"No, get out of here" Richard shouts at Ricardo pushing him.

"What the..." Ricardo curses as he grabs his brother and pulls him up.

Ricardo grumbles while Richard throws his hands and legs hitting Ricardo.

"You little shit, stop" Ricardo shouts at Richard's face.

"What is going on?" Richie shouts at his sons.

"He started it" Ricardo grumbles letting go of his brother.

"You two have been fighting a lot lately, so whatever the problem is sort it out. Ricardo you are older than him so act as one" Richie scolds both of them and Ricardo glares at his brother.

"He is the one who started it and why should I be the only one to grow up" Ricardo mumbles as he walks past his father and Richard runs to hug his father's leg.

"What is wrong with you?" he sighs picking up his son.

"I love you dad, you are the only one left" the boy sighs making Richie frown.

"Hey" Ryman cries as Ricardo throws the controller off Ryman's hand.

"Rick" Richie sighs seeing the behavior of the boy.

"What?" Ricardo snaps and Richie puts Richard down.

"What is your problem?" Richie asks as he watches his son.

"I don't know you tell me because whatever I do you are not happy with it, he is the one who always starts a fight, but I have to be a grown-up"

"That's because you are his older brother"

"Well I do not want to be his older brother" Ricardo snaps.

"Good, because I don't want one. Dad is all want" Richard shouts as he once again holds onto Richie's leg.

"You know what, you little shit get the fuck away from him" Ricardo shouts as he gets up from the sofa.

"No" Richard shouts.

"You know what maybe this is why your mother left you" Ricardo shouts in anger before he realizes his mistake but it's too late.

*******

"Open the door, baby" Alana whispers as she knocks on Richard's door, but the boy does not.

"Please baby, we can talk about it. Rick did not mean it what he said" Alana tries as she sits outside of the door.

"Angel please, my little angel, won't you even let your mommy see you?" she pleads but she gets no answer before wiping her tears as she stares at her husband.

"Come on, Rust needs you" Richie tries to pick her up, but she refuses shaking her head.

"He is not opening his door" she sniffs as she once again knocks on it.

"He will come out when he feels like it, and you need rest" Richie sighs as he picks her up even if she struggles in his arm.

Ricardo steps towards his parents but one look from Richie halts him.

"I am sorry mom, I did not think"

"Your anger will be your worst enemy Rick, always remember that" Richie states as he walks towards their room.

*******

Richard slowly opens the door of his room and wipes his tears as he walks out of the room to go find something to eat. He stops as he finds Ricardo sitting on the chair, so he goes to turn but Ricardo sees him.

"I am sorry" Ricardo's words halt him.

"She is not my mommy" Richard states as he wipes his tears and Ricardo feels like an asshole.

"She..."

"Please don't lie, you said yourself that my mommy left me" the boy speaks, and Ricardo feels worse.

"Did she leave me because I am bad, Rick?" Richard asks as he steps closer to his brother.

"No, God no. You are awesome, we love you"

"So, why did my mom leave?" the boy asks, and Ricardo has nothing to say.

"Have you met my mommy?" he asks as he stands next to Ricardo and he nods.

"How was she?" he asks, and Ricardo cannot take it as he speaks.

"She was awesome, just...just like you and she love us"

"But why did she leave?"

"I don't know, I just don't know"

"Did dad not love her or did your mommy made her go?" Richard asks narrowing his eyes and Ricardo gets off the chair.

"Listen, it does not matter okay, you are here, and she is not, and my parents are yours as well. So, just..."

"No" the boy shouts in anger.

"Rich" Alana's voice makes the boy jump as he turns to glare at the woman.

"You made her leave, did you not?" he shouts, and Alana feels guilty as she was the one who took Lena away.

"I am so sorry, please" Alana pleads the boy but Richard refuses to go near her.

"I hate you, I hate you all, you made my mom leave. You made her" hearing his scream Richie comes running down the stairs.

"That's enough, Rich" Richie warns the boy.

"No, I want my mommy, I want her now"

"Your mother is right here with you" Richie warns the boy, but he shakes his head no.

"No, she is not, I hate her. I don't want her here but my mom"

"That's enough" Richie shouts as he goes to grab the boy but Alana rush between them.

"It's okay, please" she pleads with Richie before she stumbles in his arms as Richard pushes her away.

"I don't want to stay with her, I will go stay where my mom is" Richard screams running to his room and Alana cannot help but sob at the boy's hurtful words.

*******

Ricardo follows his brother to his room to find the boy pulling out clothes from his closet and throwing on the bed.

"You got to be kidding me" Ricardo curses as he tries to stop the kid.

"What are you doing?"

"I am leaving, I do not want to be with people who lie to me and who threw my mother out" Richard glares at his brother.

"And where will you find your mother?" Ricardo asks trying to calm him, but the boy starts to cry making Ricardo sigh and pull him in his arms.

"She is not my real mommy" Richard cries as he holds onto his brother and seeing him that way crushes Ricardo's heart.

"We will find your real mommy Rich, so please stop"

"You are lying"

"No, I promise. I will find her and then you can ask her everything"

"She comes to see me" Richard confesses which makes Ricardo pause.

