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Things are supposed to be confusing for the time being. Please enjoy.

Chapter 29

Mpov

I wake to a knock on Daddy's door. Daddy is sleeping on his bed next to me, his arm wrapped around my waist holding me safely against him. He is so deep into sleep that he doesn't seem to hear the door. I climb over his big body and walk to the door. The handle is really high up, so it looks like we have a slight problem. I push a desk chair over to the door and climb on it to turn the handle. As the handle turns the rolling chair moves out from under my feet making me fall. Luckily I am caught before I full hit the ground.

"How is my favorite boy?" I look up to see who caught me and standing before me is Aunt Viktoria. I giggle and run into her warm loving arms. Aunt Viktoria comes to see me a lot and she brings me presents every time.

"Mama," I point to the hallway towards where I know for a fact my mother is.

"Where is mama?" she asks me curiously taking in the surroundings. I point to the hallway and take off down it without another word. She is on my heels following me. Of course she can't let me run off by myself. You have to expect most adults to follow me at this age.

"Cookie! Cookie!" I squeal running towards a kid holding a cookie in their hand. My mom says I'll be like these kids one day, learning how to fight and be brave, but with me I'll be the best. She tells me that my daddy is strong and I will be just like him when I am bigger, but I'll be nicer and not mean to girls.

"Hey Mason, you want a cookie too?" I look up to see that the kid with the cookie is Eddie. I like Eddie he lets me work with him sometimes and we protect Aunt Lissa real well. He usually has me stand with him by the door or look for bad guys, but when it comes to fighting I have to go inside and protect her. I nod and hold out my hand. He hands me a tan cookie and I bite into it. I make a yucky face and lean forward to spit the cookie to the ground.

"Yucky cookie," I whine handing it back to him. He laughs.

"That's an oatmeal raisin cookie," he explains handing me a chocolate chip one. I smile and gobble the cookie up. I hug his legs. He looks up at aunt Viktoria and I swear they just died. Neither of them moves a muscle, all they do is stare. My mommy stares at daddy like this sometimes when he isn't looking. I think she wants him to know, but she can't tell him yet.

"Dada!" I call holding my arms up to Eddie. He looks really confused but picks me up just the same. I smile at him.

"Did you call me Dada, little Mase?" I nod and smile.

"You Dada." I explain that he is my daddy. I know only Dimitri is my real daddy, but since I have to call Uncle Christian daddy too then I figured everyone can be daddy.

"I thought Christian is your Daddy and Dimitri too?" I nod to his logic. They all are my daddies now.

"Mason, I don't think this gentleman is your daddy." Aunt Viktoria explains. I start crying. I want Eddie to be my daddy too. If aunt Lissa is my mommy too, then why can't Eddie be my daddy too?

"Just let him call me it for now miss, I honestly don't mind. He calls everyone daddy around here lately." Eddie says not taking his eyes off of my auntie. Neither of them looks at me so I just sigh and walk away. I just walk randomly up and down the halls not really planning on going anywhere in particular.

I end up outside near the gates to the little kid campus. Someday I will be behind those walls and I so badly want that day to come, but I am not allowed to at 1 and a half. I am almost two and so badly wish to be like my mom and dad. They are strong and brave, and even though they are both stupid and wont kiss each other like everyone else does when they love each other, they are still my parents. I want to be just like my father someday, my mother too maybe, but I need him to know he is really my dad before he will teach me all he knows.

I walk past the kindergartener rooms glancing in windows to see little kids playing with paints and crayons. A couple rooms down from those are the ones they hold kids my age in. if I go anywhere near that area, Guardians will take me and put me in a crib, where I will not be able to escape. I start heading back towards my daddy's room, when I spot my dad. He is standing behind a tree, out of the view of others with a woman. The woman isn't really pretty. She has marks on her face like someone took some crayons and scribbled ugliness on her face. I quietly walk over towards them, but stay quiet so they can not hear me.

"Dimitri, you will come away with me again. Rose does not love you and you do not love her. You were only here to check on Lissa and now that you have you can come back to live with me. You want to live with me." She says pulling him towards her. He follows her as if in a trance and mutters something I can not hear. That woman is trying to take my father away from me. I can't let her do that.

"STOP!" I scream running over to them. The woman stops and looks down at me. She smiles at me and kneels down to my level.

"Aren't you a cutie? What's your name?" she asks brushing her finger across my cheek.

"May mon," I say my name as clearly as I can. She looks at Dimitri as he stands still quite disoriented.

"Dimka, what is this little boy's name?" She asks him. He looks at me before replying.

"That's Mason, Tasha." he says looking down at me with awe in his eyes. He kneels down next to this woman and looks at me. I don't know if he knows that I am his son yet or not. I don't know what this woman has done to him, but he is defiantly not the same as he was only hours ago. I slowly back away from them.

"Where are your parent's Mason?" she asks me. I point to my daddy and run over to him, hugging his legs tightly.

"Daddy," I cry into his long legs. There is something wrong with this woman and I need her to back away from me and let me be with my dad.

"Now I see," she says with a gasp. Dimitri picks me up and holds me close. His arms are so warm and I automatically relax in them. His and my mom's arms are the warmest arms ever. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if the three of us lay together, but that is impossible since my dad won't admit he loves my mom and vise versa.

"Go away," I tell her. I try to put on a brave and angry face, but I can only show one emotion at a time so it only looks like I have to poop. This only makes her laugh and grab me out of daddy's arms by my shirt collar.

"You, little brat, are Rose and Dimitri's kid aren't you?" she asks me. I not and swing trying to be brave and get out of her grasp. I only succeed in trying to choke myself. I start gagging as the shirt pulls tighter around my neck. Tasha freaks out a little bit and sets me on the ground. I take off running towards my mom's room as fast as my little legs will allow me. Tasha is on me so fast that I am back into her wicked arms. I can feel the hatred as she holds me.

"MOMMY!" I scream towards the direction I was going towards, hoping anyone could hear me. Tasha places her hand over my mouth to quiet me. I continue my effort in trying to scream, but it won't work. I squirm some more, hoping to fall or something so I can get out and go back to those who love me. Nothing works. She has me tightly in her arms. I bite her hand hard with what few teeth I do have causing a small bubble of blood to appear. It spills onto the ground and I take the opportunity to kick her as hard as I can.

"Strong like your daddy. Your mommy is weak. Did she tell you that I made her loose her memory? Your stupid little self wouldn't be here without my help." She laughs. My shoe falls off and I stop fighting her. At least there is something my mom can use to know where I am. Tasha takes me and my daddy to a big black car. She tosses me onto my Daddy's lap and starts driving far away from the school. At least I still have him, even though can't remember me or my mom. I will find my way home, no matter the cost. I have to.