Chapter two typical days

It was a typical day as always in the Sidle Grissom household. I kept Grissom's last name for Max and Maddy because he indeed was their father and I wanted them to know of their father one day. I might not be happy with the way things were between him and me but I wanted them to know that their father was a good and decent man.

I had just gotten up and was getting breakfast ready for the day. My two Butterflies were not up yet so I went to the nursery and curled up in one bed instead of two. I spotted two sleepy children wrapped up in each others arms like the best of friends. I patted each one of their little butts and told them that breakfast was ready. "otay momma, Maddy replied." "I not ready to get up yet I tired!" Max shouted at me. "Well, little man you either get up now or Maddy and I will just have to eat your pancakes." "Yummy Mommy, I want Max's pancakes." Maddy clapped her hands together with joy. "No, Maddy my cakes, not yours!" stated Max. "Okay, guys enough fighting already there are enough pancakes for everyone." I said.

The three of us headed down to the small happy kitchen and started eating our pancakes. "So Momma, when are we going to meet Daddy" said Max. "Yeah, I wanna meet Daddy too" shouted Maddy. "Wooh guys, I said hold on a minute who said anything about a Daddy. "You don't have to have a Daddy to be a family." "I don't have a Daddy, Just grandma." I said. "Yeah but your Daddy died said Max" "Mommy, did our Daddy die too? Maddy said. "No Maddy your Daddy did not die he is well and alive." "He just didn't want to be with Mommy." "So that is why we are here together as a family because Mommy loves you and that is that."

"Mommy, please tell us the story of you and Daddy" Maddy whispered quietly. I think that was the hardest thing that I have ever heard come from my two year olds mouth. Maddy was not one to talk about her feelings much but here she was asking me about her daddy. I never even thought that this subject would come up much less at the age of two. "Okay Maddy, I will tell you about Daddy but only once okay." "Alright they both said." We all gathered in the living room on the small old sofa and that is where I began my story of Mama Butterfly and Daddy Butterfly

Once upon a time there were two large butterflies that lived on an old college campus called Harvard. The biggest butterfly was a teacher that taught about science and bugs and that is where the big butterfly met the smaller butterfly. "Mommy what was the big butterfly's name?" Max asked.

Well Max the Big butterflies name was Gilbert Aaron Grissom and the Small butterflies name was Sara Elizabeth Sidle. "Mommy isn't that your name?" Maddy asked. "Yes Maddy that is my name.

So anyway the small butterfly named Sara became the big butterfly's student. They were very happy together and became very close friends. Soon the big butterfly had to go home to a place called Las Vegas and so he kissed the small butterfly on the lips and flew off into the sunset back to Vegas.

Soon after a few years the two butterflies had kept in contact by writing and calling and getting together on holidays. But after two years the big butterfly finally asked the small butterfly to come and be with him so the small butterfly named Sara flew off to Las Vegas and met up with her best friend Gil the big butterfly.

Soon the two butterflies started working together at the Las Vegas Crime Lab they solved crimes all over of viscous and mean criminals. After five years of working together. The big butterfly finally asked the small butterfly out and they started dating. Soon the two butterflies fell in love with each other and were very happy.

Then one day an evil Black Widow spider came and took Sara, the small butterfly away from the big butterfly. "Mommy did the spider hurt you?" Max asked. His eyes were huge with worry. "Yes Max the mean spider hurt the small butterfly." But the big butterfly named Gil came and rescued the small butterfly Sara and she was okay.

Soon though Sara the small butterfly realized that she could no longer work the same job anymore because she was not happy. She was tired of being around mean evil spiders so she decided to quit and come live by Grandma Butterfly. The big butterfly was sad but he knew that it was best for the small butterfly. The two continued to call each other and even visited once. The big butterfly asked the small butterfly to marry him and stay with him. But the small butterfly could not she was much happier with Grandma Butterfly. She did not want to be anywhere around any of the mean spiders. So Sara, the small butterfly asked Gil the big butterfly to come and live with her but he said that he couldn't.

Soon Sara the small butterfly found out she was pregnant with twin butterfly babies Max and Maddy and she was very happy. However, Gil the big butterfly found another butterfly that was very beautiful and made him happy so he decided to live with her instead.

So the big butterfly gave Sara the small butterfly the greatest gift of all by letting her become a mommy of two beautiful baby butterflies and he was happy too with his new butterfly. So see now all of the butterflies are very happy indeed the end. Sara said.

But why can't we go and see Daddy? Maddy asked. "Because Maddy I have enough love for the both of you now come on lets go and get these dishes cleaned up. I don't want to hear anymore about Daddy we are all very happy. I was having a hard time that day explaining to my own children that they could not see their father. I didn't dare tell them the truth that he didn't even know about them. What if he did find out about them would he take them away? Would he be angry at me? I didn't know and at that point I didn't give a damn what he thought.

He had the Gall to choose Heather over me that was all I needed to know. If I had it my way he would never find out about the children never.