Dear readers,
it's a long hiatus since the last update that was in December but I do hope you all enjoy this chapter.
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RDana
Disclaimer:
I do not own DWP and its characters; they belong to Lauren Weisberger and 20th Century Fox. I only own some characters, some of them already had been created and others might be in the near future of this fanfic. This fic is for entertainment and fun and, I do not own any money with the fic...
WARNING: There may be content that can disturb some people, please tread carefully.
3.
Miranda is sitting on Caroline's bed. The girl has been sick for two days now and after a doctor's appointment she was having health issues due to suffering with depression.
Cassidy and Caroline came back from their father's house four days ago after almost six months with no contact. Whatever the girls had seen, affected Caroline to no end. The girl so unlike her sister, always the strong one to Miranda, but seeing her in this amount of pain was destroying her.
Miranda slowly moves her daughter to the center of the bed and kisses her forehead. She is now deeply sleeping after almost one hour crying. The pill that the doctor had given, finally taking effect.
As Miranda stands up and moves to walk outside the room, she meets Cassidy's eyes, trying hard to not let fall the tears. Miranda rushes to her daughter and hugs her.
"Bobbsey, let's talk. Would you fancy some hot chocolate?"
As mother and daughter, her youngest one by two minutes, moves to the ground floor of the townhouse, Miranda wonders what had happened in James' house to upset her girls this much. It is already enough for them to deal with Stephen presence.
Cassidy moves near the table and takes a seat looking at her mother going to the stove and prepared the hot chocolate. She truly misses having her mother around and being near them, but she knows, better than any one, that her mother's job is fully demanding and it is hard for her to be with them. And, believing that the best way to compensate for her absence is putting the trash that is Stephen in their house, truly hurt the girls.
"Mom, where is Stephen?"
Miranda is not expecting this question. She can sense that Cassidy is more emotional than her usual. The girl, so unlike her, moves according her heart and it is so easy to be broken. As her mother, Miranda tries her best to not hurt her little girl, but, moments like this she realizes that as her daughters are growing up, they are becoming smarter than they supposed to be at their age. They are children after all but their behavior is like an adult and Miranda wonders how much of this is her fault.
"Bobbsey, I believe I had informed you that he is out of the town,at a job conference. He is coming back tomorrow."
Cassidy stands up from the chair in vehemence and Miranda jumps a little at that. She is the heart and emotion, but she never behaved like that, anger, not beening able to control.
She is aware of her mother turning on the cooker, the hot chocolate long forgotten, and moving to her, but a bit scared of being touched and has a violent response.
"Bobbsey, please, can we talk?"
Miranda, seeing her daughter hurt and angry is making her believe that all the choices she has made where wrong. Runway is her life, as her girls but her daughters are the most precious thing her life gave to her and with no exception, she can give away everything to them. She is rich and wealthly and if her daughters ask her to give up on her dream, she will and never look back or regret it. She might be sad but her "Bobbseys" are her life. Nothing and no one will ever change it.
Cassidy is paying attention to her mother emotions in front of her. She can feel the pain in her mother's eyes. She and Caroline love their mother with no end, she is a hero to them, the woman was able to make an empire and still be able to love them to no end. All the parents supposed to be like that, love their children but what they saw at their father shows that this is not a true.
When she and Caroline arrived at their father's house, after months not seeing him, it was like they are sent to another universe.
Flashback
James house, one week ago
Roy, their mothers long time employed driver, took them to the Hamptons, where they are going to be with their father for three days. They left school and went straight to his house.
A new house, a new family, both of them thought when they left the car. The house is new, James bough it four months ago and it is the first time they are going to be there. According to their father, it is a modest house, compared to Miranda's and is only four rooms what means the girls will need to share a room.
Cassidy did not mind if this means to have some time with their father. She is even curious about how James Junior is now since they have not seen their brother for a while. Caroline, on another hand, is furious of the need to share a room with her sister. Not because of the room, sometimes they do it at their house in NY but this is because their father did not realize that they are teenagers and they like their own space.
