FATHER'S DAY
Chapter 1
"Destiny gets involve"
It was a cloudy and rainy day. Candice White Andrew was completely discouraged. She had just got news that no parent wants to hear. The diagnostic was cold and destructive; leukaemia! For Candy, it was the most horrible word in the world. Blood cancer! What did her little angel do to deserve a sentence like that? And Candy didn't deserve that either! She had always tried to be good to everybody around her ever since she was a little girl… She was not mean to anybody. She was not selfish; otherwise, she would never have left the man she loves to another woman! In fact she kept asking herself what went through her mind… Because even when she discovered she was having a baby, the fruit of her passionate farewell with Terry, she didn't do anything to try to tell him the news. She had kept what she considered like a wonderful souvenir, for herself. Terrence Grandchester, big Hollywood star, had bigger fish to fry…
Now, destiny was getting involved… Destiny had a wonderful plan for each and every one of us and sometimes that plan is thwart by parasites that would only come to ruin people's lives and do whatever they want. The law of the universe, even without the religion, says that what goes around comes around… If you're a good person, in general, good things happen to you… Candice White Andrew, orphan, abandoned on the doorstep of an orphanage, the Pony Home with another baby, Annie…This last one was adopted but not Candy… She was taken in by the Reagan family of hell… then she was adopted by billionaire William Albert Andrew… After a thousand and one incident, William's nephew, with whom she was in love, died and everybody was sent to London for a change of scenery…and she met the one who was going to become the love of her life, her other half… Terrence Grandchester. After a funny beginning, they became inseparable, he was able to give back the will to live again and she was able to make him her friend and confident…They had plans for the future. The parasites once again thwart their plans… to make a long story short, they were separated, then reunited in America… and the parasites continued… Moral debt, Terrence Grandchester is forces to live with an actress who saved his life and lost her leg…The parasites once again… This time Candy gave up…And discovering she was pregnant didn't even make her change her mind… even if a third person was involved. She had kept her pregnancy just for her, not telling Terrence. She was a nurse; she could take care of her little angel. That's what she called her; Angel… the little one was born big with pink cheeks. She was very beautiful, she had freckles like her mommy, and she was her mom's spitting image, with her daddy's brown hair.
Candy stayed in Lakewood, near her two mothers, whom she went to see faithfully every weekend and Angel was able to play with the children from the Pony Home.
Albert tried to convince her to come to live in the castle in Lakewood, but she refused. She like having her own home and be free with her little Angel who was the sunshine in her life.
Little Angel White Andrew was bright and very smart. She was a very precocious child, when she was 6 month, she was calling everybody around her, at 1 year old, and she was having entire conversations with her mother.
Candy didn't realise that her daughter was special until she put her in daycare in Chicago after her maternity leave and the daycare ladies told her about it the first day.
- Miss Andrew your daughter is amazing!
- Thank you, said Candy, is everything all right?
- Yes, with Angel, she made us laugh by telling us little anecdotes…
- Yes, she a real tattletale , said Candy smiling.
- Miss Andrew, your daughter is barely 1 year old… since when does she talk?
- Well, when she was 6 months she was calling me and everybody around her, not distinctively, but she made herself understood when she called someone and she wouldn't stop until the person looked… then she was repeating everything I was saying very well… and at one moment, she started asking me questions… I was replying and before I knew it, I was having conversations with her…
- At barely 1 year old?
- Yes, I just went back to work… I took a year of maternity leave to be with my daughter… I wanted to spend time with her before I go back to work and work long hours… I have to spend less time with her and it breaks my heart. I wish I had a rich husband so I would stay home with my little Angel every day…
- Miss Andrew, do you realise that your daughter is only 1 and that she holding conversations with adults and she knows what she's talking about?
- No, in fact I thought it was normal that my daughter would reply to me and have conversations with me…
- Your daughter is very special, she has a photographic memory…what does she watch on television?
- Cartoons, "Sesame Street"...
- "Sesame Street"… I understand now how she knows the alphabet and words…
- What? You mean she can read? Said Candy surprised, but… no, it doesn't work…one of my cousins, who is always inventing stuff, bought her a series of DVDs that teaches babies how to read, but I never put it on for her, I thought it was too traumatising for babies…
- But your baby seems like the perfect candidate for this kind of program… children assimilate information at this stage, yours started earlier than the average…her I.Q is very high for her age…
- And you realised that after one day with her?
- Yes, especially since I take care of the younger children, I don't usually hold conversation with them!
- Oh, I'm sorry if she bothered you, said Candy confused.
