I hope you like this one. This is during a sad time for the Sheffield family.........after Fran married to Nigel but now their divorced, the person who has passed is Jocelyn's husband Lester. Fran kept in touch with Niles and Niles actually keeps a secret from Maxwell!!

Fran's Return

by

Germangirl1232
(germangirl1232@mail.com)

A black limo pulled up in front of a cemetery in New York City, Fran was inside looking at her left eye in her makeup mirror, she touched it gently and winced "Ouch." she said in a low voice. Fran’s left eye was black and blue, she was wearing her usual short black skirt and a button down black shirt "I guess this is it." she looked out her tinted window and saw Maxwell walking with Jocelyn to a coffin surrounded by people under a tent.

She pushed a button and the black screen just behind the driver came down "I’m ready Crandall." she said a little shaken up. He shook his head "Yes Mrs. Sheffield." she push the button again and the screen went back up. Crandall walked around the car and opened Fran’s door, before she got out she put on her black sun glasses before someone saw her black eye.

Fran then stepped out holding a black purse, she placed the strap over her shoulder "Thank you." she said, "You’re welcome Mrs. Sheffield. Will you be alright?" he closed the door behind her. "I will. Thanks anyway." she touched his shoulder then started walking to the gathering of people. When she got to the people, she saw a casket held over a hole in the ground then she saw Jocelyn hugging Maxwell she was dressed in a black dress and he was in a black suit and tie but a white shirt.

Fran started walking toward her, Maxwell saw her but didn’t acknowledge her presence to his sister who didn’t see her. They were standing under a tent, Jocelyn was sitting on a white chair and her family was around her, Fran tried getting through the people but then stopped and looked at the coffin suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Niles "Miss Fine." Fran hugged him "Oh Niles. I can’t believe he‘s gone." she said in a low voice. They let go a little but stayed in their embrace "I know. I just can’t believe you’re here." he smiled.

She smiled lightly "We’ve missed you." he said, Fran frowned "Even Maxwell?" Niles’s smiled went away too "Yes." he said gently. Fran smiled and hugged Niles again, Fran pushed away a little but kept in their embrace "I’d like to see Jocelyn." Niles took her hand "Of course, come on." he led her under the tent and stood behind Jocelyn, he tapped her on the shoulder. She looked behind her and so did Maxwell "Look who’s here." he pulled Fran by her hand over to the side of him. Jocelyn stood up and put her hand on her mouth, then her hand fell down "Oh, Fran." Jocelyn turned around and hugged her.

"Oh Jocelyn, I’m so sorry. I’m gonna miss him so much." she said as Jocelyn was crying on her shoulder "Me too." they kept their embrace and then looked at each other "Fran, I’m so scared." Fran hugged her again "I know. I know sweetheart." Maxwell cleared his throat "How are you doing Fran?" they stopped hugging and Fran looked at him "Fine um......" Jocelyn and Fran had their arms on each other’s back "......Nigel and I are divorced." she said. Niles noticed a relief in Maxwell’s face. "I’m sorry to hear that." Jocelyn said, Fran looked at her "You’re the only one, believe me. I haven’t seen him for over two months now."

Maggie and her boyfriend Michael were now there and they were talking to Brighton, "So how’s she doing?" Maggie asked looking over at Jocelyn "Well she’s..........." Brighton started but Maggie interrupted in a shock "Oh my go....Fran?" she said when she saw Fran hugging Gracie. "What?" Brighton said, he turned around "It is Fran." he said following her "Who’s Fran?" Michael asked following them.

Fran was still hugging Gracie "I missed you Fran." she said almost in tears "I missed you too." she said, they let go a little "Where’s your brother and sister?" she asked. "Fran!" Maggie said. Fran looked over and saw the other two "Maggie." she said as she walked over and hugged her. "Brighton." she then hugged him "And......" she looked at Michael "........someone I don’t know. I’m Fran." they shook hands "Fran, this is Michael." just then the preacher told everyone they were starting.

Fran saw Niles sit beside Jocelyn with Maxwell on the other side, she looked over at her "Come here Fran, please..." she said. "I don’t know." she said in a nervous voice "Fran please......" Niles said standing up. "Alright then." she sat down beside her and Niles was next to Fran. Brighton and Gracie were behind Maxwell and Jocelyn, Maggie and Brighton were behind Fran and Niles.

