Frida Suarez sighed in relief as she made it on to the bus that would take her back to Miracle City. Her home town, the place she had left behind seven years ago to run off with her boyfriend at the time Django of the Dead right after high school. They had planned to become a professional singing duo but while the crowds didn't like his singing they loved hers and that made him angry and jealous so he started beating her. The final straw was when he tried to rape her one night, she escaped by knocking him out with his own guitar and then used all the money she had saved to buy a bus ticket back to Miracle City. She was twenty-five now, still young and still able to fix her broken life. When the bus stopped at the destination she took her bags and went to get a room somewhere for the night.

"Hello can I help you?" A woman at the front desk of a motel asked.

"Yeah do you have a room open?" She asked.

"We do."

"Great but listen I can't pay you right now but I will. I promise I just need to get some."

"Do you have a credit card?"

"No."

"Then I can't let you stay."

"Please! I promise I will get you the money."

"I'm sorry ma'am but if you have no cash or credit I can't let you stay so good day."

Frida blew and left the motel. She went to the park where she looked for the most decent looking bench and began trying to make a bed out of it.

"Whatcha doin?" A voice asked behind her.

She turned around to see a little girl about six years old looking at her. She had black hair and very pale skin but her eyes were this soft, warm brown color that looked very familiar to her.

"Hey kid where'd you come from?" She asked.

"School."

"Well shouldn't you go back to school?"

"No school's over."

"Then shouldn't you go home?"

"I was bored so I went here. What are you doing?"

"Well I'm making my bed."

"You sleep outside?"

"As of now apparently."

"That's sounds like camping."

"I wouldn't say that."

"What's your name?"

"Frida."

"I'm Alexa. Why is your hair blue?"

"Because I like it that way."

"You're pretty are you a mom?"

"No I don't have kids and speaking of moms where's yours?"

The little girl frowned and looked sad.

"Mama doesn't like me. She says she loves me but I know she doesn't mean ithat because she always yells at me and says I'm stupid."

"Oh...I'm sorry, so where's your dad?"

"Papa's busy trying to save people."

"Oh so he's a hero huh?"

"Yep."

"Look Alexa not that I don't like you or anything but I don't think you should be here talking to me."

"Why?"

"Because I'm a stranger. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to talk to strangers?"

"Papa did."

"Okay so why are you talking to me?"

"I don't know."

"Look why don't I take you home? Where do you live?"

"I don't know."

"Then why don't I take you to the police, I'm sure they can help you get home also it will give me a chance to see my old man again."

She took her down to the local police station and asked to see the chief of police. When Chief Emiliano Suarez saw that his daughter had come back to Miracle City he was overjoyed and raced to embrace her.

"My little Frida." He said. "You've finally come home."

"Hi Dad." She sighed. "It's good to see you."

"Where have you been? Your mother and I have been trying to call you for years."

"I know, I know but I've been on the road a lot and I haven't had much time to talk with my music career getting started."

"Well I'm just glad you finally came home. You have no idea how much we missed you."

"I'm glad to be back but listen I need your help, this girl kind of wandered off she doesn't know where she lives so can you find her folks?"

"Sure."

He went to make some calls while Frida went to check on Alexa. She was waiting in the other room eating a churros that Frida bought her.

"Good news my dad is going to get you home so I'll see you around okay?"

"Can you stay with me until my daddy gets here?"

"I...I don't know. I'm not really a kid person and-"

"Please." She made her eyes all big and adorable. Poor Frida couldn't resist.

"Okay."

"Yay! Can I do your make up?"

"Don't push your luck kid."

They waited for three hours until finally a young man also twenty-five arrived at the police station in a worried fit.

"Excuse me! I'm here for my daughter is she alright?"

"Papa!" Alexa said as she excitedly ran into her father's strong arms. He picked her up and held her close while breathing a sigh of relief.

"Oh thank God." He said. "Alexa why did you leave the school? Why didn't you wait for me to pick you up? You had me scared out of my mind."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't ever do that again! I'm serious! You could've gotten hurt or taken!"

"I just wanted to go to the park and make friends and I made a friend. She bought me a churro."

"Hi I'm the friend." Frida said walking toward them. "I swear I didn't hurt her all I did was take her to the police station and give her a churro so you don't have to arrest me and I-"

But she stopped when she noticed how he was looking at her. It was like he had seen a ghost or something. His eyes just kept scanning her and blinking as if he wanted to make sure that she was really there.

"Uh...Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked.

"Frida?" He said questionably.

"How do you know my name? Do I know you?"

Now that she thought about he kind of looked familiar especially his eyes. He and his daughter had the same eyes but that wasn't it. No they made her feel like she had known him from somewhere. Then she noticed an extremely familiar scar on one of his eyes aND the belt he wore that had a buckle wit a T engraved on it. At once it all clicked in her head.

"Oh my God." She whispered. "Manny?"

"Yeah."

"Oh my God you...You look different."

"So do you."

"I...I never knew you had a kid."

"Well we haven't spoken since high school so I'm not surprised by that."

"Right."

"Daddy are you friends with the pretty lady too?" Alexa asked.

"Yes as a matter of fact she was my best friend."

"Yeah until your girlfriend said you had to ditch me." Frida said quietly and bitterly. "Well I'm glad I could help you find your daughter and now if you'll excuse me I need to go now."

"Frida wait I-"

"We'll talk later dude. Bye."

She left the station. Why? She wondred. Why did she have to see him again? Why couldn't he just stay out of her life forever? Well she knew one thing for sure. She wasn't the girl she used to be the last time they saw each other. She was stronger and smarter now and there was no way she was going to get her heartbroken again by him.