"Mommy what are you doing?" Elsa asked as she came in from playing outside.
"I'm tryig to find a job." Kya answered just as the doorbell rang.
Kya opened the door to find Kimi and her kids standing there.
"I need to talk to you." Kimi said. Kya made some tea for them and they sent the kids outside as they sat at the table to talk.
"Zack called me last night." kimi said after a long silence.
"What? I thought you broke things off after you kmow." Kya whispered as the kids came back inside.
Kimi groaned and put her head in her hands."we did but he wants to see me again. He also said the kids want to meet me."
"This calls for something stronger." kya said once the kids were back outside. She got up and poured two glasses of wine and handed one to kimi.
"Thanks." kimi said downing half the glass.
"Does Toshi know?" Kya asked sitting back down.
"Not yet. He's still out of town." Kimi explained.
"You should tell him."
"I know. Why are you looking at jobs?" Kimi asked noticing Kya's laptop open.
"Oh,David said we needed more money,apparently having your own car repair business doesn't pay enough." Kya said.
Outside Elsa,Kiara,and Jade were playing on the swing set.
"Kiara what's a job?" Elsa suddenly asked as she came down the slide.
"A job is what grown ups go to all day to make money so they can buy stuff." Kiara explained.
"Oh cuz my mommy's getting one." Elsa said.
"Did I just hear you say your mommy's getting a job?" Regina asked through the fence.
"What do you want Regina?" Kiara asked.
"Was I talking to you? I don't think so." Regina said.
"yeah my mommy's getting a job,so what." Elsa said coming over to the fence.
"You know if your mommy gets a job you'll never see her again." Regina cackled.
"That's not true." Kiara yelled jumping out of the swing and running over to the fence.
"Of course it is. She'll go to work before you wake up and get home when your asleep,oh and you'll spenf all your time at daycare."
"Just cuz that's what your mommy does doesn't mean Elsa's mommy will do the same." Kiara snapped.
"Don't talk about my mom like that." Regina yelled and walked away pulling Sidney.
"I'm glad she's gone." Kiara said happily.
"Watch me." Jade yelled from the swing as she jumped when it was high in the air.
"Jade no. don't." Kiara yelled running to the swing but it was to late. Jade jumped out of the swing and landed on her side. Kiara ran to her sister with Elsa following closely behind.
"Jade?" Kiara asked kneeling next to her sister. Jade opened her eyes and started crying and holding onto her left arm. Kiara started callingfor her mom and soon Kimi and Kya came running outside.
"What happened?" Kimi as she looked at Jade's arm.
"She jumped out of the swing." Kiara answered.
"Kimi picked Jade up and asked Kya to watch Kiara and Ryo while she tool Jade to the hospital.
"Is Jade going to be ok?" Kiara asked.
"She'll be fine." kya said reassuringly as she made the kids some lunch.
"Mommy do you have to get a job?" Elsa asked.
"Yes." Kya answered making a bottle for Anna.
"But I won't see you anymore." Elsa said in a small voice putting her putting her chocolate pudding down.
"You'll still see me. I promise." Kya said."We just need some more money so I have to work for a little while."
Kya picked up Anna and tried to give her the bottle but she turned away and kicked her feet.
"Come on Anna,you have to get used to the bottle." Kya said. She tried again but Anna still fought. Kya gave up and put Anna on the floor on her blanket and put the bottle in the fridge.
Kiara and Elsa sat on the couch and watched tv while Kya cleaned up from lunch.
"What are you doing?" Kiara asked as she saw Elsa digging in the couch cushions.
"I'm looking for money so my mommy doesn't have to work." Elsa replied.
"Oh,I'll help." Kiara offered and got off the couch and lifted up the cushion she had been sitting on."Hey I found two pennies."
"I found something." Elsa said halway under the cushion."Oh,It's just Marshmallow's squeaky toy." Elsa threw the toy to Marshmallow,who was laying on his bed int he corner of the room.
"Let's go look somwhere else." Kiara suggested.
"We can look in my mommy and daddy's room." Elsa said excitedly. They crept down the hallway and opened the door.
"It's dark in here." Kiara said turning on the light.
"We can't turn on the light. I'm not aposed to be in her." elsa whispered. Kiara quickly turned off the light and started looking in drawers using the light from the window to see.
"Hey I found something." Elsa called out.
"There you two are. Kiata your mom's here." Kya said. Kiara ran ou of the room.
"Mommy look what I found." Elsa said holding up a fat envelope.
"What is that?" Kya asked taking the envelope form her daughter. She opened the envelope to find a wad of cash.
"Elsa where did you get this?" Kya asked quietly.
"From there." Elsa pointed."Now you don't got a job mommy."
Kya sighed."Let's go watch a movie."
Whwn Kimi got home she put Jade to bed for awhile while she made dinner and contmplated what to do about Zack and her other two kids.
"Mom is Jade ok?' Kiara asked.
"She'll be fine. She just sprained her wrist." Kimi explained.
"Ok good. I'm going to go play with Ryo." Kiara said and walked off to the living room.
After dinner had been cleaned up and the kids went to bed Toshi came home. This was it Kimi had to tell him.
"Toshi,we need to talk." She said stiing down on the couch. He sat down beside her but didn't say anything.
"When I was in college I had a boyfriend named Zack and we,I had twins but I wasn't ready so he took them and now they want to meet me." Kimi said all at once.
