state." Claire turned to Rhonda with tears in her eyes.

"All you ever do is lie. You only think of yourself, I hate living here with you." Rhonda laughed

"You're such a little bitch always complaining about something. If you don't like here then get the fuck out!!" She screamed at Claire as she threw her bottle of alcohol at the wall right next to her and it shattered into pieces. Claire stood frozen flinching as Rhonda stormed by her.

Kyle walked over to her. "I'm sorry kiddo that's what your father was afraid something like this would happen" Claire wiped her eyes

"So, you five really are my brothers and you live together?" Glen approached her

"Yes we are and yes you're going to come live with us. Can we help you pack?" Claire nodded. She didn't have much even though her mother did inherit a lot of money from the old man she rarely spent any on Claire. They heard a door slam and Claire looked out her window. She watched her mother taking a large suitcase with her to her car. She loaded it up and drove away, not even looking at her daughter or other children. Zach was comforting Brett and Caleb; they were both really upset.

"Claire, what did Rhonda say about the twins?" Zach asked her.

"Not much just they died with their dad driving drunk when they were two" Zach shook his head

"Well obviously they are alive and well." Zach explained the whole story of what had happened and how Rhonda kept her birth a secret. By the time they got back to the house everyone was exhausted and hungry, they quickly ordered dinner and set the guest bedroom up for her to sleep in temporarily. It was later decided to move her into Caleb's room because it was closest to Zach and Glen's rooms. Caleb moved into the guest bedroom.