Promises
Prologue: Find My Way Home
Disclamer: I don't own Roswell
Summary: The saying is "You can't go home again" But Maria DeLuca has no choice. A promise made long ago forces her to go back to the town that broke her spirit and turned her life upside down.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
---Robert Frost
It had been seven years since she had been home. But sometimes you don't have a choice. She had seen her mother every weekend after A my had moved to Memphis. Now she would fulfill her mother's last wish. She would burry her in the town she was bon in. As always Maria had second thoughts about bringing her daughters back to the town that had been her undoing. But she didn't have much choice in that either. Paige, Zoe, and Alexis's father was finally out of the picture. Her daughters, respectively 5, 2, and a year and a half, were Maria's life. Maria looked into the review mirror of the minivan. Instead of her three there were four girls asleep in the back seats. Kathleen, her ex husband's daughter was the single blonde. The other's had their father's deep brunette hair. Each one had her curls while Kat's was straight. Kat's mother had died six weeks ago. Two weeks after Joe, her father, had been locked up in jail. So Katie had become her responsibility. Not that she minded. Katie was a beautiful Girl and she had loved her mother very much so her father hadn't corrupted her like he had his younger children. 5 Year old Paige was withdrawn while 2 year old Zoe was always on edge. It was no secret in the small town where she lived that Joe Diego had physically abused his wife and oldest daughter. Katie had lived with her mother until she became too ill for her daughter to be around the house. She had pleaded with Maria to take her when she died. Amy had died of cancer only five short weeks later. She had lived long enough to see her daughter and her grand daughters liberated from the monster they had lived with. Liberation at a cost. Maria had not seen any of her alien friends since that day seven years ago when she walked out of the crashdown and didn't come back. That was the last time she had seen her human friends also. Liz Parker, the one person she trusted above all and had known all her life, had never been contacted. Maria wondered if it was wise. She knew that if Liz knew what Joe had done to her she would find away to get her best friend out. But Maria wasn't that strong. She had left out of fear. But she was back out of loyalty. And for some reason she knew that the world would spin on it's axis and never be right again.
Maria laughed to herself. Like the world had been right from the moment she had met Joe Diego. But she was free now. Maria pulled her wedding ring out of her pocket. The beautiful 10 thousand dollar ring he had given her. And rolled down the window, She threw the ring as far as she could. She felt less weighed down now. Joe's lawyers had come up with a divorce settlement that had pleased everyone. Each kid would get a savings bond of one hundred thousand dollars. Maria had received just over two million in the settlement. Plus he had payed for Katie's mother's funeral and Amy's funeral. Hell he could afford it. He was a billionaire. He could rot in hell for all Maria cared he had taken away her only son, her precious Christopher. Now the bastard would be jailed for murder.
Maria looked back again, her three were slumped in their seats. Katie sat alert her green eyes shining with interest. She had never been outside the small town of Bayberry Tennessee.
"Aunt Maria are we almost there?" The precocious six year old asked.
"Yeah pumpkin just a few more miles, about fifteen minutes. Aren't you tired? It's almost eight o' clock." Maria asked her.
"No, I can't wait." "Really?" Maria asked. The others were nervous, but not Katie. Katie hadn't been able to wait to get away from Bayberry. Maria had swore that they would never live in that town again.
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Paige Elizabeth Diego watched through slitted eyelids as her mother drove in the never ending desert. New Mexico was so much different than Tennessee. Paige's sisters Zoe and Lexi sat in their car seats asleep. Lexi's sipper cup was tipped over beside her. Zoe clutched the bear that their astronomer aunt had named Ursa, After Ursa Minor, Or the Little Dipper, Also called Little Bear. Zoe didn't like guys. Neither did Paige or Katie. Before that night their father had never hit Zoe before. But he scared her. Now everybody scared Zoe.
Maria wondered what she would tell the people of Roswell. Nobody know about the years of hell she had been put through with Joe, not even Liz. Maria wondered if any of her old friends would still be in Roswell. She would be arriving two days before her mothers body, that would give her time to regroup and answer all their questions. If anybody even talked to her when she showed up for the first time in seven years. Maria touched her sore ribs and the past flooded back. She pinched herself like her therapist said to do and the memories slithered down deep. She looked beside her to see that Kate had fallen to sleep, she smiled at the little girl and looked up as they entered Roswell city limits.