As the preacher spoke, Maxwell had his arm around his sister for comfort, at one point Fran started crying on Niles shoulder but she never took off her sunglasses, Niles had his arm around her and she put her head on his shoulder.

As the ceremony ended people started leaving, Jocelyn wouldn’t get up. Gracie stood up "Aunt Jocelyn, are you alright?" Maxwell looked at her "She’ll be fine. Gracie, Brighton go wait in the car and we’ll be right there." Gracie walked around and over to Fran she bent down "Are you going away again?" Fran looked in to the sweet girl’s face "Don’t worry sweetie, I’m stayin here. I’ll be by tomorrow, ok?" Gracie shook her head and hugged her. Gracie stood up and Brighton hugged Fran then they both walked away.

Fran looked at Jocelyn "Are ya okay?" she asked "I don’t think I can move, Fran. My husband is gone." tears started coming down her cheeks again. She buried her face in her hands and leaned forward. Fran put her hand on Jocelyn’s back, Maxwell motioned Fran to go somewhere where they could talk. "I’ll be right back." Fran said then stood up and went behind Jocelyn with Maxwell far enough where she couldn’t hear.

Fran looked at him, Maxwell looked at his sister and then at Fran "I don’t think it was such a good idea for you to be here." Fran was shocked "What do you mean? She’s my sister in-law." she said. "Well she’s also my sister and this isn’t the exact time for you to come back." he said. Fran put her hands on her hips "Listen mista, I have as much right to be here as you do. Don’t forget who got those two together in the first place." Maxwell was getting mad "Fran, I’m just saying......." Fran interrupted him "I know what your saying. You’re saying that you’re embarrassed by me because I’m your ex-sister in law and not your Nanny, aren’t you?" Maxwell looked at Jocelyn "I’ve just never seen her like this." he said with his hands on his hips.

"I’m over here Maxwell." she said turning his head with her hand to look at her "Answer my question." Maxwell put his hands down "So what if I am. You’re not the person that should be here for her." Fran crossed her arms "Look here, I came to be here for Jocelyn and if you don’t like it then......." Maxwell interrupted her "Spoken like a true wife of Nigel Sheffield. I wouldn‘t be surprised if you weren’t hiding a black eye behind those sun glasses." Fran slapped him across the face then ran to her limo.

(Niles watched her walk.)

(Maxwell walked to his limo.)

(Fran stopped at her limo.)

("Are you alright?" Fran looked over at Maxwell.)

("No. Just take me home." he opened the door and she stepped inside.)

(Niles watched Jocelyn get up and walked to the coffin.)
That it was raining on our love

(She touched the dark brown coffin covered with flowers.)

That night, Fran was in her bed. The lights were off, suddenly she heard a loud creaking, Fran sat up, she was wearing a silk light purple night gown with no sleeves. She pushed the blanket back and climbed out of bed, she took her light purple robe that was laying on the bed and put it on, "Who’s there?" after she strapped her robe on then she bent down and grabbed a bat from under her bed.

Fran started walking to her door that was open holding up the bat like she was going to hit something, "Anyone there?" she started to the stairs and turned on the lights then looked around. She put the bat down but heard the noise again. Fran started down the stairs. Fran turned the light on by the switch at the bottom of the stairs then she heard the noise again as she went to the kitchen and then heard loud thunder. Just when she got to the kitchen door she heard thunder again, the lights flickered then went out now Fran heard rain.

Fran pushed the door open, she walked in slowly, after the door closed someone came from behind her and grabbed her bat with one hand then grabbed her wrists with the other. "Let go and you won’t get hurt." the stranger whispered, "Where have I heard that before." she said pulling the bat forward as hard as she could, the bat broke. Fran turned around and kneed him in the stomach. The person fell down backwards but got right up with the end that broke off in the person’s hand and hit Fran, she fell back and the person ran out through the kitchen door and out the front, Fran was unconscious.

The next day, the door bell rang but Fran still didn’t move.

