Chapter 6:

Manhattan, NY

"Cassidy don't do this! Mom will be seriously pissed!" Caroline said shaking her head at her sister.

Cassidy sighed and nodded, "I know, but come on Carrie, something is not right... I mean she went through all of this just to find this woman and then she just stopped. There has to be a reason! When has she ever not given us something we want? She sent Emily to California, Virginia, Florida, and then Ohio. The next place on the list is Tennessee, she was supposed to be there yesterday but Emily was here. Why? Carrie please? I want to know why Mom doesn't want us to meet her." she said staring at her sister.

Caroline rolled her eyes and exhaled heavily, "I just think we should ask her. She wouldn't lie to us Cass. If we ask she'd tell us. Come on, if she doesn't we'll corner Emily and if that doesn't work we'll come back and look at all this stuff. I just... I hate lying to Mom."

Cassidy groaned in frustrations. Caroline always knew how to stop her from doing something she wanted to do, "Fine! You win. I'm going to find something to eat."

She left her mother's office and went to the kitchen her mind running over all the reasons her mother would put a halt to the search for Kenzie Mitchell. Sighing Cassidy grabbed an apple and climbed onto a barstool at the counter. The stack of mail sitting there caught her eye and she decided to separate the useless junk mail from the bills.

"Caroline! Caroline, come here! Hurry!" Cassidy screamed dropping her apple and jumping off the stool to find her sister. They collided into one another just outside of the kitchen door and Cassidy laughed and backed away from her sister, "Look!"

Caroline frowned and took the envelope from her hands, "Do we know anyone in California?"

Cassidy shook her head, "Look at the sender and then look at the name UNDER the sender."

Caroline's eyes widened comically and Cassidy giggled and nodded, "Exactly. Mom hasn't seen these! Let's go upstairs, she'll be home soon." she said pulling her sister by the hand and running up to her bedroom.

Knoxville, TN

Andrea took a deep breath and smiled, "So then it's done? I can take her with to California with no issues?" she asked the older woman sitting across from her.

"She is your responsibility Ms. Sachs. When you return just give me a call and I'll arrange for her to get back here." Nancy said with a slight nod.

Andy smiled and nodded, "I'll get her back here, don't worry. I just want to share this experience with her. She's seen so much heartache and pain in her short life. She deserves some kind of happiness. Besides she's such an avid reader of my work I figured she'd like to see it all come to life, in a way."

Nancy smiled at her and Andy returned it rising to her feet, "Well let's go tell the little princess the good news. Thank you again for doing this. I know it's not exactly policy, but I just... can't seem to say no to her."

The caretaker nodded and smiled, "She is a special child and she absolutely adores you. Having you in her life has been good for her, I can tell that after just two weeks. You don't worry about a thing. I have it all worked out."

With a smile and a nod Andy left to small office in search of Hayden to give her the exciting news.

"Andy! You came!" Hayden called. Andy turned and smiled at the little blonde as she came running over to her, "I thought Kaydence said you were going to be in California! I'm so excited. Ms. Nancy said that I get to go out today! Can I go see Starbright? I miss him, he is getting so strong Andy and I saved him some apples from lunch. See?"

Andy laughed and kneeled down in front of the little girl to look at the bag of apples she had in her hand, "Well, I am sure Starbright will love them, but we have to get you some clothes packed first. You and I are going on a trip." she told her pulling her into a tight hug.

"We are? Where are we going? Can we take him with us? What if he gets lonely without us? What about Scout? She doesn't like to be by herself." Hayden said clinging onto Andy's neck.

Andy laughed and nuzzled the little girl in her arms, "You silly goose, Scout is going with us. Starbright will be fine. I have some people that take care of Mystic and the others when I have to go away, they have very special instructions for Starbright. I made sure to write them all down myself so nothing goes wrong. We can stop by the house to see him before we go, but we have to do it quickly. We're taking a plane."

Hayden's eyes lit up, "You... you're taking me with you to California?" she asked breathlessly in a voice barely higher than a whisper.

Andy nodded and was instantly smothered with kisses and squeals of delighted laughter.

"I promised you didn't I? I never break a promise. Now let's go get Molly, some clothes, and your coat. We have to meet Kaydence at the airport in 2 hours." she said walking over to the stairs.

"Are you sure this was a good idea Andy?" Kaydence whispered from next to her, "She's already too attached to you. She's eligible for adoption, you know? What will you do when someone adopts her and she's no longer around?"

Andy smiled at the little girl sleeping in her lap, "She is not too attached; besides, I've already taken care of that. Just waiting on the final papers and then Hayden Campbell will be Hayden Sachs." she said looking over into shocked gray eyes, "Surprise. I haven't told her yet. I had to fill out a second set of forms for her. She's going to have an alias as well, I refuse to leave her behind while we're doing this movie and it's too complicated to have her walking around with Kenzie Mitchell but carrying my name. Her legally documented name will be Hayden Marie Sachs, to the public she is Hayden Mitchell. I don't want to confuse her with two names but she knows why I don't use my name so that should make it easier for her."

Kaydence nodded, "I told you, you would be a great mother. She already loves you as much as any child loves their mother." she said clicking something on her PDA and waving over a flight attendant, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, I got a call from an Emily Charlton, and she needs to talk to you on behalf of her boss. She's the editor-in-chief of something or another. I have that information written down somewhere."

