Bad Day
Nadira fumed at her computer. Lucas was going to have a fit if he found a virus on the computer when he got home from work.
"Stupid computer!" she hissed. "Lucas is going to kill me if you don't work!" She punched the screen. "Ow!" She sucked on her reddened knuckles. "Geez." She accidentally set her elbow on the keyboard and didn't notice the screen saying 'Virus sent to all mailbox'.
Katie is typing in her computer, when it stops working.
"Awe man! Not again! NADIRA!" she whines.
The phone rang at the Kendall's house. Nadira picked it up nervously.
"Hello, Kendall's. Nadira speaking," she said, flipping her hair back away from her face.
"NADIRA MAXINA KENDALL! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, YOU ARE PUPPY CHOW!" she heard Katie shout from the other line. She pulled the phone away and smiled.
"Would you like fries with that?" she asked.
"You sent a virus to my computer," Katie pouted, being calmer than before.
"Sorry. I'm trying to fix that error before Lucas gets home. Or I'm in the dog house big time," she said as whiles filled the house. "And, of course, my day would not be complete without Annie crying for Daddy; again, for the twentieth time today I should add."
"If Annie ruins your day so much, why do you stay with her?" Katie asked Nadira.
"Because," Nadira paused to control her tears. "Because of Lucas."
"Lucas?" Katie wondered aloud.
"Lucas, he... he just can't stand children. He knows we both had bad childhoods, but if he's not with Annie, he thinks it will be better than abuse." Nadira broke down in tears.
"Nadira, I'll be right over, and I'll call Trip," Katie said. They hung up.
Nadira walked into her daughter's nursery and picked her up. She hummed a lullaby to Annie as she sat down in the rocking chair to, not only calm Annie, but herself too.
"C'mon, Annie," Nadira begged. "For Mama."
Trip and Katie walked inside the Kendall home.
"Please, Annie!" they heard Nadira cried from the nursery.
"Nadira!" Trip called as he and Katie rushed to the nursery. Trip took Annie and Katie pulled Nadira into a hug. Nadira cried on the yellow ranger's chest.
"Oh, Katie," she sobbed.
"Nadira