Niles and Crandall were on the other side, Niles was wearing his long black coat and Crandall was in his usual gray uniform. "Ring the doorbell again." he Niles, he rang the doorbell "I thought you said she was here." Niles said looking at Crandall "She doesn’t go anywhere without telling me. Something must be wrong." he tried turning the door handle.

It was open, "Mrs. Sheffield?" he said after opening the door wider, the two went inside "Fran?" Niles called out entering the living room. Nothing. "I’ll look in the kitchen." Niles said running over to the kitchen door. "I’ll look upstairs." Crandall said, Niles opened the kitchen door "Oh no!" he shouted and went inside. Crandall followed him, Niles ran over to Fran and bent down with Crandall on the other side of her.

Chandler and Niles sat her up, Fran started moving and opened her eyes "What happened?" she asked weakly. "That’s what we’re wondering." Niles said "Mrs. Sheffield, are you alright?" Crandall asked. "I think so. The last thing I remember, I was coming because I heard a noise. I was scared so I brought a bat with me." Nile picked up the bottom piece of the bat "Is this it?" Fran took it from him "Wow this looks as bad as I feel. Ow!" she rubbed her head "What happened to your eye?" Fran didn’t answer "When I came in the kitchen someone came from behind me and broke my bat, next thing I knew I’m here."

"Feels like I got a lump the size of Mt. Everest back here." Chandler looked at the back of her head "I didn’t know what penthouse you were in so I talked to Chandler." Niles said. "Your door was unlock so we let ourselves in." They helped her to her feet "You really got a goose egg. Sit down and I’ll get you some ice." Crandall said pulling out a chair. Fran sat down, Niles sat on the end of the table "Who’d want to attack you and who gave you that black eye?" Fran looked at him "Oh Niles, I don’t know."

Crandall brought over a bag of ice "What about Mr. Sheffield?" he put the bag on the back of her head, Fran held it there "Nigel?" she said watching him sit down on the other end. "Maybe, he could’ve disguise his voice," she looked at Niles "He did give me a black eye last week." she said holding on to the ice pack. "Nigel gave you that.......I wondered why you were wearing sunglasses on a cloudy day." Fran shook her head "Look, I know I’m talking to Liz Smith but please don’t tell Maxwell!" Fran said looking at him, he could never refuse her when it came to important stuff that is. "I won’t but won’t he wonder if he sees it?"

Fran stood up and then clutched her shoulder wincing "That’s why he can’t see me without my sunglasses. It’ll do him good for pushing me away." she clutched her arm again in pain. "Are you alright, Fran?" Fran pushed her robe on her right shoulder to the side revealing a huge black, blue and purple mark on her shoulder.

"Oh my......where’d that come from?" Fran said in shock. She took the ice pack off the back of her head and placed in on her shoulder. "Fran, why didn’t you tell Mr. Sheffield what happened last month?" Fran just looked at him "Niles, Maxwell is my ex-brother in law. He doesn’t need know about what happened last month. Let’s talk about something else like why you’re here." she said sitting down and putting the ice pack on the table.

"Well as you I’ve been dating Miss Babcock and now......." he paused, "I want to propose to her." he said real fast. Fran’s mouth dropped opened "You what? You mean me that all those years that you put dishwater in her coffee and changed her lip balm for glue stick and called her a cow, was just one step to marriage?" she asked in shock Niles smiled "It’s like a fairy tale isn’t it?"

Fran put the ice pack on her bruised shoulder "I hope you told her you love her because if you don’t she’ll end up jumping in to marriage with a man she doesn’t love and then she’ll end up.......like me." she said standing up "Now if you excuse me I have to call the police." she went in to the living room. Niles looked at Crandall "She’s terrified." he said, Crandall shook his head "I do believe that Mr. Sheffield is the man behind this break in."

Niles got a suspicious look on his face "I think I have an idea. You really think she’s that scared?" he asked "Mrs. Sheffield is as terrified as she was last month." Niles leaned forward "Well then here’s the thing. We have to get her and Maxwell Sheffield together so here’s the plan." Niles moved over a seat and started talking to Crandall.