Andy stared wide eyed out the plane window shaking her head trying to process what she had just heard. She only knew of one Emily Charlton working for an editor-in-chief and that Emily should not be trying to reach her for her boss. She should not be trying to reach her at all. She should not know her name or number. . If Miranda was trying to reach her it would not be for a good reason. Her heart pounding in her chest, her brain shifted into a frantic overdrive.

Why would Miranda have any reason for contacting her? She shifted uneasily in her seat, the temperature suddenly hot to her cool skin. How? She wondered. Her mind quickly searched for a possible conclusion. Licking her suddenly dry lips she sighed heavily willing her lungs to open and let the air in.

"She can't possibly know... I was careful, too careful," she whispered to herself feeling her pulse slow. She leaned back against the seat adjusting Hayden in her lap. Suddenly as if whispered in her ear she realized there was no way Miranda Priestly or anyone for that matter would know her true identity save the little angel resting in her lap and the woman sitting next to her. She trusted both of them immensely.

Slowly she inhaled. Kenzie Mitchell. That was the only answer. The twins had most likely asked her to get them something and she was trying to do that. That had to be the answer, there was just no way Miranda could possibly know. 'The Dragon Lady for once, has no idea.' Relaxing once again she looked over at Kaydence and nodded.

Kaydence spoke with the flight attendant then turned and smiled, "She said that her boss was hunting down Kenzie Mitchell for her children. She didn't give anything more than that but she said to have you call the office and she gave me two numbers to give you."

"I know the numbers," she told her looking down at Hayden. "How could I forget them?" she whispered to herself before looking over at Kaydence again, "How the hell did Miranda Priestly find me?"

Manhattan, NY

Miranda sat in the sitting room of her townhouse listening to her daughters going through all the reasons that she should say yes to them about something she was still unsure of. Cassidy shook her head at something Caroline said and Miranda smiled at them, "Girls, how about you tell me what it is you want and then we can talk about all the why's of it." she said bringing their quiet debate to an end.

"Well, Mom... you know how we wanted you to find Kenzie Mitchell for us?" Caroline said softly.

Miranda nodded; "I do and I have some information about her location for you girls when you we get through this conversation." she told them.

Cassidy smiled, "Cool! Carrie tell her!"

"We received these letters today from an anonymous sender. Apparently KM is turning her books into films and we were asked to come attend audition for parts in them! At first we thought it was just a scam, you know people being stupid and preying on innocent fans. Well Cass decided to do some research and then she called Aunt Laura who told us it's true. So I called the number on the letter and it's legit! They were told by a Kaydence Mitchell to ask us to come out for auditions. They start next week and we really, really want to go! Even if we don't get the part she's supposed to be there!" Caroline said bouncing on the balls of her feet.

Miranda watched her daughters as they started talking to each other again in the unique twin language they had developed when they were infants her mind running over the information she had and what her girls had just told her. After days of calling around, research, and sending Emily to look into what she could gather up she had finally found Kenzie Mitchell. She had planned to talk to the woman before telling her girls and getting there hopes up, that was until she made some calls and received news that Kenzie Mitchell did not exist until just about 4 years ago. Now Miranda was faced with the decision of telling her girls and risking their heartbreak when they learned this author was in fact someone other than who she said or keeping it from them until she could figure out who she was before she became Kenzie Mitchell, because find out she would.

Standing up Miranda smiled at her children, "Are you sure this is something you girls want to do? Maybe you should let me tell you what I know about her and then you can decide." she said.

Caroline stared at her mother for a moment then nodded, "Were you able to find her? Is she going to meet us?" she asked

Miranda chuckled, "Relax darling. I was able to get a phone number for one Kenzie Mitchell through a friend at the publishing company she is with. From what we gathered, Kenzie is a very private individual who lives in Tennessee. I have yet to receive which city in which to find her however. She has an agent that also takes care of her calls, letters, etc." she said walking over down to the kitchen her girls following closely.

"Has Emily been able to get in touch with her? Did she call or email or write?" Cassidy asked.

Miranda smiled and nodded, "Emily did call but Ms. Mitchell was unavailable. There is something more you girls should know." she said looking at the girls, "Until about 4 years ago Kenzie Mitchell did not exist, while this is not uncommon in the world of writing, it is unusual to have no knowledge of who she is outside of her pen name. No one knows who she truly is or where she comes from. I know how important this is to you girls but I want you to be careful. She may not be who or what you expect."

Cassidy looked at Caroline and then back to her mother, "I kind of figured that out a while ago. Google and all, I still want to meet her! She's a brilliant author and because of her books, we could possibly be in a movie! Mom... please? This is like... a one in a billion chance! They want us... not the other way around. Please, please, please." Cassidy said her voice soft and pleading.

Caroline nodded, "I agree with Cass, you can come with us and make sure everything is on the up and up. This is a rare opportunity; we have a chance to do something that will make people happy. Just think about all the kids out there that would love to see these films... we could be a part of it. I want to do it! We have to let them know if we're coming by week's end. Please Mommy?" she said looking up at her mother with soft open eyes.

Miranda sighed and nodded, "Alright let them know we'll be there. I need to call Emily to get things squared away for our trip, let me know what they need from us and when we need to leave, I'll have Emily arrange transport."

"YESSS! WE LOVE YOU MOM!" the twins shouted together hugging their mother and kissing her before darting up the stairs.