If there was something she had always loved on a scale from one to ten, she knew it would always be the Saturday's for the only reason that she knew that staying in bed wasn't going to pose any kind of troubles since her Mom was leaving for work at 8AM to come back at 4PM. And right now, a little time for herself alone with her sister was actually everything she needed. Need to plan, to plan!

Rhea grinned under her blanket, her toes slowly moving to regain her motor functions after a long night of peaceful sleep, quickly shoving the sheets away to stand up from the bed in order to grab her fresh cup of coffee. What she also liked on Saturday's was that Elia was usually still asleep until 10:30AM, meaning she had the entire living room for herself where she could dance and more importantly call her best-friend Charlotte.

She discreetly made her way towards the kitchen, trying not to make a single sound before grabbing a dose of nespresso on her way to quickly place it inside the coffee maker. She got on her tip-toe to grab a mug, cursing between her teeth for being only 5'5 and winced as the mug slipped under her fingertips.

Suddenly, she felt like the scene was happening in slow motion. It was exactly like in the movie 'The Matrix' when Neo was avoiding the bullet Mister Smith was shooting at him. She felt her eyes opening wide while the mug was crashing towards the ground. She was trying to move faster than it, her hand slowly reaching the ground as she was squatting before she only closed her eyes at the loud crashing sound, millions of pieces flying in every direction while her heart was suddenly stopping. Dammit!

She opened one faint eye, watching the destruction she had created because of her short height while Elia was stumbling inside the living room with a smirk on her lips as the sight of her older sister looking so defeated before narrowing her eyes to look at the pieces of blue porcelain spread out on the ground. "Well! Mom is going to be so thrilled when she sees this."

"You can't tell her! I'll just buy the same!" – "How are you planning on doing that Rhea?" the blondie began to shake her head in every direction, her right hand quickly landing on her forehead so she could think more deeply about any kind of solution while Elia was grabbing the broom from the closet, quickly handing it to the girl now feeling restless for having broken one of her mother's favorite mugs. "Call Mum, maybe she can help."

Without even taking a breath, Rhea was rushing back inside her bedroom, carefully avoiding every pieces of the mug she could detect and crashed on her bed with her arm bend to reach the phone on the nightstand, her mother number quickly being dialed before going back towards the kitchen with a fast beating heart. "Rhea, what's up?"

"Mum! This is intervention 101, I destroyed one of mom's blue mugs, you know the one she loves?" – "Oh,oh,oh, this is good." Rhea frowned, heavily sitting down on a stool in front of the counter while nibbled on her lip in terror. "And what do ya need from me?"

"Can you please, please take me to the store so I can buy a new one? I'm going to be executed if she realizes one is missing!" She listened to the small laugh coming from the other line while Elia was coming next to her, the two sister's exchanging a confused look while Rhea was putting the phone on speaker so everyone could hear, quickly casting a look over her shoulder to stare at the pieces all brought together in a corner of the room. "Mum, please!"

"Fine, fine! I'll be there in twenty minutes yeah?" – "Thank you sooo much! You are my life saver!" – "Trust me, I know!" As the phone hung up, Rhea jumped from the stool to grab the shorthanded brush from the closet and began to put all the pieces inside it before throwing them out in the dumpster with a proud smile on her face. She then looked up to stare at the mugs and shrugged in defeat as she took a glass to pour her coffee inside of it, time running fast until her mother would finally come and pick her up to do some shopping in order to find that dammed mug her other mother loved so much. "I'm guessing you're coming with us Eli?"

"Yep, I want to see your face if you can't find the same one." Rhea gritted her teeth together at the sight of her younger sister looking so proud of herself, but didn't bother in fighting since she still needed to shower, dress up and make-up, the sight off all these tasks being done so quickly slightly overwhelming her as she felt her breath getting faster and heavier with the amazing amount of stress she was currently under. "I'm kidding Rhea, relax! It's just a mug!"

"No! No it's not just a mug! Do you remember when I broke the ashtray? It was the worst five minutes of my life! Mom had this vein popping from her neck when she's supper angry and her eyes were like two black balls! And her eyes are blue!" Elia drew her lip between her teeth to prevent the burst of laughter from leaving her throat while her older sister was gesturing in every direction, counting the tale she had actually seen with her own very two eyes when Rhea had broken the object and could even still remember her mother's glare in her direction when she had spotted her spying on the argument. "I have to buy a new one! Stop putting pressure on me! Ah!"