A two hours later, Fran and Niles were eating lunch in a cafe. Fran was wearing a yellow dress with a black long sleeved shirt underneath and her hair was hanging down curled, she wasn’t wearing her sunglasses "Fran, how do you think Miss Babcock would like this?" Niles asked taking out a small box, Fran opened it "Niles, this is beautiful! She will love it!" she handed it back to him. "I hope she will. I’m really nervous about asking her." he said looking down at it. "Don’t worry she’ll say yes." Niles looked at the box and closed it "That’s not what I’m worried about. I’m worried about asking her, I mean I don’t know what to say."

Fran drank from her glass of water and said "Just speak from your heart. She’ll understand." Niles asked her "May I try on you?" he asked. She smiled "Sure." Niles stood up and bent down on one knee in front of her and took her hand, "The first time I met you I hated your guts, yet when you weren’t there I missed you so much but I couldn’t admit it."

Fran looked away when he started but then looked at him "And now even when you are here, I can’t help but thank God that you’re in my life. I know we fight a lot but that seems to make us stronger." Fran had this loving look on her face as Niles opened the box "I promise you that it won’t be easy but I will be the best husband you ever had. C.C. Babcock will you marry me?" tears came to Fran’s eyes. Niles stood up "How was that?" he asked realizing Fran had her eyes closed. She opened them "That was beautiful." Niles sat back down across the table "You see that’s what I’m talkin about. From your heart!" she said pointing her own heart.

Suddenly Niles’s cell phone rang, he took it out of his pocket, pushed a button and held it to his ear.

"Hello?" he said.

"It’s me. I’ve got Mr. Sheffield and I’m on my way." Crandall said on the other end.

Niles smiled at Fran "It’s C.C." she smiled and went back to eating "Where are you?" he asked turning to the side of his chair.

Crandall was in his limo with the back black screen up, "We’re almost there. He thinks I’m taking him to the theater instead a cafe." he said with a chuckle.

Niles smiled "Well we’ll see you soon darling. Love you!" he then hung up the phone.

Crandall hung up his phone "Darling?" he said with at strange look on his face.

Niles turned himself facing the table "Some one will be joining us." he said putting the phone in his pocket. Fran looked at him "C.C.?" she asked "I’m not obligated to say." he said then taking a sip from his glass "Oh come on Niles. You can never keep a secret." Niles looked at her in shock "I beg your pardon. I’ve kept a lot of secrets." Fran rolled her eyes "Name two." she said starting to eat again "Well there’s.........and there’s....." Fran put her hand on her ear "Some how I didn’t hear that."

Niles face brightened up "That little incident. I never told Mr. Sheffield or anyone for that matter." Fran looked at him "Well that’s different. That’s a personal matter." Niles rolled his eyes.

In limo, Maxwell looked out the window, he was wearing a long black coat, "This isn’t the theater." he pushed a button above him and the black screen went down. "Crandall why are we at the Flushing Cafe?" Crandall turned around "I believe someone is here for you." he then looked at the window. Maxwell looked over and saw Fran and Niles sitting across from each other at a table talking "I guess we should talk. But what do you say to a woman who you some how insulted?" he asked looking at the window.

"Sir, I believe the words are I’m sorry." he said looking at Maxwell. "Poor thing I pushed her away so much that I lost her to my brother and now that she’s not with him anymore I got mad at her for no reason at all." he said pushing his hair back and looked the driver "But I love her so much." said leaning forward "Well tell her that! Mr. Sheffield sometimes when you’re talking to someone from the past that you hurt it helps if you say two things. I’m sorry and I love you." Maxwell thought for a few moments.

Inside, Niles and Fran just got done eating when his cell phone rang, once again he took it out of his pocket and hit the button, he held it up to his ear "Hello?" he hear the other person then said "Alright, love you too." he hung up the phone. "Wow she does love you." she said smiling. "I have to make a trip to the men’s room." he said getting up, and walking away.

Fran took out her make up mirror and looked at her eye, behind her she saw Maxwell "Oh no!" she said in a low voice. She closed her mirror and put it back in her purse as Maxwell came closer to her. When he came to her he touched her shoulder "Fran?" Fran looked up at him with a slight smile, he had a shocked look on his face "When Crandall told me about someone breaking he didn‘t mention the man hurt you. May I join you?"

