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Chapter Twelve:
They are now in the kitchen eating their own ice cream creation.
"Hmm… this is delicious. How do you know how to make this great ice cream, Uncle Alberto?" Sophie questions.
"Well Sophie, I learned it from my parents. You see your mommy and daddy can teach you a lot about the world you just have to listen. Yes they will argue with you on some things, but they are just looking out for you." Alberto advises. "You love them because you don't know when they won't be there to love you anymore." He takes a spoonful in his mouth.
Sophie gets down from her chair and goes to him. She tugs on his jeans for his attention. Alberto looks down to see her with outstretch arms to be picked up. After he picks her up to put on his lap, she hugs him tight for his comfort. He rubs her back surprise at her gesture. He looks at Anthony and AJ as they smile at her gesture as well. Sophie pulls back to give him a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you Sophie." He kisses her forehead.
"Don't be sad Uncle Alberto. Your parents will always be with you no matter what. You just have to believe." She reveals.
"Oh really, where are they?" Albert asks bonding with her.
"In here." She points to his heart. "As long as they are in here they will never be gone." She sweetly smiles.
"And how do you know that? I guess your daddy is smarter than I think he is." Alberto jokes to the dismay of Anthony.
"Oh they can be smart if they want to. However, I know this by Auntie AJ." She knows this by having her mother pass away at a young age.
"Yes she told me her mother passed away. That is why you should always say 'I love you' to your parents." He advises again.
Sophie gets down going to her father. She outstretches her arms again. "Yes princess, do you have something to say to me?" He puts her on his lap.
"I don't know, do you have something to say to me?" She giggles.
"Sophie." AJ giggles which triggers Alberto to smile.
"Okay, okay. I love you daddy. I don't know what I would do without you in my and mommy's life." Sophie expresses.
"Thank you princess, I love you too. You along with your mom, are my pride and joy." He hugs her tight.
"Aww, there is my little family." Jennifer enters the kitchen.
"Mommy!" Sophie bellows out before running to her.
"Are you behaving for daddy and Auntie AJ?" She nods. "And I see that daddy allowed you to eat ice cream before dinner" She glares at her husband.
"Mommy, please don't get mad at daddy." She pouts.
"And why not get mad at him? Your stomach will hurt after dinner because you only had dessert so far."
"You shouldn't because I suggest the ice cream part. She used her cuteness to persuade Anthony to approve it." Alberto takes the blame.
"Ah I see. Sophie-" She turns her around. "You know your dad hates to see you sad. He always fall the victim every time you pout. You know he is weak like that." She whispers.
"Hey!" Anthony calls out hearing that.
"I know mommy." She pouts deeper.
"Sweetie, you know that doesn't work on me." Jennifer tells her.
"Right, I am sorry daddy. I shouldn't have taken advantage of you." She apologizes.
"That is okay, princess. You and mommy have me wrapped around your fingers."
"That's right." Jennifer agrees. Anthony just rolls his eyes as the rest chuckles.
"Okay, I am down here for business. Alberto, I need to ask you questions about the investigation." She goes back to PI mode.
"Sure."
"Honey, can you get your daughter?" She lightly orders.
"Of course, come on you little trouble maker." He takes her. "Let us finish our ice cream." He smirks to have his wife this time roll her eyes.
"We will be back, Sophie." AJ kisses her cheek.
"Okay princess, finish your ice cream. After that, we will hang out with Auntie AJ and Uncle Alberto some more." He puts her down on her chair.
"Daddy-" She takes a spoonful in her mouth. "Are Auntie AJ and Uncle Alberto dating?" She inquires innocently.
He turns to her in surprise. "No princess they are not."
"Oh then they should be." She suggests.
"I will pass that information on to them. Finish your ice cream." He tells her never really noticing the feelings of AJ and Alberto have for each other.
"So just tell me if the questions get too personal and we will stop." Jennifer offers.
"No problem. Anything to get information about my parents." He smiles.
"Okay, what are your father and mother's name? Also tell me, what is the last memory you have as a family?"