"What?"

"I have seen her few times bro, she babysits Melissa"

"Who?"

"I have seen my mom Rick I swear" Richard states as he pulls away from the hug and Ricardo wipes his tears and smiles.

"That's good now let's go and eat okay, you must be starving" Ricardo states and Richard nods his head before they walk out.

*******

"You will make yourself sick, Alana" Richie sighs as he holds his wife in his arms.

"He hates me"

"He is just upset and if anyone is to blame it's me okay, if I..." Richie takes a deep breath before wiping his wife's tears.

"You need to eat something, you are too weak, and Rustic needs a healthy mother so as all of us" Richie states as he helps her to get up just as Ricardo and Richard walks back to the kitchen.

The dinner is done is silence while Alana keeps on staring at Richard the boy ignores eating quietly.

"It's your birthday next week, so shall we invite your friends from school as well?" Alana asks as she clears her throat and Richard looks up from his plate.

"My birthday?" the boy asks, and Alana nods her head happy he was responding to her.

"Do I get any birthday gift?" he asks curiously, and Alana nods her head with a smile.

"Anything you want"

"Anything?" the boy frowns.

"Anything" Alana promises.

"Then I want you to leave dad and this house so I can bring my mommy back" he asks and the smile from Alana's face drop.

"Richard" Richie shouts at his son as he gets up from his chair but before he could make his way towards Richard Alana holds his back.

"Asshole" Ricardo curses under his breath.

"Well will you give me my gift?" he asks and Alana shudders.

"I knew you were lying to me when you said you will give me anything, just like you have been lying about being my mother" Richard states and Ricardo gets off his chair before grabbing Richard and pulling the boy along with him.

"You need a good beating, you little shit" Ricardo growls as he drags his brother away from the table.

*******

"He wants me to leave" Alana whispers as she gets up from the chair, but Richie holds her in his arms as she sways a little.

"Let's get you to the bed" Richie whispers as he carries her in his arms.

"He wants me to leave" she mutters and Richie sighs.

"I will talk to him" he assures but Alana shakes her head no.

"If I don't leave, he will think I am a liar"

"Goddamn Alana, he does not know what he is talking about" Richie curses.

"So, what do you think I should do?" she asks feeling helpless.

"You need to rest, let me handle it. No one is going anywhere from this house, this is not some game that we are playing and just because he said so does not mean we have to act on it" Richie states as he puts her on the bed and kisses on her forehead.

*******

Alana walks down the stairs the next morning with a headache, she holds on to the bar of the stairs as she hears soft mumblings on going in the kitchen making her smile when she hears her sons laughing on about something.

"And she was like screaming holding her hair" Ryman speaks as he shares the incident happened in his class.

"You should not be mean to girls Ry" Richie tells his son even if he cannot help laughing.

"Hey, I was not, not mine fault if she came in middle when I was playing with my friends and anyways girls are annoying, and they are weird"

"You say so now" Richie ruffles his son's hair.

"Whatever dad and anyways I have seen girls chasing around Rick and it's scary" Ryman shudders.

"Rick?" Richie asks raising his brow at his son who rolls his eyes.

"Whatever" Ricardo grumbles.

"Yeah, they are annoying, but they come with chocolates" Richard throws in making Ricardo narrow his eyes at his brother.

"Shut up" he warns.

"Oh, please go on, I want to hear" Richie grins focusing on Richard who grins as well.

"Well, they come to see me and bring chocolates asking for his number and they think I am the cuter one" Richard speaks and Ricardo groans.

"Stop giving my numbers" Ricardo groans making Richie chuckle.

"I cannot believe my brother can be sold in chocolate" Ricardo grumbles making the table laugh.

"Well the girls are right, you are the cuter one" Alana smiles as she joins in the conversation.

"Good morning" Richie smiles as he gets up to walk towards her and drops a kiss on her forehead.

"How are you feeling?" he asks touching on her forehead.

"I am fine" she smiles holding his hand.

"Are you sure?" he worries and when she nods, they walk to join the boys.

"Can I stay to look after you?" Ryman pleads as he gets up and hug his mother.

"No skipping school" Alana smiles as she caresses his cheek.

"Ugh" Ryman groans as he walks back to finish his food.

"You okay?" Ricardo asks as he kisses on his mother's cheek and she nods her head assuring him.

"Rich?" Richie calls for the boy, but he just jumps out of the chair and grabs his bag.

"We are getting late" he states as he starts to rush out of the door.

"He will come around" Richie assures as he squeezes her hand before asking his sons to hurry up.

*******

Richard sits on the swing and just slowly swings staring at the playground where his friends were playing, he frowns remembering the incidents that has occurred in the last few days.

"Hey Babyboy" someone calls him, and he looks up to stare at the woman smiling at him.

"Why are you so sad?" Lena asks as she kneels in front of him and Richard looks away.

"Hey, did something happen?" she asks holding his chin up and he jumps off the swing.

"Are you angry at me?" she follows the boy before he finally stops to face her.

"Why did you leave me?"

"What?"

"Why did you not take me with you when you left?" he asks making Lena sigh.

