The next morning, Megan comes downstairs to find Jennifer has made her favorite breakfast from one of their shared favorite shows: bacon pancakes from Adventure Time. Jennifer never made breakfast, but there she was, humming the song that went with the pancakes from the show.
"Momma?" Megan wondered, Jennifer turned smiling. "What is all this?"
"Just a little something I threw together. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!" Jennifer beamed.
"But my birthday was yesterday..." Megan reminded her, a little confused herself.
"That's true, but it was also Father's Day. This is my birthday surprise for you." Jennifer explained, flipping a couple pancakes on a plate and handing them to Jennifer. "The cherry syrup is on the table." She informed her as she went back to flipping.
"Thanks Mom!" Megan smiled and toddled into the small area they called the dining room. It was a cut off part of the kitchen, enough room for a tiny table and two mismatched chairs. Megan sat in the yellow one, which was hers and reached for the syrup on the table. Jennifer came in and sat in hers which was blue. "Mom this is so good, thank you!" Megan commented in between giant mouthfuls of bacon and pancake syrup soaked goodness.
"You're welcome Sweetheart." Jennifer again smiled but it held a certain kind of sadness.
"Momma, is something wrong?" Megan asked pausing in her devouring. Jennifer shook her head to wake her up from her distracting thoughts.
"What? No. Nothing is wrong." But it was a lie and Jennifer wanted to corrected herself but decided against it. She ended up opening her mouth, only to close it and smile again. Megan was suspicious all through breakfast, but said nothing.
"So, what do you want to do today?" Jennifer asked as they made their way into the lounge again. Megan looked at the covered machine and thought hard. She finally sighed and sat in the armchair Dan had sat in the night before.
"I want you to tell me the truth." Megan crossed her arms as Jennifer's legs gave way as she sat on the couch.
"Oh... What truth?" Jennifer asked as if she had no idea what Megan was talking about. Megan only point to the machine.
"And don't lie." Megan demanded. Normally, Jennifer would have told Megan to stop being sassy but she knew Megan was only doing because she knew she had been lied to for a long time.
"Okay Megan, I won't lie but can I try to made it easier for you?" Jennifer suggested in question. Megan nodded and Jennifer began with a sigh. "Okay, Megan, let me think." Both were quiet as Jennifer thought. "I'm going to tell you a story that is all true." And she began...