"My father's name is Scott and my mother's name is Sasha. The last memory I have of both my parents is when we went for a picnic. It was the week before my dad got sick. My parents love to be outdoors. As I said before to Romeo and AJ, my dad loved to swim. He would swim when he had a long, tiring day. He also taught me baseball. That was my last memory of him healthy. The last memory I ever had is when he told me to look out for my mother; take care of her. She is in trouble." He remembers his last words to him.
"Why would he tell you that?" She asks. "Did you sense anything odd before?"
"Actually, she smelled like sweat and was always tired coming home. I just thought it is because of her overtime. I would always wait for her to be home before I fell asleep. Sometimes, I would hear her crying saying sorry to someone." He feels guilty that he should have done more to help her.
"I see, did you ever talk to her about this?"
"I did one time after my dad died. He passed way in a bad way. He struggled a lot before he passed on. Well that is what my mom said. She never gave me the full details to that. Anyways, when I asked she tried to dismiss it at first. With me being stubborn, she finally told me she is sorry and had to do it for the health of myself. She won't let me have the same fate as my dad." He sniffles. AJ goes up to him to comfort him. "No, AJ I am okay." He breathes in and out deeply. "2 weeks after that she re-married to Sergio. Then another week later, she disappeared. She didn't come back from work to serve me breakfast. She always does as well as kisses me on the head."
"Did you ask your step father, who is Sergio, I assume, about your mother's whereabouts?" She is getting a lot more information than before they tried to find his mother.
"I did. I ask where my mom went to because she isn't back yet. He told me she will be here. The next morning she didn't show up again. I panicked and worried on where she is. My step father told me they were dead. I wanted proof, but he never gave me anything. I was confused because I was her pride and joy since my dad died. She wouldn't just leave like that without telling me or writing a note.
"Back track a bit. Sergio, your step father, told you they were dead. Did he know your actually father died?" She is getting more and more interest on whom this Sergio fella is.
"I assume so. He told me he drown and caught pneumonia."
"How does he know that? Did your mother tell him?"
"I guess so, however, she is a very private person. She doesn't really talk about the bad situation or any situations about our family. Our neighbours just know he died, but they don't know the cause of his death."
"Hmm… what does your step father do as in is work?"
"He said something in customer service. He never said the company name. He sells products to people that can't afford the expensive products." He utters realizing he didn't get a straight answer on that either.
"So you never actually have seen him at his job?" He shakes his head." Ahh, okay you are fee to go now. Thank you." She turns to the computer.
"Auntie Jennifer, you really think Sergio could be part of his parents' whereabouts." AJ asks giving Alberto some hope.
"He is a suspect, but I still need to investigate him to make sure."
"Oh heads up, he doesn't like me to research on my own about my parents." He warns just in case they interrogate him.
"Thanks for the tip."
"If you need anything else come ask me. I will answer anything to help with this investigation." He offers.
"Thank you." She appreciates the offer. Some people don't want to help. They just let her and her team handle all of it.
Just as AJ opens the door to exit, Sophie runs in. "Mommy!" She runs into her mother's arms upset.
"What's wrong, baby girl? Where is daddy?" She pats her daughter's back.
"Daddy is arguing with a mean man. He told me to come here. Mommy, he said some bad words." She sniffles.
"It is okay baby girl mommy and Uncle Romeo will take care of it. You stay with Auntie AJ." Sophie nods in agreement.
"Come here baby Sophie. You can play tea party with us. That is always your favourite activity."
"Okay, mommy, be careful." She warns going with AJ and Alberto.
"Do you think it is Sergio?" Jennifer asks Romeo.
"I don't know who else it could be. That is the only person she doesn't know on the property." Romeo states to her.
When they try to exit again, Anthony enters the door. "I am through with that guy. Romeo, you need to deal with him." He paces back and forth very irritated with Sergio.
"Baby, what happen? Why is our baby girl crying?" Jennifer asks.
"Sergio told her some lies. He said that you were cheating on me with Romeo. He thinks and told Sophie that you two up here by yourselves means you are having an affair." He restates.
"What?" They both yell.
"Where is he? He has crossed the line." Romeo marches out of his office.
"He is with Dawn right now. She calmed him down and took him back to their house." Anthony informs his best friend.
"Let's go. I am going to set him straight." He marches to the staff house with Jennifer and Anthony behind him.
