Uncle Milford returned home at 9:15 pm, he noticed the house was quiet as Sportacus came out to greet the Mayor.
"How did your meeting go, Mayor?" Sportacus asked.
"It went well and we did a few flyers and put them in the mailbox. All that's left to do is wait and see who's going to work late for me from now on so I can come home at a decent time and spend time with Stephanie." Uncle Milford replied.
"That's good; I wish you luck with that." Sportacus said.
"Thanks." Uncle Milford smiled. "How's my Stephanie today?"
"She's in her room she's upset right now." Sportacus replied.
The Mayor walked down the hall and knocked on his niece's door. When he got no answer he decided to open it.
"Hi, my dear." Uncle Milford greeted the nine year old.
"Hi, Uncle Milford." Stephanie hugged him.
"Any calls today?" Uncle Milford asked.
"Yes. Just my daddy; he told me they had just returned from the doctor's Mother has cancer even when she doesn't smoke. He said it's too early to tell how bad it really is." Stephanie explained as her voice was breaking and started crying again.
"Oh, dear, it'll be okay. I'm sure your mother will be fine." Uncle Milford tried to comfort her.
"I hope so." Stephanie replied as she dries her tears.
Later, in the middle of the night, Stephanie couldn't sleep; fearing that she might lose her mother and best friend. She hopes she doesn't lose her mother at all.
The next day, she went to see her friends even though she couldn't play until her ankle got better. Trixie came over and sat next to her one the bench.
"Hi, Stephanie, is everything okay?" Trixie after noticing her best friend was upset.
"My father called me and told me my mother has cancer." Stephanie replied.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Trixie said as she put her arms around the nine year old.
"Thanks." Stephanie said.
"No problem." Trixie said. "I know what we can do to save your mother. A fundraiser like money, food drive, a walk or run to raise money for cancer."
"That's a great idea. Let's the gather up the rest to tell them. I'll write those ideas in my diary. Get Sportacus and Zack for that meeting." Stephanie was excited to hear that.
"Okay." Trixie said.
The nine year old got up and joined the rest.
"Hi, everyone." Stephanie greeted. Then she told them the news about her mother.
"That's terrible." Pixel replied.
The rest agreed.
"Trixie had an idea to save my mother. She went to get Sportacus and Zack to join us." Stephanie told them.
"Alright." The rest said excitedly.
It was then that Trixie returned with the above average hero and his nephew as they all sat down on the bench.
"Here's my idea we can do a fundraiser like money, food drive, a walk or run to raise money for cancer." Trixie told them.
"Or how about a bake sale?" Stingy asked.
"Yeah." The others added.
"Okay. Bake sale it is." Stephanie agreed with that.
They were all excited and immediately got to work.
TBC