Fran knotted "It’s a free country." her smile went away, he sat down "Thank you." he said under his breath. "Does your eye hurt?" Fran looked at him "Sometimes........oh what am I doing. I’m mad at you!" she said grabbing her purse and coat "I’m getting out of here." just before she got up Maxwell held her back by the arm. "Wait, Fran! I’m sorry about what happened at the funeral." Fran let go of her coat and purse "I’m sorry too. I’ve just been on edge a little. What with the divorce and all."

Maxwell asked her "What happened?" Fran looked down "Well first of all a month after we we’re married I caught him cheating on me then one day he came home from the club and decided to use me as a punching bag........." Maxwell got up "I’ll kill him!" he said with anger, Fran pulled him down by the hand "Wait.......there’s more." Maxwell sat down and leaned forward really interested "Oh no. Now what?" Fran then said "Last month I had a miscarriage."

"I found out I was pregnant just after I filed for divorce and three months later Nigel decided to throw me down the stairs." she said then looked down. Maxwell sat speechless, she finally looked at him "I don’t blame ya for hating me I would feel the same way if you ran off with someone else. But ya must realize, I never stopped loving you." she said then took his hand. He looked at their hands then back at her "And I never stopped loving you." he said then kissed her hand.

"Oh Fran........I’m so sorry." he then stood up "I’ll kill him!" Fran looked up at him "Wait." he looked down at her "There’s more?" Fran shook her head slowly. Maxwell sat down and put his hand on his forehead "Oh please nothing else!" Fran held his hand and smiled "I didn’t love him." Maxwell put his other hand down "You didn’t?" he asked gently. "I didn’t. That’s partly why I’m not that broken up. Yes I wanted to be a motha and I did love.....he or she but I was conceived out of trying to forget you and the hurt."

Maxwell smiled and touched her hand with his other one "I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’ve regretted it ever since." Fran took a deep breath "How about we start all over again? Fresh." he waited for a answer. Fran looked in his eyes "I love you." Maxwell sat up "And I love you. Let’s walk in the park. Come on." he said smiling. Fran stood up and put her coat on, Maxwell got up as well.

After they got the door, Niles watched them. Both Fran and Maxwell turned around and said "Bye Niles!" then kept going out the door. Niles waved back.

Later on at the Sheffield Mansion, Gracie was standing by the bathroom door "Come on Aunt Jocelyn, open up! It’s gonna be alright." she said through the door "Aunt Jocelyn? Please......what do you want us to do?" there was no answer. Just then the front door opened and Maxwell walked in "Dad, Aunt Jocelyn........" she stopped in mid-sentence when she saw Fran. "Fran!" she ran over and hugged her before Fran could take her coat off.

But then Gracie pulled away and looked at Fran’s face "What happened?" Fran smiled and let go a little bit "Grace what’s going on here?" Maxwell asked, Fran took off her coat as Gracie spoke "Aunt Jocelyn just found a love letter in one of Uncle Lester’s suits and now she’s locked herself in the bathroom." Maxwell took his coat off and put it in the closet "Just what she needs." he said taking Fran’s coat and hanging the two coats in the closet.

"I’ll go get her." Fran said but Maxwell stopped her "She’s my sister I’ll talk to her." he walked over to the door "Jocelyn it’s Maxwell. Please let me in?" Gracie was behind him, Fran was behind her with her hands on Gracie’s shoulders. "Leave me alone. You men are all alike!" she said in anger. "Good work Max." Fran said sarcastically, he looked at her "You try then." he said taking a step back, Fran walked over to the door, she knocked twice "Jocelyn, it’s Fran please open the door. It‘s just me." No answer but then the door opened slowly and Fran went inside, but it closed behind her "Let’s hope Fran can do better than us." Maxwell said.

Fran stood in front of the door, Jocelyn sat on the toilet seat wearing a long black skirt and a white button down shirt. Fran looked at her "Jocelyn, what has happened to you? Ya look like a raccoon!" Jocelyn stood up with a tissue in one hand and a letter in the other. "What has happened to me? What about Lester?" she held up the letter "He told me he loved me!" she said sitting down again. "What happened to your eye?" she asked out of the blue. Fran rolled her eyes "One fight with my husband and I’m bruised for life." Jocelyn looked down.