- No no, it was wonderful! And she's already clean, no diapers at 1 year old!
- I taught her how to be clean very early… since I was alone and not very rich and the father is not in the picture.
- Have you ever thought of taking care of children?
- Yes, I've done it… I was an orphan and I took care of the younger ones…
- Were they talking at 1?
- Well no… they didn't talk at 1 but at 3… oh… I see what you mean… I hope I didn't traumatise her…
- No, Miss Andrew. Does a bird do something amazing by flying? Your daughter does what comes naturally to her… she's very smart for her age…
- All right… what do I do now? Send her to a special program?
- No of course, she's little…it's better to let her be and let her grow up… when she will be eager to learn more, she will let you know, I'm sure of it…
- All right. Can I take her home now?
- Of course, she's reading a story to her little friends
- What? Said Candy.
- See for yourself…
Candy walked to the classroom and she saw her little Angel reading a story for babies to the others who seemed to be hanging to her every word…
- Oh my God! Said Candy surprised.
She got in the classroom. Angel just finished telling the story…
- Little Angel?
- Mommy! Said the little one running to her with her little legs
Candy took her little girl in her arms and kissed her on both cheeks.
- How was your day, baby?
- Very good! I had a lot of fun! I read a story to the others.
- I saw that… you can read…
- I learned on television with Sesame Street… with Zoey, Elmo, Prairie Dawn… can you buy me the Prairie Dawn doll? I love her…
- Of course my Angel, said Candy smiling
- How was your first day back to work mommy?
- Very good, but I missed you…
- This much, she said showing her thumb and index.
- No, more!
- Then this much? She said opening her whole hand.
- More!
- This much she said putting both her hands closer.
- Much more…
- This much, she said opening a little more.
- More! Said Candy laughing.
- So this much? Said Angel opening her arms wide.
- YES! Said Candy hugging her.
Mother and daughter burst out laughing. Candy took her daughter's stuff and both ladies went back home.
- What are we eating today? Ask Angel when they got home.
- What day are we? Said Candy.
- Monday!
- And what do we eat on Mondays?
- Spaghetti and meat balls! Said Angel clapping her hands
- YES!
That's how Candy's life was. She was in her little corner… far away from her friends and family.
Years passed and Angel continued to amaze her daycare givers… When came the time for Angel to go to preschool, Candy was apprehending the time when the teacher was going to talk to her… Not even a week went by; she was asked to see the teacher after school.
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Angel White Andrew was a very bright little girl and very smart. She had start talking very early. She always seemed like she was learning new stuff to her friends and in class, in her new school, in junior kinder garden… that's how mommy called it. But it was a baby's class… nobody knrew how to do anything. The teacher had to show them everything…She even had to spend more time with some of them so she, Angel White Andrew was helping teacher, by helping those who didn't understand. Everything teacher gave her, was boring her, she already knew everything… She was bored in junior kinder garden, like was bored in daycare. She's going to talk to mommy and tell her that she needs something to do during the day. And also she was going to look in mommy's stuff for the name of her daddy… because mommy was always sad when she was asking questions on her daddy. She didn't want mommy to be sad. She had seen on television that she could find information on the internet on the computer… She wanted a computer, a laptop for her birthday… She was not going to forget to mention it to mommy so she'll remember when the time comes…She needed a laptop to look for information on her father.
Now school had started not even for a week and mommy was already called by the teacher… It was probably because instead of doing her work like the others, she was doing it fast and helping teacher with those who didn't understand… Maybe she should pretend she's working slowly? No, mommy said to always tell the truth, whatever the consequences… She had to look up the word consequences in the dictionary to see what it meant… She loved books, because she would learn a whole lot of things in them…Mommy was now in the classroom with teacher and the principal… Let's listen to what's going on.
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Candy got in her daughter's classroom and she found the teacher with the principal and another lady, she had never seen before.
Angel saw her mommy and she ran to her and she leaned to hug her.
- Mommy!
- Hello my Angel!
- You have an appointment with teacher to talk about me?
- Yes, my Angel.
- Did I do something wrong?
- Of course not my Angel, let's go see teacher and she's going to tell up what's going on.
- Ok mommy.
She took her daughter by the hand and they walked together to the little group which was waiting for them.
They all stood up.
- Miss Andrew, said the teacher, hello. Please have a seat. You know the principal and this is Miss Blaise from the school counselling.
- Hello ladies, said Candy sitting down with her daughter on her lap.
- We wanted to talk tot you about your daughter.
- Is there a problem?