"I had no choice"

"Why?"

"Because, well...it does not matter, what matters is we are here, now come on I got you something"

"I just want to stay with you" Richard speaks making Lena sigh again.

"I cannot take you with me"

"Please, I don't want to go back" he states as he moves closer to her and holds her hand.

"Then will do what I say if you want us to stay together?" Lena asks the boy who nods his head to please his mother.

*******

A loud cry startles Alana making her put Rustic in his crib before she hurries to check on what the commotion was about, she comes to a halt as her eyes land of two of her sons.

"What's going on?"

"You stay right here, I am calling dad" Ricardo orders as he puts Richard on the couch.

"What's going on?" Alana asks once again but no one replies as Ricardo dials for his father.

"Yes, I saw them, no I did not talk with her, but he was ready to run away with her" Ricardo's words make Alana stand still in shock.

"This is all your fault" Richard glares at Alana with so much hate that her legs weakens.

"What?"

"Get away from me, it's all your fault" Richard shouts as he walks to where she was sitting holding onto the bar.

"Stop" Ricardo warns Richard pulling the boy away but he does not.

"If you care then leave, don't ever show yourself to us" Richard states and Ricardo covers his brother's mouth.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" he growls pulling his brother away, but he bites on Ricardo's hand and push him away.

"If she stays then I will leave" Richard shouts and the loud wail of Rustic echoes in the house.

"You wait till dad is back, you definitely need a good beating" Ricardo grumbles before he makes his way towards his mother.

"Rust is crying, he needs you" Ricardo whispers as he holds his mother's arm and tries to pull her up.

"When is your father arriving?" she asks as she rises from her place.

"He is on his way"

"Good, where is Ry?" she asks wiping her tears.

"Dad is picking him up"

"Okay, I am with Rustic" she nods as she walks inside of the room.

*******

Richie walks in the room to check on his wife only to stop at the sight in front of him, he looks around the room before sighing.

"This is not happening"

"I cannot stay in here like this" Alana speaks as she pulls Rustic from his crib.

"I will talk..."

"What's the use? I think lots have been said and if he does not see me as his mother, then"

"You are his mother"

"But I am not. I cannot stay in this house seeing him in pain my heart it cannot take this anymore"

"This is not the solution, I will warn Lena to stay away"

"So, you knew she has been seeing him yet?" Alana shakes her head in disbelief.

"I just found it few days ago and I don't know why she was back but now I see what she has been doing. I promise I will make things right"

"No, you cannot. How much more before everything is destroyed? All these years I have been his mother and it takes just few moments for him to throw away all these years...

I cannot take this anymore, I am going to stay at my father's house"

"How long do you plan to stay there?"

"I don't know"

"This is stupid, you are not going anywhere"

"I am not staying in here to see him and hear the hurtful words he speaks"

"Let me find a solution" Richie pleads.

"This is the only solution we have"

"What about the boys?" Richie asks walking in the room and pushing the bags away.

"I am taking them"

"No" he shakes his head refusing it.

"Rustic is too young and Ry, he gets scared at night and Rick...you know I cannot leave without them" she pleads as she clutches the front of his jacket.

"And I cannot live without you" Richie confesses as he grabs her hand and pulls her in his arms.

"Please" she pleads making him sigh.

"Okay, you can stay away from this house, but you are not moving to your parent's house. Give me few days, the left wing of this house is closed, I will call the cleaners to check the condition and then maybe you can move there...

That way the boys do not have to move just our sleeping arrangements get changed" he states, and she nods her head in agreement.

"I am so sorry for everything" he sighs holding her to him.

*******

Richard hurries to get inside of his bed and cover himself in the blanket pretending to sleep as he hears his father's voice, he hopes his father will not walk in his room and even if he does, he will think the boy is sleeping but no such thing happens as his cover is pulled off him.

"Get up" Richie orders making the boy jump before he slowly sits on the bed.

"I am not going to scold or beat you but" Richie starts as he sits on the edge of the bed.

"But all I am going to say is you have disappointed me Rich, it's true that Alana did not gave birth to you, but she has been your mother loving you equally as your brothers...

And you have hurt her badly with your action, I will not ask you to go say sorry to her, but I want you to remember my words, no matter what you are our son and you will always be...

Say sorry to your mother when you think you feel the time is right for you because I know she will forgive you no matter what...

She won't stay in this house with you but that does not mean she is leaving us, you have three brothers that you will never go against and every bad word you speak to your mother means you are speaking ill about me too...

Your mother may stay out of this house, but she will never stay out of our life whether you like it or not and if you ever disrespect her just know you are disrespecting me as well...

No woman can take place of your mother not even Lena, there was a reason why she is not here and there will always be a reason why she will never be in this house as your mother" Richie states before he walks out of the room.

Richard stays still in the bed for a while before he tiptoes from his room making his way towards his parent's room, he stands on the doorway and peeks through the ajar door to find his mother feeding rustic.

He goes to step inside but stop when he watches Ryman walk towards his mother carrying a basket before saying something that makes his mother laugh.

"I am sorry, mommy" Richard whispers before he turns and runs towards his room closing the door as he gets on his bed.