"Two cards down. I think we're doing pretty well," Madison said as the girls and Kero came into the hotel room.
"I just hope that lady that Watery grabbed is okay," Sakura murmured. Madison had told her about what she saw at the lake and ever since, she couldn't stop thinking about it. She would never ever forgive herself if the Clow Cards really hurt someone or worse. "Maybe I should call around to the hospitals and see if I can find out anything."
"Sakura, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about," Madison said as she tried to reassure her friend. "You saw the kind of things that her friends had, flying shoes and Kero's new toy. I'm sure that they fixed her right up."
"I hope so," Sakura murmured. Just then she saw the card with the address Madison had been told to go to for information on her father laying on the bedside table. "Madison, why don't we try finding out about your dad again?"
"I don't know if that's such a good idea, Sakura," Madison said. "Shouldn't we be out looking for the Clow Cards?"
"Where could we look in a city this size? We could search forever and no even cover half of it. The best thing for us to do is wait for the cards to show themselves," Sakura said. "We might as well go and see what we can find out about your dad while we can."
"I'm not so sure that I should have even thought of looking anyway," Madison whispered as she struggled to hold back tears.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"What if I don't like what I find?" Madison sobbed. "What if my father was some terrible person? There has to be a reason why my mother never told me anything about him!" In a softer, almost inaudible voice, she whispered, "What if he didn't want me?"
"Madison, I'm sure your dad wanted you very much," Sakura reassured her as she hugged her friend to try to comfort her. "Maybe it just hurts your mom to talk about him or maybe she doesn't think it's important since he wasn't a part of your life. I just can't believe that he was some awful person though. How could an awful person have such a wonderful daughter as you?"
"I miss him so much," Madison murmured. "What if finding out about him makes it hurt even worse?"
"Nothing is going to hurt worse than not knowing. Come on. We'll do this together," Sakura said as she helped Madison to her feet and they started for the door with Kero flying behind them clutching his new toy.