- No, on the contrary, her school work is very good, even too good, she finished in a few minutes, what's taking an hour for the other children
- Oh…
- She is honestly too smart for junior kinder garden…
- She's 4, isn't that the required age for junior kinder garden?
- Yes of course, but her place is not in this class… we want to change her class.
- Change her class?
- Your daughter knows how to count already, something we're teaching in junior kinder garden, she doesn't need it.
- Which class do you intent to put her in? Senior kinder garden?
- No, senior kinder garden is not enough, I brought her some of their work, and she finished it as fast
- We gave her a test for third graders and she excelled…
- She's only 4 ,said Candy.
- Yes, and we have a special class for very gifted kids.
- A separate class? But… I wanted her to play with children her own age…
- The recess is at the same time, she will be able to continue playing with her little friends.
Candy turned to her daughter.
- Angel? What do you think? Would you like to be in a class with children like you, you'll get harder stuff to do?
- Oh yes mommy! I would like that! I'm bored in junior kinder garden.
- Oh my God! Said Candy, she's bored in junior kinder garden?
Everybody burst out laughing. So Angel changed class. She was ecstatic, the new class had computers! Her dream! She will be able to look for her daddy! But she had to find her birth certificate first…
Mommy had a beauty case with a secrete code. Angel found the beauty case and she tried her birthday and it worked!
"Oh mommy, you have to be smarter than that!" She thought.
She saw a few perfumes, a few jewels and papers in the bottom. She looked at the papers and she found what she was looking for. Her birth certificate and the father's name said: "Terrence Grandchester"?
Like the actor? No, that was impossible! Her mommy didn't know Terrence Grandchester! He was a famous actor! He was going out with that woman with straight hair. She saw them on television…Now that she thought about it, she remembered mommy becoming sad all of a sudden… Terrence Grandchester was her father? That's what her birth certificate said and mommy was not a liar! Maybe it was another Terrence Grandchester, it happens that people have the same name, doesn't it? There must be a picture somewhere… she started looking in the beauty case and she found a picture of her mommy and her daddy, taken at some sort of costume party; mommy was wearing a wig but it was her. She turned the picture over and it said "Candy and Terry at the May Festival". Angel couldn't believe it! It was the actor she saw on television, even if he was a little younger. She was the daughter of Terrence Grandchester, the actor! She didn't have a daddy, but her daddy was famous! Why wasn't he with mommy? Mommy was taking care of her by herself, without his help; did he send money for her? Whatever the situation, she had to contact him…
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Candy was very upset. Everything was going wrong. They say a bad luck never comes alone. Albert was missing in action for months. The company was lost because the board members took advantage to gain control. Archie and Annie found themselves without any resource, just like that. The great aunt was in a retirement home. Alistair who continued working on his inventions had yet to make the greatest discovery of all time, so he was also broke. The Reagans had lost control of their company at the same times as Andrew Entreprises…All that meant that the medical bills for her daughter was going to cost her a fortune and even her medical insurance at work wont be able to cover without making any problems. On top of that, her daughter was going to need a bone marrow transplant… She needed the bone marrow of family member…a brother or sister would be best. Candy was not compatible… Will Terry be compatible? It was highly unlikely, because in most cases, it's the brother or the sister who is compatible… And without a bone marrow, she was going to lose her little Angel, her reason to live, her ray of sunshine.
On this rainy day, she went to the hospital which had a special program, for a bone marrow. She had an appointment with Doctor Michael Durant at the hospital Chicago Hope.
- Miss Andrew, come in, please and have a seat.
- Thank you doctor.
- I've studied your file sent by Professor Leonard of Saint Joanna… and we can help you, but… you will need a lot of money…
- A lot?
- A fortune…
- For my daughter, I'll do anything…
- The treatment we're offering is 100% guaranteed of working.
- What?
- Let me explain. It has to be done in-vitro to guarantee the success…
- In-vitro? Said Candy.
More money…
- Yes, in–vitro. Now we have a way to know in advance, by doing in-vitro fertilization, it the fertilized egg will be compatible with your daughter or not.
- Really?
- Yes… so the fertilized egg we'll implant in you will be guaranteed to be compatible with your sick daughter…
- That's wonderful! Said Candy.
- So, you need to contact the father of your daughter…you know where he is, right?
- Oh yes, I know where he is! Said Candy bitter.
She thought about the entertainment news she had heard that same morning:
"Terrence Grandchester, the Oscar winning actor and the best actor of his generation, is going to marry Susanna Marlowe in a week. The actor, who lives in New York, is going to make his lady companion of 5 years, his official wife…"
Destiny had decided to get involve with the lives of Candy, Angel and Terry!
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