Credit: Plot and characters from Dogma by Kevin Smith.

Chapter One: My Angel.

A young blond girl giggled in her crib as she jumped up and down for attention. The room was partially lit from the sunlight that managed to escape through the small opening from the curtains. The pink coloured room was shining with a lively glow and an angel had just awoken.

It had been over a year since Bethany gave birth to a healthy girl whom she named Tracy. She was actually expecting a boy but even if it was a boy, she never imagined to name him Rufus. It was just too…Rufus. And the last thing Bethany wanted was a reminder of the events that unfolded two years ago. And she did not want to put the same burden on her only child. The last Scion! Yup that was all history now. No need to reopen that chapter.

Still living in McHenry Illinois, she had changed her job. She was now working fulltime as an office administrator. Abortion clinic was a thing of the past and after having a child of her own, she now understood what life really meant. And no more did the scars of her first abortion haunted her.

The girl did not get the respond she was looking for. So her soft giggles turned sinister as she started to scream and cry. Attention! That was what the angel needed. And it didn't take more than two minutes for her mother to walk in with a towel wrapped around her body.

"Oh there there…Don't make mommy look bad now", Bethany said as she picked up Tracy from her crib. Like a piece of chewed bubble gum stuck under a table, Tracy wrapped her arms around Bethany and stuck to her like glue. Bethany smiled and shook her head before carrying the satisfied child out of the room.

Tracy was around 15 months and she could walk but strangely not talk. Rarely did she make babbling noises and it really worried Bethany. She had been taking Tracy to the paediatric for months now but she was often told that this type of delay was often expected in a child. Bethany tried to comfort herself with those facts but her motherly instinct was telling her otherwise.

Carrying the child out to the kitchen, Bethany smiled when her daughter extended her arms out to reach for her bottle on the kitchen counter. Bethany had prepared her milk an hour ago but seeing Tracy sound asleep, it bothered her from waking a peaceful child up. Picking up the bottle, she handed it to Tracy who quickly took it and pushed it into her mouth. Smart child. Got it from her mother. Brett* was a smart one too, but he had certain traits Bethany wished weren't passed to Tracy.

"Slow down you little sucker. You'll choke yourself", Bethany said as she poked her child's cute noise which earned her another mouthful giggle from Tracy. "Hey Trace lets not make a mess here. Mommy has to go on a meeting so she wont be here to clean up the mess", Beth replied as she wiped her child's soft face with the back of her hand.

Just when she was turning around to leave the kitchen and walk to the common room, the doorbell rang as if on cue. Bethany walked over and opened the door. "Oh I'm so sorry Sarah. I'm running a bit late and this girl here is just a freakn magnet! I totally forgot about the time", Bethany replied as she watched a short haired teen entered the house.

"Ah don't worry. I'll take care of her from here. After all I am the best baby sister in town", Sarah replied as she tried to take control of the squirming baby who was trying her best to get free and back into her mother's arm.

Bethany ran back into her room and got changed. She quickly ran her comb into her hair and grabbed her purse and headed straight for the door again. "I'll do my make up in the car. Love you Tracy", she said after kissing the crying baby on the cheek and heading out. "By Sarah. Sorry if she causes trouble", she said, the taste of Tracy's tears still lingering in her mouth.

"Oh what can a 15 month old child possibly do to harm me", Sarah replied and waved as Bethany ran for her car and started her car.

Bethany peeked out from her window and waved at Tracy again who was now crying even loud. "Oh for God's sake why did I even bother too look", she said before she placed her gear and drove off onto the road, Tracy's cries still ringing into her ears.

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*Brett was Bethany's husband who divorced her because she couldn't have a child.

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