Rhea placed both her hands above her mouth to take deep and heavy breath, quickly focusing her attention on the coffee maker that had finished pouring her beverage and grabbed the glass carefully, winces distorting her face at the extremely hot sensation and actually had the feeling that her fingerprints wouldn't be of any use after this. She looked at her fingers the second the glass landed on the table and shook her hand vigorously as she sat down on the chair, watching the minutes passing by on the clock relatively quickly. I only have 14 minutes left! I need to shower now! That stupid coffee will get colder during that time!

The blondie girl jumped from her chair at incredible speed under Elia's confused gaze, distinctly listening to the door slamming and the water being turned on inside the shower quickly followed by a gasp of surprise as she was absolutely certain Rhea had placed herself under the cold water. She listened more closely to the swear words and curses along with the fast movements her sister was taking to shampoo her hair while she was casually sitting on the chair with her glass of milk in her hand, thinking that she could wait after the shopping to actually take a shower while taking her sweet time, thing that obviously didn't cross Rhea's mind.

After a few more minutes, Elia was finishing dressing up in her bedroom as the doorbell rang through the entire house, quickly rushing towards the front door while Rhea was repeating over and over again the single word 'wait'. The younger sister opened the door to reveal her Mum carrying a huge and amused smile, quickly rushing inside her arms to greet her here. "Hey! Rhea should be ready in a few seconds."

"It's your sister, so a few seconds is more like a few minutes." Elia chuckled and went back inside the house while Fang was closing the door behind her, looking at the house she once lived in for more than 17 years, noticing that the pictures on the walls were still here but couldn't possibly find one where she was in. All of them were representing Lightning with Elia and Rhea on both her sides with a huge grin, grin she hadn't seen in the two years they had been apart. "So, how's everythin' goin'?"

"Good! I have a paper to finish for next Wednesday but I'm almost done with it." the tanned and tall brunette nodded in her daughter direction while scrutinizing her every surrounding to try and find something, anything that might remind Lightning about her but couldn't possibly see anything. All the things she had received as a gift had disappeared from the surface of the Earth and couldn't help but to feel a heart ache crashing inside her chest as she grabbed the glass of water Elia was handing her while Rhea was storming back and forth from her bedroom to the bathroom. "Mum? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, don't worry. I'm fine" she lied before bringing the glass closer to her lips as saliva was starting to lack inside her own mouth, Elia arching a brow at her odd behavior. "So, only one mug was broken that right?"

"Yes!" said Rhea as she barged inside the living room, quickly placing a kiss on her mother's cheek before already being at the door with her purse around her arm and a frown on her face. Fang looked at the blondie with a quick shake of the head, surprised on how Rhea was actually looking like her mother, her facial expression being the perfect representation of her state of inner panic. "Let's go please Mom! It's already 10AM and she's coming back in 6 hours!"

"And ya don't think that an hour will be enough?" – "An hour? What if we can't find it in one store? We have to go inside every store of the city to find it!" Fang slightly opened her mouth while scratching her forehead before she slowly dragged herself out of the house with a pinched lip, listening to Elia's mocking towards her older sister for having two left hands instead of only one while Rhea was shaking her hands in every direction to express her resentment towards her sister for being such a stupid prick. She knew she had to say something, but if there was one thing she enjoyed the most, it was to watch her two impossible daughters fighting for any possible reasons until the storm would finally clear itself on its own. Yeah, those two are really one of the best things that happened to me. And I'm goin' to make sure I don't lose them like I lost her.

They had been inside the store for five minutes, and Rhea was already walking like her ass was literally on fire, barking every now and then to her sister for being so slow while Fang was casually calking behind them with her arms folded across her chest, looking left and right for the famous mug the girl had broken. She had known that Lightning indeed loved those mugs more than anything in the world, but the reason behind it was something Fang had always held inside her heart like a sweet and innocent memory.

The only reason why those mugs were so important in the pinky's life was because she had bought them seventeen years ago, when she was pregnant with Rhea. She had seen the mugs standing behind a window and like every pregnant woman; her emotions were twisting with her mind to turn her into a super angry and emotional Lightning.

