Heinz walked into his home with his young daughters, Candace and Vanessa. He was surprised to find that the door was unlocked, but after stepping inside he was even more surprised to see Linda come around the corner to see them, having heard the door open and close.

"L-Linda?", Heinz said, feeling a bit perplexed and nervous. "What are you doing home so early? I thought you were at work?"

"Hi, honey.", Linda greeted, slightly nervous herself. "I kinda have to talk to you."

"Hi, Mommy!", said Candace as she hugged her mother. "Mommy, can I take Vanessa up to my room?"

"Uh, sure you can, sweetie.", Linda smiled.

"Come on, Vanessa!", Candace said, eagerly pulling on the girl's arm.

"Oh, Dad, do I have to?", Vanessa groaned to her father, surprising Linda and raising Heinz's alarm.

Doofenshmirtz glanced at his fiancee who started to look at him suspiciously. "Um, y-yes, yes you do. Go on.", he shooed gently, causing Vanessa to groan again as she reluctantly followed her younger half-sister.

"Heinz?", Linda began as Doof turned to look at her. "Who's that little girl? And why did she call you 'dad'?"

"Now, Linda, it's not what you think-"

"Then what is it?", the woman interrupted, becoming very upset. "Is she your daughter?"

"I-! Well, yes, but-!", Heinz tried to explain, but Linda already jumped to conclusions.

"Heinz Doofenshmirtz, I can't believe you! You went and had a child with another woman?", she accused.

"No! Linda you don't understand!", Heinz replied frantically.

"No, forget it! I don't want to understand!".

Heinz was slightly shocked to see her so furious with him. She's gotten upset before, but never this badly. "Whoa, Linda, why are you so upset? I've never seen you like this before."

"Why am I so upset? I find out that my fiancee is cheating on me, or HAS cheated on me, I still have to figure out how to pay the bills by the end of the month because selling bratwurst just isn't doing it, I've been feeling nauseous all day and it turns out that I'm pregnant again!", Linda bursted, almost ready to break down in tears.

Needless to say, Heinz was shocked by the last part. "You're-? But.. Isn't that a good thing?", Heinz stuttered.

Linda's eyes turned to the floor as a tear came from them. "..No...", she replied softly, "No it isn't."

"What do you mean? Why wouldn't it be? I mean, besides the whole, 'we're not married yet' part."

"Because I can't do this.", she answered.

"What? No, Linda! Don't go there. It'll be alright.", Heinz tried to reassure. He tried to reach an arm out to place on her shoulder, but the woman looked back up at him and took a step back.

"No! Heinz Doofenshmirtz, I want you to take your daughter and your unsuccessful inventions and get out of my house!", she said, pointing at the door.

These last words were still echoing in Heinz's thought's the next day. Fortunately, he was allowed to stay with with Dr. Bloodpudding after dropping Vanessa off back at her mother's. Unfortunately, he had nowhere to go now and could probably never see Candace again, nor would he ever meet the second child that Linda was now carrying. He sighed to himself dismally as he thought of Candace. Would she be alright without a father? What would happen to her without his guidance and protection? Especially considering how many juvenile delinquents have no fathers. But even as he tried to push all of this out of his mind, there was one question that taunted him mercilessly. Will this emotionally scar her?

Linda was having a slightly better day than Doofenshmirtz. It had a bit of a rough start, due to morning sickness, but after that was out of the way she took Candace to kindergarten and then went to her job. She had made it up in her mind that she was tired of the over-emotional drama and thus, she decided to try to be optimistic instead. Whatever may happen, she would try to find a bright side to the situation. Not only for Candace's sake, but for her own as well.

Meanwhile, Candace was talking to her best friend Stacy as they drew pictures like their teachers instructed them to. Upon not seeing any trace of her father that morning, Candace began to grow more worried.

"I'm sure that your daddy's fine.", Stacy said, trying to help her slightly anxious friend.

"But he wasn't home last night or this morning!", Candace replied. "What if something bad happened to him?"

"But you said that bad stuff happens all the time?"

"Yeah, but what if this time it was really bad? What if he got lost?"

Stacy thought for a moment. "...What did your mommy say?"

"She doesn't want to talk about it.", said Candace. "I already tried asking her. But I think I asked too many times because now she's grumpy."

"Well, if he's lost, maybe you just have to find him.", Stacy suggested.

Candace thought this sounded like a good idea, but after a moment she was still unsure. "How?"

"I dunno.", Stacy shrugged.

Candace pouted sadly and turned back to her picture. She was drawing a picture of the Ducky Momo doll that Heinz had given her for her last birthday. After looking at it for a moment, she decided that when she finds her daddy someday, she'll give him the picture just in case he ever got lost again.

Later that day, when Linda picked up Candace from school, the young girl wanted to ask again about her father's whereabouts again, but hesitated and decided not to. After they got home, Candace did her homework while Linda baked a pie to cheer up her daughter. She wanted to make sure that the child was happy. She did her best to make sure that everything would be okay. And for the next nine months, everything was. Linda managed to wear a smile everyday, even through the slightly harder times, from throwing up zucchini because the baby didn't like it, to telling the doctor that she wanted nothing to do with abortion, to apologizing to Candace's teacher for the fact that the girl tried to call the police with the principal's phone to see if they knew where her father was.

A/N (for crying out loud, READ IT!): Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait, but I hope you liked the chapter. Also, I'm sorry if Linda seemed a bit OOC'd at he beginning, but understand that she's under a lot of stress, y'know? Anyway, thanks for reading! ^_^