Fran walked over to her and looked down at her "Let me see it." she handed her the picture. "Joce....... this is so off. I mean it’s faded." she snapped her fingers "I know." she walked back to the door and opened it "Max, go asked Crandall to get his magnifying stuff to read this date for me." she handed him the letter. Jocelyn looked at her, Fran looked at Jocelyn "What? I’ve got a hunch and my chauffer is an ex forensics ok." she said. "Now come on honey, let’s get out of the bathroom." Jocelyn refused to move "No. I’m not going anywhere." she said crossing her arms.

A few minutes later, Crandall sat on the couch with huge magnifying glasses, Fran was sitting next to him "Mrs. Sheffield, I can almost read it." Fran smiled good "Fran?" Maxwell said taking her by the arm and pulling her up "Yea?" she said. "Where did you find this guy?" Fran thought for a moment "Remember my cousin Toddy the fashion designer. Crandall’s his brother in law. He used to work for NYPD until someone tried to kill him." Maxwell looked at him "An enemy?" Fran looked at Maxwell "Nigel’s ex." she said. "I got it." Fran sat down next to him "What’s it say?" Maxwell asked.

A few minutes later, Fran ran in to the bathroom "Jocelyn?" Jocelyn stood up "This letter was from June 89. He must have put it in one of his suits and forgot it was there." Fran put her hands on Jocelyn’s shoulders "So that means he did love me?" Maxwell stood by the door "Yes, Mopsie." he walked over to Fran who looked at him "He really did love you. I don’t think he ever wanted to hurt you." she smiled, Fran stepped back "Mozeltop, I’m scared." he put his hand on her cheek as tears came down "Oh Jocelyn." he hugged her "There, there."

Fran stood there watching them she cleared her throat, they turned and looked at her "Um.......I’m goin home so I‘ll see you later Joce." she said then walked out the bathroom. "Wait Fran." Maxwell said leaving his sister and following Fran. She stopped at the stairs, Maxwell stood beside her "Thank you." she smiled "Don’t worry about it Max." she said. Crandall took her coat out of the closet "I‘ll be at my pent house if you need me." Crandall helped her on with her coat, Fran kissed Maxwell on his cheek.

Crandall handed Fran her purse then went outside followed by Fran.

Maxwell closed the door but when he turned around Brighton, Gracie and Jocelyn were standing there looking at him. "What?" he asked, "How long?" Gracie asked crossing her arms "How long what?" Jocelyn walked over to him slowly "How long is this......oh how shall I put it......." she asked looking up, she then looked at him ".........cat and mouse game going to last?" Maxwell rolled his eyes "Look I’m getting there. At least we’re on a first name basis now." he said crossing his arms. Jocelyn gave him a look "You’re her ex brother in-law." his smiled went down.

That night, Fran was in black silk rob watching TV and eating popcorn when suddenly she heard something crash in the kitchen "What in the world?" she stood up and went in to the kitchen. After turning on the lights she saw plates that were broken in to pieces, she sighed with relief "Oh great. How did that happen?" she started cleaning it up with a small broom and a dust pan. After cleaning it up she dumped the pieces in the garbage and put the dust pan and the broom on away.

But when Fran went back in to the living room someone dressed in black grabbed her from behind placing his hand in her mouth and the other around her waist "No bat this time, Love." Fran’s eyes widened, he let go of her mouth "Nigel?" he let go of her "In the flesh." he said as Fran turned around. He was wearing a black shirt and a pair of black pants "What are you doing here?" he smiled "What do you think?" he said chuckling while taking off his black leather gloves.

Fran started backing away "Oh no you don’t! You’re my ex-husband." she turned around and ran for the door but Nigel grabbed her by the arm and turned her around so her back was to the kitchen "Fran, I want another chance?" she just looked at him "What?" he pulled her close to him "I want to be your husband again."

Fran pushed him away "A punching bag." he gave her a strange look "What?" she repeated herself "A punching bag, Nigel. I’m a person not a punching bag, get out!" she pointed to the door. Nigel grabbed her wrist "Don’t make me break your wrist. I love you!" he said, "You love me then let my go!" she said pulling herself away from him but he just grabbed her other wrist "Let go, Nigel. Crandall!"