"Fang, do you see these mugs?" The woman turned around and looked at her wife's finger pointing towards the blueish and frankly ugly mugs with an arched brow before focusing her attention on the pregnant woman with an amused smile on her lips. "They're cool. They're so pretty, it's like the sky."

"And what do ya need Light?" – " I need them. I want them." Fang nodded slowly and began to make her way towards the store, but felt a hand quickly grabbing her wrist to be turned around, her confused gaze fixing itself upon the pinky. "What are you doing?"

"Ya said ya wanted the mugs, so I'm getting' the mugs?" The facial expression Lightning was making was indicating Fang that the girl was soon about to be either extremely angry or extremely sad for a reason she couldn't quite pinpoint and slowly swallowed the saliva that had been starting to gather around under her tongue. "What? Ya don't want the mugs?"

"I want the mugs." – "Then why can't I get the mugs?" – "Stop saying mugs!" – "Ya first!" they both exchanged a long eye-contact in front of the store, both being unable to understand what was actually occurring at this very moment while people were casually walking behind them. Lightning frowned and placed a hand on her big 6 month's belly while a smile was reaching her lips relatively quickly before locking eyes with her perfect wife. "So? The mugs?"

"Do you want the mugs?" Fang arched her brow even more, her mouth slightly opening in complete incomprehension under the conversation she was beginning to lose track of while Lightning was scratching her forehead with confusion, casting a quick glance towards the mugs invading her mind. "I want the mugs. Can you get me the mugs?"

"I'll get the mugs." – "No! I'm coming with you, you're going to pick the wrong mugs." The tanned woman chuckled and grabbed her wife's hand to lead her inside the store slowly, listening to small grunts as the baby inside her belly was probably kicking her like a football player and stopped in front of a box of six mugs to grab them carefully. Lightning placed a small hand on top of them and felt her eyes filling with tears as the baby was still kicking her like crazy, the pinky quickly nodding in pleasure as she looked at her wife's green eyes. "She likes the mugs too."

"Sh—She?" – "She."

"Mum! I can't find them! This is a nightmare!" Fang shook her head to push the memory away and casted a glance towards her daughter gesturing in every direction in order to catch her attention however she could. "What am I going to do?!"

"Calm down Rhea, we're goin' to find a solution to this problem." The blondie lifted her head up to glance at the ceiling in order to keep the tears from leaving her eyes before taking a long and deep breath as she looked back at her mother with a broken smile. "Okay, we need to go downtown, that's where we bought 'em but I don't think the store still exists."

"It has too! I have to buy this stupid mug back! What's so important in them anyway?" Fang winced, unsure if she needed to know that these mugs had been chosen because Rhea herself had kicked her mother's belly as she touched them and that it had been the day she found it was going to be a girl. "Mum? You know why I'm sure, tell me!"

"No, ya are goin' to make me drive in different cities if I do that." Rhea frowned as she began to follow her mother out of the store, quickly glancing at Elia with an arched brow before stumbling out of the store, the overwhelming heat quickly grabbing the three girls by the gut. "Let's go."

"Mum! Please tell me!" – "Fine! We bought the mugs with Lightnin' when she was pregnant with ya, it was the day she told me she was pregnant with a girl." She had known. She knew that Rhea would take this information to seriously as her entire face began to decompose itself in surprise quickly followed by pain and anguish. She placed her fingernails in her mouth and began to bite them ferociously while Elia was trying to make her stop. "That's why she loves those mugs. I'm actually surprised she kept 'em. I have three and she has three…well two now. If we can't find one, I'll give ya one of mine yeah?"

"No, I can't let you do that Mum, I'll suffer the consequences." Fang shook her head in amusement as she stepped inside her vehicle, the two girls quickly jumping behind as the car was already on and back on the street a few seconds later. "We'll give the store one last shot and then I'll try and find one on-line if it's gone."

"Okay honey" their mother said as she turned to the right, Rhea carefully looking at her surroundings with a small smile before she lifted her head up to look at her mother with a broken smile at the mention of those damned mugs apparently being the only thing still clinging both her mother's together. I need to find one. I will never forgive myself if I don't. "How's Charlotte by the way? Ya got into an argument?"

"Uh? Oh no, no! She's fine, I'm supposed to see her tomorrow so we can work on our oral presentation actually, I already told Mom about it." – "What's it 'bout?" Fang opened her ears wide as her daughter was casually explaining her they were supposed to pick up a diseases in groups of two and work on it, explaining what it is, what it implies etc, and that the diseases they had chosen was on Sjogren's syndrome. "Meanin'?"