The first two hours at the house were spent in silence apart from James Junior running around with his noisey toys and his nanny failing to be able to control the boy. At this scene, the twins already realize that the time there will be full of stress and no attention from their father that until now only share one word with them "Hello." and this, was when they come into the house.
Their stepmother, Beatrice, is out, doing shopping and will not come back soon, according to the nanny. So the only thing the girls can do now is go to the room that will be theirs for three days and pray for it to finish soon already missing NY, their mother and, Cara.
End flashback
Miranda is in front of her daughter that has a lot of distress in her face. She kneels there, waiting for Cassidy to finish the memory that is making her sob. When the girl realizes their mother is in front of her, her arms open waiting for her, Cassidy broke in tears and hugged her mother as thoguh her life depends on it.
At that moment Miranda Priestly decided that whatever James had done, she will do a seek revenge. Caroline has depression, something the girl never had, even with all the ups and downs of their mother's marriages.
"Everything will be alright darling. Mommy is here and will take care of you and your sister."
At this statement, Cassidy starts to cry harder.
Next day
06:00 am
Miranda woke up hearing a scream and quickly runs to her daughters room. As she comes into the room, a gasp left her mouth.
Caroline has part of her room destroyed. She basic broke half of the room and Miranda is wondering how she didn't hear it before. Probably because of lack of sleep and tiredness. Cassidy is in the room too, on the bed, hugging her sister.
"Bobbseys, what happened?"
Miranda moves carefully at the room, she is barefoot since not had time to put her slippers when had run to it.
"Nothing."
The girls short and unison reply made her want to cry too. They are unique and amazing children and wherever had happened in the Hamptons is much more complicated than she realized. And she will discover what her ex-husband had done and he will regret the day he had been born.
Miranda moves slowly to the girls and kiss both of them.
"Bobbseys, I will call Cara and ask her to come here now. I need to go to work, having something I cannot cancel. But I will be back at lunch time to stay with you both and I am not going to work tomorrow."
Caroline looks to Cassidy and they know the big effort their mother is doing. They are aware of her schedule and this week is the deadline week for the magazine. If she is staying with them now, it's because she really cares about them and this is all that matters to them.
Miranda felt her daughters nodding during their hug and kisses them.
1 hour later
Cara just arrived at the townhouse, after a very short and stressful call from Miranda Priestly. She was only able to arrive fast because Miranda sends Roy to collect her.
As Cara comes to the kitchen she found her employer standing up near the fridge. A mug of hot coffee in her hands. Miranda, realizing she is not alone anymore, only nodded.
"Miranda, how can I help?"
"Cassidy is overwhelmed and Caroline suffering with depression. I need to go to Runway but will return at lunch time. If they need me before that, do call and I will be here."
Miranda left the kitchen and calls Roy to pick up her in one hour. She goes to her childrens rooms and kisses them, promising herself that her ex-husband will regret whatever had happened. She already called her lawyer and the man now will only be able to see her daughters if she is around. She will not let them near him, alone.
Runway
8:15 am
Emily is laughing about the woman that was sent to her for the vacancy of Second Assistant. The woman has no style and will be a complete disaster. And then, in seconds all the mood of fun vanishes with Roy's message.
Andrea Sachs is looking around and trying to understand what is happening at that place. The British woman had been very unpleasant to her and suddenly everyone around her is running, nervous and she cannot digestion what might make this happen. Well, until her eyes meet the woman coming in with a force and energy able to change the world around them.
Emily said her name is Miranda Priestly, someone she might have known before to apply for the job but well, whoever she is, Andy cannot deny, is making her wish to know more about her.
Andrea's heart is beating so hard. The woman in front of her is gorgeous, yes, that is the right word to define her but at the same time, she is, petulant.
After a very fast and unusual interview, Andrea Sachs is with a job that will change her life, forever. The journalist only didn't know this yet.