family ties

The discussion

Stef's: POV
I decided to head back up to the beach house to see what's taking Lena so long to come back. She's been gone for over an hour, l left the girls in the care of their grandparents. I enter inside the house and called Lena's name but I didn't get a response back
I checked all the house, when I came back down the steps l heard crying coming from the family room and there was my beautiful wife in tears
Baby what's wrong l asked her as sat down beside her on the couch waiting for her to calm down. Shannon called me while we were on the beach and told me Francesca's birth father showed up to the group request that he see her, it's been over years since we adopted her. We did everything right, before we started the paperwork. You know they have to notify any potential family member
That could contest the adoption
When the lawyer came back and said she couldn't find David Matthews
According to Shannon Francesca has a brother we never knew about
I don't think mama knows McKenzie had another child after Francesca
My sister probably went into a deep depression after having Francesca
Which caused her to turn to drugs
Who the hell does this David Matthews think he is demanding to see our daughter. She barely knows him, he told Shannon he was going to get a court order to get her file
There's no way a judge will give him that because it was a close adoption
Besides Francesca's old cast worker Beth said Francesca was found on the front steps of the church. I believe he's after something but l'm sure what it is yet, so I called my detective friend to look up David Matthews. That's the reason I didn't come back, even if he tries to sue us for custody mama is Francesca's only relative on her mother's side. She gave us permission
We might have to sit Francesca down and tell her the truth, she's a little older now. I don't know what this News will do to her once she finds out the truth we have been keeping from her, David Matthews has opened up a can of worms we tried to keep shut
Mama's gonna have to tell her she's McKenzie's mother. Lena explains
Shit this is crazy, maybe he feels guilty about what he did or his son is sick
I don't think he wants Francesca back
He definitely wants something Stef says to me. Well that's to damn bad he's had his chance three years ago
We have the law on our side, there isn't a judge in Seattle will give him a court order to get access to those records. After that situation with Casey, l brought all of those files home and locked them up in the cabinet in the office at home, l won't have him ruining our family vacation and our daughters life. I need to mama what's going on cause this concerns her as well, being she's McKenzie's mom
Lena States, l know love everything's gonna be fine Stef tries to reassure Lena. Stef has so many thoughts going through her mind about this new development.