Prologue: Find My Way Home
Disclamer: I don't own Roswell
Summary: The saying is "You can't go home again" But Maria DeLuca has no choice. A promise made long ago forces her to go back to the town that broke her spirit and turned her life upside down.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
---Robert Frost
It had been seven years since she had been home. But sometimes you don't have a choice. She had seen her mother every weekend after A my had moved to Memphis. Now she would fulfill her mother's last wish. She would burry her in the town she was bon in. As always Maria had second thoughts about bringing her daughters back to the town that had been her undoing. But she didn't have much choice in that either. Paige, Zoe, and Alexis's father was finally out of the picture. Her daughters, respectively 5, 2, and a year and a half, were Maria's life. Maria looked into the review mirror of the minivan. Instead of her three there were four girls asleep in the back seats. Kathleen, her ex husband's daughter was the single blonde. The other's had their father's deep brunette hair. Each one had her curls while Kat's was straight. Kat's mother had died six weeks ago. Two weeks after Joe, her father, had been locked up in jail. So Katie had become her responsibility. Not that she minded. Katie was a beautiful Girl and she had loved her mother very much so her father hadn't corrupted her like he had his younger children. 5 Year old Paige was withdrawn while 2 year old Zoe was always on edge. It was no secret in the small town where she lived that Joe Diego had physically abused his wife and oldest daughter. Katie had lived with her mother until she became too ill for her daughter to be around the house. She had pleaded with Maria to take her when she died. Amy had died of cancer only five short weeks later. She had lived long enough to see her daughter and her grand daughters liberated from the monster they had lived with. Liberation at a cost. Maria had not seen any of her alien friends since that day seven years ago when she walked out of the crashdown and didn't come back. That was the last time she had seen her human friends also. Liz Parker, the one person she trusted above all and had known all her life, had never been contacted. Maria wondered if it was wise. She knew that if Liz knew what Joe had done to her she would find away to get her best friend out. But Maria wasn't that strong. She had left out of fear. But she was back out of loyalty. And for some reason she knew that the world would spin on it's axis and never be right again.
Maria laughed to herself. Like the world had been right from the moment she had met Joe Diego. But she was free now. Maria pulled her wedding ring out of her pocket. The beautiful 10 thousand dollar ring he had given her. And rolled down the window, She threw the ring as far as she could. She felt less weighed down now. Joe's lawyers had come up with a divorce settlement that had pleased everyone. Each kid would get a savings bond of one hundred thousand dollars. Maria had received just over two million in the settlement. Plus he had payed for Katie's mother's funeral and Amy's funeral. Hell he could afford it. He was a billionaire. He could rot in hell for all Maria cared he had taken away her only son, her precious Christopher. Now the bastard would be jailed for murder.
Maria looked back again, her three were slumped in their seats. Katie sat alert her green eyes shining with interest. She had never been outside the small town of Bayberry Tennessee.
"Aunt Maria are we almost there?" The precocious six year old asked.
"Yeah pumpkin just a few more miles, about fifteen minutes. Aren't you tired? It's almost eight o' clock." Maria asked her.
"No, I can't wait." "Really?" Maria asked. The others were nervous, but not Katie. Katie hadn't been able to wait to get away from Bayberry. Maria had swore that they would never live in that town again.
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Paige Elizabeth Diego watched through slitted eyelids as her mother drove in the never ending desert. New Mexico was so much different than Tennessee. Paige's sisters Zoe and Lexi sat in their car seats asleep. Lexi's sipper cup was tipped over beside her. Zoe clutched the bear that their astronomer aunt had named Ursa, After Ursa Minor, Or the Little Dipper, Also called Little Bear. Zoe didn't like guys. Neither did Paige or Katie. Before that night their father had never hit Zoe before. But he scared her. Now everybody scared Zoe.
Maria wondered what she would tell the people of Roswell. Nobody know about the years of hell she had been put through with Joe, not even Liz. Maria wondered if any of her old friends would still be in Roswell. She would be arriving two days before her mothers body, that would give her time to regroup and answer all their questions. If anybody even talked to her when she showed up for the first time in seven years. Maria touched her sore ribs and the past flooded back. She pinched herself like her therapist said to do and the memories slithered down deep. She looked beside her to see that Kate had fallen to sleep, she smiled at the little girl and looked up as they entered Roswell city limits.