"Uh, it's when you have dry eyes and dry mouth, to sum up" Rhea said as she looked by the window again to avoid the subject like the plague, discussing about her homework with her mother's not being something she had ever enjoyed. "Anyway! Are you still coming to Aunt Serah's tonight?"

"Yep, should be there around 7PM, like I was asked. What 'bout ya?" – "Mom wants us to be there after her work, so around 4:30PM. We'll see Daniel like that!" Fang smiled, wondering how the little 7 year old boy was actually doing since her communication with Serah had been hitting the rocks ever since the divorce had been granted and couldn't wait to see them all again. She sharply focused her attention on the right as she spotted the store that hadn't moved for more than fifteen years and quickly parked in front of it while Rhea and Elia were already jumping out from the car to rush towards the window, the older sister clapping her hands together in a wave of happiness while Fang could only smile, smile brighter than she had provided for the past months and could almost picture herself with Lightning years ago, standing in front of this very window deeply in love and deeply pregnant as the most happiest couple in the world.

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"Rhea, you smell funny." Lightning said as she sniffed her daughter with an arched brow, looking at the girl decomposing herself in front of her face in the blink of an eye and quickly clenched her jaw as she could recognize this particular smell. "You smoked!"

"Hey guys!" the pink-haired girl sharply turned around to throw a smile in her sister's direction and slowly entered the house to receive her nephew in her arms, the little boy looking absolutely thrilled to see his Auntie again after so long. "What took you so long?"

"Rhea needed to find her phone and her battery, so it took long, long minutes of waiting. And Rhea, we will need to chat." The pinky said with a finger pointing in her daughter's direction before turning back around to reach the kitchen with Daniel, Serah's son still in her arms. She placed him back down after a few seconds as the boy was starting to weight a lot more than the last time she had actually seen him before going towards Snow to shake his hand. "Snow."

"Hey sis, what's up?" – "Snow, don't call me sis, I wouldn't want to kick your butt in front of my daughters and your son." Snow, Serah's tall and muscular husband nodded quickly in her sister in law's direction before making his way towards the two girls to give them quick kisses on their cheeks, Lightning observing the scene with an amused smile. She sighed loudly and stretched her arms, the day of work she had spent having the effect to tire her up more than she cared to admit and simply went back inside the kitchen to look at the food already ready to be prepared. "So Serah, what's the menu instead of the obvious huge turkey standing in front of me?"

"Well, I was thinking of mashed potatoes and beans, the usual! It wouldn't be a Thanksgiving without it." Lightning nodded slowly as she was bringing her sleeves up so she wouldn't trash her outfit and casually grabbed the apron her sister was handing her to place it around her waist. She grabbed the spatula and raised it in the air, her gaze quickly fixing itself upon her older daughter grinning in her direction but could only screw up her eyes in slight annoyance at the idea of Rhea smoking while her back was turned. Oh Rhea, you're lucky Fang is here tonight or I would already have your head. "How was your day Light?"

"Oh you know, the usual. I saw Caroline actually, she's due very soon! It's exciting." Serah opened wide eyes of surprise and grinned in front of her sister, glad to hear the her sister's friends pregnancy had gone magnificently before focusing her attention on the piano, listening to Rhea and Elia performing their quartet with elegance. "Rhea smokes apparently. I smelt her from afar, I wonder how long this has been going on."

"Come on Light, you started when you were sixteen." – "Yes, and mom had yelled at me for that." – "Did it keep you from doing it though?" Lightning gawked in front of her sister, sister who casually placed a hand under her chin to close her mouth back with a wink before she began to stuff the turkey in order for it to cook for the four hours needed while Lightning was only grabbing her glass of red wine from the counter to place it to her lips. "You know that…Fang is coming tonight, right?"

"Yes, the girls told me about it two days ago. It's fine, we don't have to…avoid each other." – "You're awfully open about it Light." – "Yeah. Don't tell the girls but I had a date last week." Serah froze. She froze so roughly that the knife she had in her hand fell on the ground miserably, pieces of turkey spreading on the ground like glass while Lightning was arching a brow. "What? What is it?"