"What is your plan? Do you still love him?" Toshi asked after he let everything sink in.
"I don't know. I haven't seen or talked to him in years." Kimi said.
"Well I think you should at least have a relationship with your other kids." Toshi said.
"I'll call Zack tomorrow and set something up." Kimi said.
Kya was walking around the living room with Anna screaming in her arms when David walked in.
"Why do you have an envelope full of money in our room?" Kya asked.
"What?" David asked."How did you find it?"
"It doesn't matter." Kya shouted.
"It's for my family in the Philippines." David said taking Anna from Kya and shoving the bottle in her mouth to get her to be quiet.
"I'm not getting a job so you can send all your money home." Kya snapped."You need to think about your family here first."
"Their not working. There's no money." David explained.
"They can work." Kya said.
"They don't want to drive a trike or a jeepnee." David said."Their not like your family. They don't just take any job,It has to pay well."
The yelling had woke Elsa up and she crept out of her room and stood in the hallway quietly watching.
Kya went up to her husband ans=d slapped his face. Elsa squeaked in fear. She had never seen her parents fight. Kya turned around and saw her daughter standing in the hallway. She picked her up and carried her to her room.
"I'm going to sleep in here with you tonight." Kya said lating next to Elsa in her bed.
"Ok mommy." Elsa sniffled and snuggled closer to her mom.
The next morning Kimi met Zack at the park so the kids could play and get to know each other.
"Wow it's been awhile." Zack said he sat down on a bench.
"Yeah." Kimi agreed as she sat down."It looks like the kids are getting along."
"Yeah,Abby and casey are good kids. They make friends easily." Zack explained.
"Good." Kimi commented still watching the kids.
Abby,Casey,and Kiara played on the swings while Jade and Ryo sat in the sandbox.
"So how old are you?" Abby asked.
"I'm six." Kiara answered.
"We're eight." Casey said jumping out of the swing.
"You might not want to do that." Kiara remarked."My sister Jade got hurt doing that."
"I won't get hurt." Abby said running back to the swing. Kiara shook her head.
After the park they went to get ice cream and then went home.
"So what did you think of your half sisters?" Kimi asked.
"Their ok." Kiara said.
"Are we going to see them again?" Jade asked.
"Maybe,if you want to." Kimi replied.
Kya had filled out a few applications since the fight. She had an interview in an hour and was trying to get her two kids ready for daycare.
"Elsa keep your shoes on." Kya demanded.
"No." Elsa cried kicking her pink sandals off for the third time. She had been crying all morning ever since she found out she would go to daycare for the first time.
"Fine go without shoes." Kya said picking up Anna's carseat and grabbing Elsa's hand. They soon arrived at daycare. Kya dropped her kids off and headed to her interview.
Elsa wasstill crying when she heard a familiar voice beside her.
"Why don't you got shoes on?" Emma asked.
"Emma,I'm glad your here." Elsa cried hugging her friend."And I didn't want to come here so I left my shoes at home."
"It's not so bad here. The best part is we get ice cream." Emma said excitedly.
"My mommy's gonna get a job and forget about me." Elsa said sadly.
"Did Regina tell you that?" Emma nodded.
"Don't worry. She'll be back." Emma promised. Elsa felt better so they decided to build a castle out of blocks until ice cream time.
Kya went to two interviews and decided to go to her uncles restaraunt for some comfort food.
"Hey Kya,what's up?" Jerwin asked as she sat down at an empty table.
"Just job hunting." Kya answered.
"You look sad." Jerwin said.
"I don't want to talk about it cuz." Kya said.
"Well I know the perfect cure for you. I'll be back." He soon came back with a bowl of coconut pudding.
"Thanks." Kya said happily as the bowl was sat in front of her.
"No problem and you know you could always work here." Jerwin commented."No interview required."
"Thanks,I just might do that." Kya said."I'll call you later." Kya had grown closer with her cousin after her oldest brother moved away. He was someone who she could tell anything to. When Kya finished her coconut pudding she left to get her kids.
Kya arrived at the daycare just as another car pulled up beside her.
"Angelica,what are you doing here?" Kya asked surprised to see the blond there.
"I'm picking up Emma so I can spend some time with her before I go out of town for a big case." Angelica answered.
"Mommy." Elsa cried when she saw Kya."You came back."
"Of course I did. Kya laughed."I'm not just going to leave you here."
"Regina told her you would." Emma tattled on her sister.
"Did she,well it looks like I'm going to have to have a talk with her when we get home." Angelica said.
"Did you get a job mommy?" Elsa asked as they were on their way home.
"I might work at tito Ernesto's restaraunt which means you can come with me." Kya answered.
"Can I go to daycare instead?" Elsa asked.
"I thought you didn't want to go to daycare."
"I do if Emma's there and we get ice cream." Elsa exclaimed a little to loudly scaring Anna and making her cry.
"I think you scared your sister." Kya said as they turned into the neighborhood.
"I'm sorry Anna." Elsa apologized and sqeezed Anna's hand gently making her stop crying.
Later that night Kya and David sat down and talked while the kids were asleep.
"So what's your plan?" Kya asked.
"I don't know." David answered."My family needs help."
"Well I might have a job." kya said.
"Good. I was thinking of going home to visit my family,maybe help my brother start a business." David said.
"Ok just promise to come back. The kids and I need you."
"Always." David said and gave Kya a kiss on the cheek as they both decided to go to bed for the night.