"Dawn! Sergio!" He yells out. There are no answers from anyone, so he starts to search the house. He finds them in Sergio's room with Dawn giving him a blowjob "Dawn!" She stops frozen by Romeo's tone.
"Hi Romeo, are you enjoying the show?" He smirks, not phrase by the interruption.
"Dawn, get his member out of your mouth." She complies and runs to her room. Jennifer follows her to provide her side of the story.
"You are telling lies to my niece." Romeo yells out.
"Lies, they are the truth. No one does anything but sexually activities when they are alone together. This previous show proves it." He pulls his pants up.
"Jennifer and I aren't having an affair, so don't spread lies. This is your only warning. I have no problem kicking you out."
"If I go, Alberto goes; we are a packaged deal."
"Actually, according to your contract if you break any rules I can kick you out without losing Alberto. So again, stop spreading lies." He warns again before they exit.
"Damn, she didn't finish." He wasn't active listening to Romeo's warning.
"Dawn, what happen? Do you like him?" Dawn nods entering her room. "Okay, don't you think this is too fast?"
"Jennifer, I really like him. I guess it was love at first sight for me. I know he like me too. I can tell." Dawn sniffles thinking that Romeo is probably going to suspend or fire her for this.
"You like him it is okay. I just think you should slow things down. If he really does like you then he will wait. Now for Romeo's reaction-"
"He will suspend me or fire me. I know he doesn't like him, but I do. I enjoy him like that and I know he like it too."
"Well explain that to him. I know he will not do anything to you if you explain that to him." She comforts her.
"Okay, I will-"
"Dawn." Romeo knocks on the door calmly.
"Romeo, come in." Jennifer answers.
Romeo enters with a sigh at Dawn's appearance. "Dawn, what happened?"
"I like him Mr. Mendez. I want him to be with me. I know you don't like him, but I like him so much." She expresses.
"Dawn, I know you do. That is why I gave you this mission." She is in shock. "Remember, I always take care of the employees along with AJ. I notice how you are with him, so I gave you this mission." He exposes.
"So I am not fired." She asks.
"No, you can continue to have this fling with him. You just remember our agreement." He smiles.
"Oh thank you Mr. Mendez." She goes up to him to give him a hug.
He stops her in her tracks. "Woah, hug me when your mouth and hands haven't touch his private parts." He backs away.
"No problem." She happily smiles.
Outside the door: "Damn, I need to up the romance level." Sergio returns to his room.
They all get back to the Mendez house. They head up to AJ's room to see them play tea party.
"Sophie, it is time to go." Jennifer announces.
"Okay mommy." She gets up completely forgot about the incident before. "Bye Auntie AJ." She hugs her. "Bye Uncle Alberto." She hugs him. "She likes you." She whispers to him.
"Thanks for taking care of her while we deal with the situation." They also notice she doesn't want to remember, so they won't mention it.
"No problem Auntie Jennifer." AJ starts to clean up.
"Daddy, are you going to tuck me in today?" Sophie asks sweetly.
"Of course I will, princess. Just like I always do." They walk out of the room with Romeo in his office.
"She really enjoys your company." Alberto observes.
"Who does?" She puts the cups and plates away in a box neatly.
"Sophie. Besides her parents, you are the person she trust the most. It is really cute how she curls up to you when she is upset." He smiles loving the kind, caring side of AJ.
"Thank you, but she liked you quickly today. Usually, she will shy away from strangers, but nope she went full in with you. I think she has a crush on you." She giggles.
"She is not the only one that has a crush." He mutters.
"What?" AJ inquires not believing what he said.
"Nothing." He realizes he said that out loud. "I am going to check on Angelle to see if I need to be trained anymore." He exits quickly as AJ has a smile on her face.
Alberto heads towards the stairs until he hears moaning. He thinks it is in his mind until he hears it again. It is coming from Romeo's office.
"Oh Romeo don't stop." He hears. "I won't ever, my sweet Angelle." He hears again. He is in shock that they are making love in his office. He had a sense they are have feelings for each other, but didn't know they were dating. He wonders why they didn't tell her, she would welcome it from what she told him before. Now his problem is can he keep this from AJ until they tell her own their own.
Everyone is starting to know about Romeo and Angelle. Who else will know before AJ knows? Will Alberto tell AJ before they do?
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