"You're—you had a date? With who Lightning?" Serah said in a whisper while casting a glance around her to make sure no prying ears where near them before watching Lightning picking up the fallen knife to place it back on the counter.

"A friend's patient of mine. It's nothing serious Serah it was just one date, nothing more." – "What about…Fang?" – "What about her?" Lightning didn't understand anything anymore. The last time she had seen her sister, Serah had urged her to go out and live her life like she was supposed to instead of mopping around, trying to hold onto the illusion that maybe someday, she and Fang might be together again. And now, the girl had seemed to have completely forgotten about her words and seemed more shocked than happy for her older sister. "Serah? What about Fang?"

"Hey Mom? Can we take Dan outside, on the swing?" – "Are you going to smoke?" Lightning arched a brow as her daughter began to turn crimson red and simply shook her head in slight amusement. "Go ahead, be careful and keep a good eye on him." Rhea nodded quickly before disappearing as fast as she came inside the room, leaving the two pinky face to face with blank expressions on both their faces. "Serah what is it?"

"Are you going to tell the girls?" – "No, it's too soon. We only had one coffee, nothing happened." – "Is there going to be another one?" – "Yes, Serah" she responded abruptly to finally end the conversation since she suddenly had the feeling she was committed some atrocious crime and that her sister was leading the investigation to try and find out who this mystery person was.

"Alright then. Can you give me the pepper?" with a sharp gesture, Lightning handed the requested object to her sister before finishing the peeling of her potatoes with a frown on her face.

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Lightning was waiting. She had the feeling that her heart was about to literally implode inside her chest as she looked at the clock to see it was nearly 7PM, meaning that Fang was soon going to come inside the house. She didn't know why she was feeling so tensed up since it was just a dinner. They didn't need to speak or look at each other, the only thing they really needed to do was try and not to argue in front of their friends and family since Serah had apparently forgotten to mention that Lebreau, Yuj, Gadot and Maqui were also joining the party.

She excused herself after a few more seconds in order to go to the restroom, the door quickly closing behind her to stare at her own reflection with a pinched nose. She was looking so tired, she couldn't even believe her eyes. Sure she wasn't as young as she was once, her 38 years of life having been intense, but as she was looking at the small wrinkles around her eyes, she only wanted to smash her fist inside the mirror. When did I get so old she asked herself with a sigh as she washed her hands.

After grabbing the towel that she neatly placed back on its hanger, Lightning slowly made her way out of the room to reach the living room back and felt her heart skipping a beat at the sound of Fang's voice. She was here, and now she couldn't go back in time to leave. All she could now was to be polite for the sake of her two daughters. So as her high heels indicated her arrival, the pink-haired girl lifted her head up from the ground and provided a faint smile in her ex-wife's direction while the entire room was falling silent. Someone talk, please she inwardly begged as she stopped in front of the tall brunette, their eyes meeting to exchange a deep but quick eye-contact.

"Hey Light!" she suddenly heard from behind, grinning at the sight of Lebreau going towards her with a huge smile on her face, the two girls exchanging a quick hug to greet each other. "Well, you're looking good. Why am I not surprised?"

"Ha. Thanks Lebreau, glad to see you haven't changed." – "Why change the best, right?" Lightning shook her head in amusement as her hand was being grabbed to turn back around, all the grown-ups of the room forming a circle while Fang was trying her best not to look in the pinky's direction, blinking at few times to get her mind back straight. "Serah, where's the liquor in this place? Oh right, this isn't Light's place…"

"Hey, I only have one bottle home." – "It's true, I saw it this morning!" Rhea said as she positioned herself next to Fang with a grin that quickly vanished at the uncomfortable sight of both her mothers. "Mom, is it still okay if Char' comes by tomorrow?"

"Sure sweetie." Lightning said with a faint smile before turning back around to flee the living room in order to grab her glass back from the kitchen, a sigh of despair leaving her mouth the second the door closed back behind her. Well, at least we didn't yell at each other, for now… She quickly turned around as the door opened behind her to reveal her sister carrying a broken smile on her lips, softly rubbing her shoulder as she walked pass by her to grab the bottles from the fridge. "Need any help Serah?"

