One Professor, Two Sisters, Three Babies

What is a mother to do, when her daughters seem set on destroying the family?

My girls, Christa and Mackenzie, both returned home from college. I was so happy to see them again. They looked so grown up, and it was wonderful to see them both with such a firm idea of what they wanted out of life. I mean, it's not that I was any less proud of Mac back when all she talked about was having a husband and children - but now she seemed determined to have a career herself first and foremost. She wanted to be a Hall of Famer, just as I am - and it's easier for me to relate to another romance sim than to a family sim, I admit it. Of course I love my family, but I can't imagine having six kids, the way she used to say she wanted to.

The very first day they were home, after they both got jobs - Mackenzie as an assistant coach, Christa at the same hospital she used to work as a teenager - my youngest called a college friend to invite him over. She had been promoted to coach right away, and I guess she felt she deserved something for it, you know? Anyway, she had Milton Carr over, and they spent some time together in her bedroom. Well, good for her, I figured; until the guy had the nerve to wolf whistle at me shortly after woohooing my daughter! I was tempted to slap some sense into him, but I reminded myself: "Jan, you're a romance sim. He can't help it." But still! He's seeing my little girl!

Well, that brat got Mac pregnant. She wasn't too happy about that, but if she didn't want a child, she should've been more careful. I know, that's easy for me to say, when I've never been involved with anyone but Evelyn, who obviously couldn't get me pregnant - but being a romantic never stopped me from loving my children! Although I guess it didn't help when that pizza girl Mac fancies was over for a visit, and left the hot tub the moment my girl mentioned she was going to have a baby...


While Mackenzie was moping around at home, complaining about getting fat, Christa was working hard on her career. She was promoted to Chief of Staff, but that very day, she left her job because she was given a chance to become a criminal. I know it's been her dream all along, but a criminal? My Christa? Well - I couldn't very well stop her. She was so happy.

That's when he entered the picture. No, not that young scoundrel Milton; I prefer him to that guy - Greg Brown. He's a psychology professor, and apparently he taught both Christa and Mackenzie at Sim State. Did more than teach them, too. Christa was head over heels in love with him, and invited him over one night. I think she was having ideas of marrying him one day, but wanted to work on her career first. Well, they apparently woohooed; Mac heard them, came rushing into the bedroom, and slapped him silly. Poor girl was crying. (Yes, I know it may seem odd to be crying over one man when she was pregnant by another, but it is possible to love more than one sim, you know?)


I wish she could've just let it go, and focused on the baby she was going to have. But that's never been Mac's way. She gets an idea in her head, and she can't let go, like a dog with a bone. Well, the idea she got in her head now was to "prove" that she was every bit as good as her sister. So while Christa was fast asleep after working all night - and getting promoted, as well - Mac called that professor up, invited him over, and put the moves on him. He didn't seem to mind that she was pregnant. While they were making out, Christa was starting to suspect she might be pregnant... She left the bathroom, only to find her sister and the father of her unborn child woohooing in her own bed.


It was dreadful. Christa alternately crying and cursing, Mac looking smug, and that despicable professor in the midst of it all. Oh, if I ever see that sim again, he won't be capable of fathering any more children, that's for sure! How dare he treat my daughters that way - both of them! And Mackenzie; what am I to do about her? I can understand the urge to win an old lover back from someone else, but not from her own sister! What is wrong with that child of mine?


She went into labor that night, and gave birth to a beautiful little girl. She looked at her briefly, then handed her over to me and got on the phone with one of her lovers instead. Didn't even bother to give her a name, so I did. With her father and mother both having first names that start with M and are originally surnames, it seemed fitting to follow the same pattern with the baby; so I named her Mallory.


The father showed no more interest in her than Mac did - he hasn't been by to see her once - but her grandfather, Joe, did stop by the next day. Seeing them together made me realize Mallory looks just like him. Those must be some powerful genes he's got.


Things only got worse between my daughters as Christa's pregnancy progressed. Every time I turned around, they were getting into another fight. I couldn't find a way to make peace between them; maybe if I'd been younger, or didn't have to be the one to take care of my granddaughter (because Mac wasn't doing it). But maybe not even under better circumstances, because it seemd they didn't want to make up.



Then yesterday, Christa gave birth to twins! A boy and a girl, whom she named Jasper and Ruby. Mackenzie immediately made fun of the names, claiming they were horribly oldfashioned and the children would be teased in school with names like that. Christa countered by saying that at least she had chosen the names herself - and they were off again. I couldn't bear to listen to one more round, so I stayed in the nursery with my grandchildren, wondering what kind of life they're going to have if this is the way it's going to be around here from now on.

That night Evelyn's ghost made it's first appearance since the girls came home. I could sense her presence, but for the first time, she didn't scare anybody all night long. I think she was happy about our grandchildren.




Jan - reached top of second career, Hall of Famer
Christa - reached top of first career, Chief of Staff; reached top of second career and fulfilled LTW, Criminal Mastermind; fulfilled impossible want, earn 100 000
Mackenzie - reached top of first career and fulfilled LTW, Hall of Famer