Chapter 6 -- All Bad Things Come to an End

The weeks flew by in the once happy Sperie household. Savannah and Tim developed separate schedules and rarely saw each other anymore. Tim would be cooking his breakfast as Savannah was preparing to go to bed.

If she was up late, she'd watch the news and quietly slip away to bed when it ended.

Taking care of Lukas was in no way single handed. They both loved their son deeply, but only interacted with him at certain times of the day. Daddy would be in charge during the day even though he had daycare... but what was one more child? He loved Lukas and would do anything for him, even if that included making his work day a little more stressful.

The house became a mess. Almost everything in it was broken or dirty.

S was considered an extremely neat person, but without any motivation in life anymore she could deal with a few germs and creepycrawlies everywhere... including in her food prepared on a moldy countertop. Even their wedding cake hadn't been thrown out, though it was a constant reminder over what had happened.

Tim was beginning to loath his daycare business. Parents would refuse to leave their kids with him some days in fear that he had been the one to hurt Savannah. They didn't want their babies to get hurt or neglected. Other days, parents would pretend to leave their kids with him. Tim had no choice but to get negative work performance as the parents would be furious that "he couldn't take care of their kids" when they didn't even exist. He truly felt the world was out to get him.

When it became time to leave for work, S would make herself a quick snack and phone a babysitter. The city council had decreed that if Tim was running his daycare and S wasn't home, then they had to hire a babysitter to take care of Lukas. They didn't even explain why.

[See challenge notes below.]

Morgana Wayne had offered to take the job, not mentioning that she was a 2 pack a day smoker. Savannah came home from work to find her smoking in Lukas' room and putting a second lit cigarette up to his face while he was drinking his milk.

Getting worked up in a fit of energy she hadn't thought was in her since that night, S prepared to freak out.

She tried calming herself down into her strong shell she had built around her, but it didn't work.

"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON ANYMORE!" she screamed scaring Morgana enough to make her flee the scene and to wake up Tim.

Huffing she started cleaning like a mad woman. Moping while trying to load the dishwasher, fixing the sink.

When Tim finally calmed her down enough he showed her the second chair he had bought for her chess table. Without a word he sat down with her opposite and started playing a game. He knew chess would help her think logically again and make her relax.

"Are you back?" he almost-inaudibly whispered.

With tears forming in her eyes, she contemplated her next move.

"I just couldn't take it anymore. The place was a mess, our babysitter was trying to turn Lukas into a nicotine addict," she paused, "I'm just sick of holding it all in, it's been gnawing at me, but I wanted to stay strong for you..."

"I have an idea babe, after you beat me at this game, why don't we sit down and talk it out."

"But it's so late, aren't you tired?" she said, hoping to get out of it. She didn't think she was ready to release it all just yet.

"Yes, I am but we can still talk for a bit before I pass out." --"Checkmate."-- "What? How did you even do that? Are you sure that's legal... cause I would have won."

"You win yet again S, you just wait, someday I will figure out all your sneaky tricks and beat you once and for all!" he claimed after they had put the pieces away.

Pulling her into a hug, she turned her head away.

"You know, you don't have to hide behind those shades, hun. You're still the most beautiful woman in the entire world."

Blushing, she gingerly leaned in and gave him a brief kiss, the first they had shared since their wedding vows.

Making their way to bed, S almost smiled. She felt that things were finally starting to go in the right direction.

Before falling asleep, they celebrated their honeymoon that they never got to take.

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Challenge Notes:

It took me so long to figure out where and how I wanted the story to go after what had happened... but then the game was stupid and had me hire a babysitter while Tim was still at home (though running his daycare... that day he had ZERO children so I don't know why they considered him at work at all... but I already vented on the forum.) Morgana Wayne showed up exactly how you saw her. I have Twallan's Dresser which, if you don't know, will check every sim's outfits and replace "invalid parts". It also gives each sim a random number of accessories. I happen to have a couple different cigarette accessories for if I ever need them for story purposes (cause they don't do anything in the game) and it gave her two of them. I laughed so hard cause it was perfect! She already looks like a rebel and everything so why not have her smoke too since she's probably underage anyway. Oh. I am not trying to say cigarettes are good or bad (even though it's proven that they are very bad for you) so don't take this like I'm saying all rebels smoke or that you should smoke or that you shouldn't smoke or any other way you can twist it. I am personally a smoker in the process of quitting (It's easy to quit smoking. I've quit thousands of times. -Mark Twain) so I understand both sides of the issue. Anyway enough of the legal talk, enjoy the story goddammit!