Cursed or Unlucky
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Story to Read: Crossroads of Destiny (Avatar: The Last Airbender) by Ace7
Penance 13: A Better Life
Betty Quinlan Neutron washed up as she hummed happily. She knew that it was now 2 o' clock and soon she'd break to go watch her week end serial 'Get Away'. It dealt mainly with a girl's true paternity slowly bringing disaster to everyone she knows and cares about before and upon revelation.
After completing her tasks in the kitchen she went to check on her triplets. Each a beautiful raven-haired boy, they all had James' eyes. Herb, Nathan, and Einstein Neutron gurgled happily as their mother played, checked, and changed them.
Betty never thought that she'd marry James. After finding out that Cindy was his half cousin James became rather distant. Betty's interest had already waned and she was an on and off girlfriend of Nick Dean in her teens. That ended badly. Then James ended up marrying Libby. That she hadn't expected.
She thought that she's lost him forever. To Cindy's best friend. Betty had honestly thought it was all over. James was never hers forever.
But fate smiled upon her.
The break up and divorce shocked Retroville who placed blame on Libby.
Betty didn't care either way. She was married to James for three-and-a-half years now. The triplets were almost two, and Hillary barely visited anymore.
This made her happy because she personally found Hillary kind of creepy. It was bad enough that she was the child of her husband's ex-wife. But Hillary seemed obsessed with anything white when she was at their house. Even saying her hair wasn't 'straight' enough like 'the other girls.' Most people where they now lived were white. So it wasn't hard to guess who 'the other girls' were.
"Hey Mom," Candy said happily as she hurried into the kitchen and kissed Betty on the cheek.
"Hi darling," Betty said brightly not minding Candy one bit since she didn't mind her (Betty) as a mother and hated Libby, "how was the audition?" she asked.
"Awesome!" Candy said brightly, "they want me back to model with some other girls," she said excitedly.
"Well since you're older you can model more often," Betty said.
"And I started runway last year," Candy said excitedly, "thank you for convincing Dad to not to make me wait until I'm sixteen," she said gratefully.
"Well you look almost sixteen," Betty said with a laugh, "you now being 5'9 already," she pointed out.
"I just want one or two more inches," Candy said in reference to her height.
"Well you're fourteen so no long foreign trips," Betty told her.
"My agent said the other agency's customer's agreed to just having me model from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon," Candy said, "I think it's because not many petite girls are cup c," she added.
"You mean white girls don't you?" Betty teased and looked at her own barely cup b chest.
"Oh come on Mom," Candy said, "you look awesome," she declared.
"Yes she does," James said as he suddenly stepped into the kitchen.
"Dad?" Candy asked in surprise.
"You're home already James?" Betty asked in surprise.
"Slow day," James told her and set his things down, "Hi darling," he said and kissed his wife lightly on the lips.
"Hi honey," Betty responded happily.
"And my big daughter," James said happily and held out his arms.
A laughing Candy hugged him.
"Hey Dad," Candy said between laughs.
"Being a chemist rarely allows me early leaving days," James said after letting Candy go, "but since I'm here…"
"Eww," Candy said immediately.
"You go watch television," James said dismissively as he wrapped his arms around Betty's waist.
"I'm gone," Candy said immediately and left.
Soon both Betty and James were laughing.
Meanwhile in Sweden Jim and Carolyn played on the beach with their two-year old daughters Cin and Heidi. Cin had blonde hair while Heidi had brown hair. So they weren't identical twins. But if paternity was even doubted, Heidi's blue eyes like her father Jim defused it. Cin had green yes like her grandmother. That's why Carolyn decided to call her Cin instead of Tracy. Jim loved the Heidi books and movies despite never admitting it. So naming Heidi resulted in teasing from his recently married wife.
Both ensured to live where incest was accepted. It was one thing to be legal, but another for it to be accepted.
Heidi started running towards the water.
A frightened Jim ran and grabbed her.
"Upsy daisy," Jim said and swung her in the air causing her to squeal, "want to runaway little girl," he teased.
Carolyn watched him and smiled. She didn't care that he was her brother. She loved him with all her heart. And that would never change.
Done
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