"Sure, you can take these two bottles of Champagne and I'll bring the appetizers, sound good?" – "Yep." Lightning smiled as she stepped outside the kitchen with a bottle in each hand, both of them quickly landing on the small coffee table in front of the TV where different chairs had been brought closer for everyone so sit down properly and slowly began to take the cap of the bottle before pouring the amazing amount of glasses placed on the table. She looked up to her older daughter, watching her eyes sparkling in pleasure and pleading. "Do you want some Rhea?"

"Can I? Please, please!" – "Fang?" the brunette sharply turned around to look at her ex-wife. She gawked for a few seconds, unable to know if Lightning had actually spoken to her or if her imagination had played with her mind but as she saw the insistent look on her face, she quickly understood that Lightning was indeed waiting for an answer.

"Yeah, give her just a little bit. We wouldn't want her to throw up her food." – "I won't throw up my food!" Lightning chuckled as she poured the half of the last glass placed on the table while everyone was slowly coming her way, Serah grinning at the sight of the glasses already filled as she placed the appetizers on the table and clapped her hands together to make everyone sit down on the different chairs.

"Okay, well everyone, happy Thanksgiving!" All the glasses rose in the air to click together, people being actually unable to figure out with whom they had or they hadn't clicked but quickly forgot about it as all the glasses reached the lips, Lightning observing her daughter with an amused smile as the girl winced at the taste she was –without knowing how it was possible – apparently finding disgusting. "So Fang, did anyone won that damned car or not?"

"Actually no it's crazy, they're never able to say the last singer. We try to make it easy on 'em but well…" Lightning looked at the brunette with a straight mouth, observing her strong jaw and tanned skin with a pinch in her heart before ducking her head to stare at anything else. Yeah, you got over her…What a joke.

"What about you Light, still enjoying your job?" – "Yes, I do. Like I told Serah earlier, Caroline is soon giving birth." – "Wow! That's awesome!" the pink-haired girl nodded as she locked eyes with Lebreau hazel ones, her lips slowly curving into a smile at the sight of her friend she hadn't seen in a long, long time. "Are you going to be there?" – "For the labor? Yes, I will. She asked me to be there actually."

It was now Fang's turn to duck her head to stare at the ground as she had leered on Lightning's cerulean eyes and had almost drown in them like the first time she had seen those two beautiful pieces of jewelry. But what she immediately noticed was Lightning's hand. Indeed, she could see that their wedding ring was still firmly on her finger and slightly opened her mouth in surprise at its sight, unable to understand why Lightning had kept the ring.

She stopped staring at the fingers as she felt a small punch inside her ribs, quickly casting her look towards her sister, Vanille, with an arched brow but eventually nodded in thankfulness before taking another sip from the precious alcohol, ready to get as drunk as possible in order to forget about the fact that their marriage had been destroyed because of herself.

It was now 11PM. The plates and glasses were empty and the people were slowly leaving the house to go back in their respective houses, Lightning, Rhea, Elia, Fang and Vanille being the only ones staying inside the house to help and clean up.

The pink-haired girls were standing in the kitchen, Lightning passing the plates to her sister while Serah was casually placing them inside the dishwasher while Fang and Vanille were bringing the remaining things inside the kitchen, the ex-couple carefully avoiding any kind of contact as they were passing next to each other. As Lightning finally left the room, Fang couldn't help but to ask the question she had deep down in her throat. "Why is Light keeping the ring?"

Serah lifted her head up from the plates, grabbing the towel on her right to dry her hands before placing them both of her hips. "Because she doesn't want to take it away. I already asked her, this was her answer Fang" she answered with a barely distinguishable smile as the thought of her sister dating someone else was crossing her mind again. "Are you guys okay?"

"We didn't argue, so I'd say that a plus." As a knock on the door resonated, Fang softly turned around to look at the pinky coming inside with her two daughters placing their jackets back on their shoulders.

"We're going to take off. Serah, thanks for the dinner, it was nice. I'll see you soon?" – "Absolutely." Lightning smiled, letting her two daughters going towards Fang to place a kiss on her cheek, clearing her throat in slight discomfort as she locked eyes with the brunette. "Have a good night" was the only thing she added as she began to walk towards the front door rapidly, listening to Rhea sighing in despair behind her. "What is it Rhea?"

"Nothing Mom, nothing." She lied as she casted one last glance in Fang's direction, her eyes filling with tears again as the idea of their mom's getting along was slowly disappearing behind the shadows. "Nothing…"