Nigel shook her "Shut up! You yell anymore and I’ll.......I’ll..." suddenly they heard a voice say "You’ll what?" Nigel looked behind him and saw Maxwell and Crandall standing by an open door. He let go of one of Fran’s wrists "Hey Max!" he said in his usual way "Let go of her. What’s going on here, Nigel?" he smiled "This is my wife, what do you care?" he said turning back to Fran.

Maxwell started walking over to her "That’s it!" Crandall held him back "Don’t! Mrs. Sheffield knows what to do." Fran looked at Nigel "Leave me alone." she pulled her wrists away from him. "I don’t love you, Nigel! I never did, I was just hiding from the truth." Nigel slapped her in the face "Do you think you could last without me. Fran, you are nothing without me, with out me you’re just a slut." he said in anger.

Now Fran’s mouth dropped opened "That’s it, I’ve had it!" Maxwell said he turned Nigel around by the shoulder and gave him a knuckle sandwich, Nigel fell backwards on to the floor. Fran went over to Maxwell and hugged him, he put his hands on her cheeks "Are you alright?" he asked her. She shook her head "Yea." they looked down at him "What was that for?" Fran put her hands on her hips "What do you think?" she asked sarcastically.

"Very nice arm Mr. Sheffield." Maxwell smiled "Thank you Crandall." he said rubbing his hand "But it hurt." he said. Fran took his sore hand then looked at Crandall who was helping Nigel up "Crandall, just take him outside till the police get here." she said. "Police? What for? She’s my wife!" Fran and Maxwell went in to the kitchen "For breaking and entering and she’s your ex wife." Crandall said holding on to the back of Nigel’s shirt.

After calling the police, Fran sat at her kitchen table beside Maxwell who had his hand in a bowl of water "Thank you." she said smiling "For what? Ouch." he said stretching his hand in the water. "For punching out Nigel. If you didn’t I would’ve." she said turning her body toward him and hanging her arm on the back of her chair "Well no one calls the woman I love a slut and gets away with it." he said looking down at his hand.

Maxwell looked at his hand then looked at her and in to her eyes "You know for the first time I’m actually looking in your eyes and I can’t believe how much there is when you’re looking back at me." she smiled "I must have been blind because now I realize the love I wanted was right in front of me. I love you." he said with a smile, "I love you." she said then leaned over and kissed him.

When the police got there Fran and Maxwell stood with Crandall as Nigel was taken to jail But before they took him outside he looked at her "We could’ve had the world Fran!" Maxwell had his arm around her shoulders "I hope you have a cell mate who finds you attractive." she said smiling. They took him out.

Crandall looked at her "Is everything satisfying, Mrs. Sheffield?" she shook her head "Yea, everything’s okay." she said smiling. "Then goodnight all." he said then walking back out. "Well goodnight Fran." Maxwell said, he started moving but stopped because his wrist was attached to her shoulder "Uh......wait." she said putting her other arm on his other arm. They looked at each other "We’re stuck on each other." she said smiling, he smiled back and they kissed long.

In the meantime, C.C. was in her apartment. She came in to her living room wearing a long black skirt and a shiny white shirt. While she was putting on a bracelet she was also walking in to her kitchen, then she noticed a small note on top of a tape recorder "Please play." she read on the note. C.C. took the note and hit play, Niles voice played "I thought I would have you play this tape because I’m way too nervous to get down on my knees and ask you this in person." C.C. sat on a stool behind the counter.

"C.C. I never knew I would fall for you. After all these years I never realized until now how much you mean to me, so Babcock will you marry me?" C.C. was shocked, she started getting tears in her eyes for the first time in years "I know it must be hard for you to understand but I want to spend the rest of my life with you." C.C. put her hand on her mouth "Look under the tape recorder."

C.C. picked up the tape recorder and looked underneath it, she saw something taped with scotch tape un the middle. "It’s a ring." she ripped it off the tape recorder and found a beautiful diamond ring, "If you except my proposal come down stairs. I’m waiting in the lobby. I’ll be there for five minutes."

Niles was sitting down and looking at a magazine, five minutes went by. Niles looked at his watch then stood up and looked at the door then went toward the front entrance but suddenly someone yelled out "Niles!" he turned around and saw C.C. running over to him showing the ring on her finger. She ran in to his arms.

They were married two months later two day after Fran and Maxwell’s wedding.

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