Enjoy.
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The flight back was quiet. The tension between Sofia and Racheal could be cut with a knife. Racheal currently sat in the back, and left autopilot on. The jet was actually comfortable. It had a bathroom, and even comfy chairs. "Only the best for me" Racheal would say jokingly, when Melissa complimented on it. Right now though, Racheal sat behind Melissa, checking her phone.
"How longer is this going to be?" Sofia asked impatiently.
"An hour to an hour and a half" Racheal answered irritably. Sofia just huffed, and turned to the window.
Looking down at her phone, Racheal giggled at something she saw. She passed her phone to Melissa, showing her a picture on it.
"Your father at his seventeenth birthday party" she grinned. It looked like a younger version of her dad, with the same hair, and eyes, but with cake on his nose, and a party hat.
"Your father- what?" Jay called from in the copilot's seat.
"Nothing" Melissa said, as she quickly tried to suppress a giggle.
"That's him, all right" Melissa grinned.
"What?" Marie asked, from behind Sofia, who was across from Melissa. Melissa handed the phone to Marie.
"Oh yeah! I remember that day" She was also laughing at the younger man.
"Exactly, why do you still have pictures of him" Sofia asked suspiciously.
"Ah jeez . . ." Melissa mumbled, quickly recognizing when a fight was about to start.
"It's just for old time sake. I have old pictures of all my old friends" Racheal defended her self.
"Friends" Sofia repeated, clearly unconvinced.
"Well, you certainly don't seem to be making him all that happy" Racheal shot back at her. Melissa was glad that her father had headphones on at the moment.
"You don't know what's going on in our life" Sofia glared daggers at her.
"So you just left him, and he was completely fine with it?" Racheal asked sarcastically.
"Wait, Wait, Wait" Melissa intervened "You left him?"
"Uh-well-"
"You told me that he made you leave"
"Melissa . . . it's not what you think" Sofia said gently.
"You lied to me" Melissa said bluntly.
"I guess it is what she thinks" Racheal added, clearly satisfied with Sofia's current situation.
"You stay out of this" Sofia warned.
"So you thought it was okay to lie, and then make dad seem like the bad guy?" Melissa asked, utterly shocked. Sofia didn't have anything to say to that. Her shock slowly turned to anger.
"We can all talk about this went we get back" Jay put in, who was standing in front of both of them.
"Yeah we will" Melissa murmured angrily to herself.
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Once they were back at the bunker, the tension levels were even higher.
"Uh Racheal would you like to stay for a while?" Jay asked politely.
"Uh sure. I can't go back there, since they probably know I helped you" she replied.
Sofia walked towards her room.
"Going somewhere?" Jay asked. He hadn't forgotten that those were the words he used the night she left. Sofia slowly turned around. Everyone was in the front area, but Marie and Racheal were standing a far ways back.
"The truth came out" Jay started "I told you that the truth would come out"
"You don't need to rub it in" Sofia defended herself.
"Guys" Jay turned to Racheal and Marie "do you mind?" he asked gently. They nodded, and went into the kitchen.
"It wouldn't have been this bad if you told the truth" Melissa told her.
"I know, and I'm sorry" Sofia apologized.
"That's not going to cut it" Jay butted in "You used her to blackmail me"
"What do you mean?" Melissa asked.
"I thought that she should leave, but she knew you would blame me"
"Ugh! It would have been better if you didn't come back at all!" Melissa shouted angrily. Both parent's eyes were wide. Jay slowly went into the kitchen, leaving them alone.
"Why wasn't I good enough for you?" Melissa asked sadly, her voice getting lower.
"No-it wasn't you I was the one who wasn't good enough" Sofia told her. Melissa's hair draped over one eye.
"I think . . . you should go" Melissa said solemnly. Jay had reentered the room. She looked from Jay to Melissa to Jay.
"Jay . . .?" she asked in a meek voice.
"We both think it's for the best" he said, his face showed no emotion at all.
"If that's what you want, then I'll respect your wishes" She moved closer to Melissa, and put a strand of loose hair behind her ear "but just know that I will always love you, no matter what"
Melissa's eyes just stared down. She hugged her daughter and left.
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*sniffles* street . . . cred . . . draining
*sniffles* rep . . . dying . . .
Bye
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