It was noon and Rhonda was at the mall doing some shopping. "Oh this looks nice." She said to herself

while looking at a dress. All of a sudden, her cell phone rang. She picked it up saying: "Hello?" It turned

out to be her daughter Courtney's principle at school. He replied: "Mrs. Lansky?" Rhonda quickly replied:

"Oh no, did Courtney get in trouble?" The principle said: "No, no, she's just a little sick. We need you to

come pick her up." Rhonda immediately dropped the dress that she was holding and quickly ran to her

car. When she arrived at the school, Courtney was sitting outside the doorstep waiting for her.

"Courtney! What are you doing sitting on that cold cement, you'll get even more sick!" Rhonda shouted.

The clouds turned gray and rain began to pour. Rhonda quickly grabbed Courtney by the hand and

continued: "Come-on, lets get you home." Inside the car, Rhonda turned on the heater and asked: " Feel

better princess?" Courtney nodded. When they arrived home, Courtney went straight to bed. Rhonda

went with her. She tucked her in and playfully asked: "Aw, is my little Courtney sick?" Courtney replied:

"Cut it out, I'm not little any more!" "Of course you're not." Rhonda replied sarcastically. She then kissed

her and said: "Get well soon." Rhonda left the room and went downstairs. In the living room, she

opened the blinds to see the beautiful, silver rain. As she was looking out the window, she saw two little

girls outside jumping on the puddles, laughing, and having fun. This immediately reminded Rhonda of her

and Nadine back when they were best friends. Rhonda remembered how close she once was with

Nadine. Back when Rhonda was with Nadine it seemed as if nothing would ever tear them apart.

Unfortunately, mistakes were made and things drastically changed at the very end. All of a sudden, the

front door opened and her husband Ruvim came home early from work. Ruvim's parents were successful

jewelers. After they retired, he inherited the family business. "Hey, Hey" He said as he ran up to her and

picked her up in the air. Rhonda laughed and said: "My, everybody's coming home early today." "What

do you mean?" Asked Ruvim. Rhonda responded: "Well, I just picked up Courtney from school because

she got sick." In a worried tone, Ruvim asked: "Is she ok?" Rhonda replied: "Don't worry, it's just a minor

cold. She's right now warm and sleeping in her bedroom." "Well, that's great to hear." Replied Ruvim.

Rhonda then said: "Listen, Ruvim, I saw two girls playing outside who reminded me of myself and Nadine

back in the day." "Who's Nadine?" Ruvim asked as he was walking around the kitchen. Rhonda was

shocked and replied: "She was my best friend back in Hillwood!" Ruvim then remembered and said: "Oh,

you mean the long lost descendant of Judas?" "Ruvim." Rhonda said as she gave him and angry look.

Ruvim poured himself some coffee and continued: "But seriously, I hope she hung herself already."

"Ruvim, you do not speak like that in the house!" Shouted Rhonda. "Alright, Alright." Replied Ruvim

nonchalantly. Rhonda then asked nervously while scratching her head: "So anyway, I was thinking to go

back and visit my old friends at Hillwood." Ruvim did a spit take of his coffee which spilled all over the

kitchen floor. Rhonda gave him another angry look and said: "You're cleaning that up." As Ruvim was

coughing out his coffee, he replied: "Why on earth would you want to go back there?!" Rhonda replied:

"Because I wanna see my old friends again! I want to see what they're like right now, if they have any

children of their own. Especially Nadine." Ruvim continued: "I would only step foot in that place armed

and ready to kill!" After that statement, Rhonda was speechless. Ruvim calmed himself down and asked:

"Rhonda, don't tell me you really wanna go." Rhonda replied: "I'm not obsessed with going back there.

It's just something that I would like. Besides, I never really thought about it till now." Ruvim then asked:

"Are those girls that you saw still outside?" Rhonda looked out the window and saw them! "Yes! There

they are!" She said with an excited voice. Ruvim looked and replied: "You want to know what those girls

have that you didn't? A childhood! Something that was taken from you by those same people that you

want to go back to. And lets take Courtney for example. Next year, she will be graduating elementary

school. Something that you never got a chance to do because of those same parasites that you want to

go back to." Rhonda replied: "But they have changed and you know that!" Ruvim responded: "That

doesn't change what they did. I'd understand if they were stupid for weeks, months, or even a year! But

we are talking about nine years here Rhonda!" Rhonda sighed and said: "I guess you're right." Ruvim

walked up to her and gave her a hug. He continued: "Rhonda, the main reason why I don't want you to

go back there is because I love you." Rhonda smiled and said: "I know." Ruvim then walked up and

grabbed a photo album of Rhonda's birthdays. He showed her empty pages of her 10th-18th birthdays.

This gave Rhonda some dark memories of the past. Ruvim then said in a manipulative tone: "What kind

of love would I be showing if I let you go back to the same people who did this." Rhonda nodded in

agreement. She was getting ready to go upstairs when Ruvim stopped her. "Hold on." He said. Ruvim

then turned the page to Rhonda's 19th birthday where there were all sorts of photos of her being

hugged by friends and having the time of her life." Ruvim continued in his manipulative tone: "Remember,

I made all of this possible. It was all me." Rhonda smiled and replied: "Ok big hero." Ruvim kissed her

and said: "There is really no need to go back to that horrible place. Some of the best years of your life

were here. This is the place where you have great friends. And of course, this is the place where you

married me." Ruvim smiled arrogantly after saying that last part. Rhonda rolled her eyes and added:

"This is also the place where we had Courtney." Ruvim replied: "Well there you go! Speaking of which,

I'm gonna go upstairs and be with her." "Woah, you are not going anywhere!" Said Rhonda handing him

a mop and pointing at the coffee-stained floor. She then said: "You are cleaning this mess up while I go

upstairs and be with Courtney."

Author's Note: I'm not sure if I want to keep this as a one-shot or add more chapters. I have more ideas but idk. What do you all think?