Chapter 2
Mariemaia needed him. Daddy always addressed her by her name. He never called her his partner.
That title was always reserved for Mama. Both in work and at home. She was his life partner and partner
in work.
That's also why I didn't want Papa going on his mission. For some reason the Preventers view Daddy
as their strongest warrior, quickest mind, and I guess, best guy to put on the front line. Before Mama and
Daddy were the Preventers' smartest team, strongest team, best team. Not any more.
When I was six years old, my Mama and Daddy had to go on a mission that dealt with terrorists. Miss Lady Une assured their safety. It's needless to say that I now hold a personal grudge against that woman for what happened. Despite Miss Une's guarantee my parents' well being, I knew something bad would happen. I was left with Mister Wu Fei Chang and his family - Jiang Hu, his wife, and Chin Xue, his son. As soon as my Daddy and Mama left me with the Changs, I became hysterical. It's not that I didn't like Wu Fei's family. In fact they were second family to me. Chin Xue tried his best to distract me, but the bad feeling I had didn't go away. I cried for the whole week I stayed there. When Daddy came home, Mama did not. My worst fears had come true. My mother had been shot. Actually both my parents had been shot, but Daddy was only shot in the arm. The damn terrorists got a lucky shot on Mama and nailed her in right between the eyes. I was mortified. Daddy was mortified. Wu Fei, Jiang Hu, and Chin Xue were mortified. Lady Une said that my mother was brave in the line of duty, and gave my father paid vacation until he felt he could go back to work. Oh, that eased the pain. Trust me, Lady Une, you really know what a family needs in a time of grief and sorrow. Paid vacation.
It was nearly six months before Daddy went back to work, and another month after that until I went back to school. Chin Xue was there for me. He didn't quite understand that I lost my mother for good. His dad works for the Preventers too, and Wu Fei has been shot before but only in the leg or arm. However, now that I think about it, what Chin Xue did was very cute. He offered to share his mother with me. I declined his sweet offer, but in a way that's what we ended up doing. The Changs only lived three houses down from me and Daddy, so I often paid "Miss Jiang", as I called her, a visit. She was always there for me when I had girly problems. That was some thing my Daddy was glad to stay out of.
There was another "mother figure" in my life. Miss Sally Po. She was really nice. Miss Sally was Mama's best friend. Now that I remember it, Miss Sally was always there for me too. Even if she lived across our housing development, Sally was there for me just as much as Miss Jiang. I was the flower girl in Sally's wedding. The wedding that almost didn't happen. The wedding had been planned a year ahead of time. Mama was supposed to be the maid of honor. Daddy and I were finally getting our lives back together when the wedding came up. At first I was really excited about being a flower girl, but then when the time for the wedding came, I didn't want to anymore. Miss Sally was ready to cancel the wedding, which would have been okay, she got divorced from that guy a year later, but anyway... Daddy made both she and I be in the wedding. It turned out okay, well for me.
Miss Jiang and Miss Sally are really special ladies. But they will never be Mama. No one shall ever replace my mother, Lucretia Marquise.
Mariemaia needed him. Daddy always addressed her by her name. He never called her his partner.
That title was always reserved for Mama. Both in work and at home. She was his life partner and partner
in work.
That's also why I didn't want Papa going on his mission. For some reason the Preventers view Daddy
as their strongest warrior, quickest mind, and I guess, best guy to put on the front line. Before Mama and
Daddy were the Preventers' smartest team, strongest team, best team. Not any more.
When I was six years old, my Mama and Daddy had to go on a mission that dealt with terrorists. Miss Lady Une assured their safety. It's needless to say that I now hold a personal grudge against that woman for what happened. Despite Miss Une's guarantee my parents' well being, I knew something bad would happen. I was left with Mister Wu Fei Chang and his family - Jiang Hu, his wife, and Chin Xue, his son. As soon as my Daddy and Mama left me with the Changs, I became hysterical. It's not that I didn't like Wu Fei's family. In fact they were second family to me. Chin Xue tried his best to distract me, but the bad feeling I had didn't go away. I cried for the whole week I stayed there. When Daddy came home, Mama did not. My worst fears had come true. My mother had been shot. Actually both my parents had been shot, but Daddy was only shot in the arm. The damn terrorists got a lucky shot on Mama and nailed her in right between the eyes. I was mortified. Daddy was mortified. Wu Fei, Jiang Hu, and Chin Xue were mortified. Lady Une said that my mother was brave in the line of duty, and gave my father paid vacation until he felt he could go back to work. Oh, that eased the pain. Trust me, Lady Une, you really know what a family needs in a time of grief and sorrow. Paid vacation.
It was nearly six months before Daddy went back to work, and another month after that until I went back to school. Chin Xue was there for me. He didn't quite understand that I lost my mother for good. His dad works for the Preventers too, and Wu Fei has been shot before but only in the leg or arm. However, now that I think about it, what Chin Xue did was very cute. He offered to share his mother with me. I declined his sweet offer, but in a way that's what we ended up doing. The Changs only lived three houses down from me and Daddy, so I often paid "Miss Jiang", as I called her, a visit. She was always there for me when I had girly problems. That was some thing my Daddy was glad to stay out of.
There was another "mother figure" in my life. Miss Sally Po. She was really nice. Miss Sally was Mama's best friend. Now that I remember it, Miss Sally was always there for me too. Even if she lived across our housing development, Sally was there for me just as much as Miss Jiang. I was the flower girl in Sally's wedding. The wedding that almost didn't happen. The wedding had been planned a year ahead of time. Mama was supposed to be the maid of honor. Daddy and I were finally getting our lives back together when the wedding came up. At first I was really excited about being a flower girl, but then when the time for the wedding came, I didn't want to anymore. Miss Sally was ready to cancel the wedding, which would have been okay, she got divorced from that guy a year later, but anyway... Daddy made both she and I be in the wedding. It turned out okay, well for me.
Miss Jiang and Miss Sally are really special ladies. But they will never be Mama. No one shall ever replace my mother, Lucretia Marquise.