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Chapter Ten: The Messenger
"We'll come back again tomorrow, okay Daddy?" Meryl leaned down and gave her father a kiss on the cheek.
"Girl, you're becoming a bigger worrywart than your mother," the man chuckled. Meryl gave a small smile and left her father's bedside. She walked out the room and, closing the door behind her, joined her mother and Vash in the hallway. The older woman smiled down on her daughter.
"Dear, tonight, the three of us are going out to dinner. We've been so wrapped up in your father that we haven't had any time to spend with each other."
"Oh donuts! I forgot all my money in my other jeans pocket!" Vash exclaimed, a sorry look coming over his face.
"Oh no, son. I'm paying for everything tonight. I want you two to enjoy yourselves and order whatever you want, no matter what the price," the woman smiled. Going googly-eyed, Vash grabbed her in a giant bear hug.
"Thank you so much, Mama Meryl!" He cried, swinging her around in the hospital hallway.
"Vash! Put my mother down! Vash!" Meryl cried, trying to stop the goofy man. They exited the building with Vash still holding "Mama Meryl" as he was calling her, and Meryl trailing dejectedly behind, shaking her head.
They ended up going to a bar where they ordered a huge platter of nachos and three glasses of water (Meryl had threatened to kill Vash if he got drunk in front of her mother). Dinner went smoothly with Meryl and her mother discussing things from Meryl's childhood. He was planning on jumping into the conversation when he heard a strangely familiar voice.
"Hey Tongari."
Vash's eyes widened when he saw Wolfwood standing at the end of the table. Vash looked from Meryl to her mother and back again. What was wrong with them? Couldn't they see him standing there?
"No, Tongari. Only you can see me. I have something very important to tell you, now listen closely."
"Vash! Vash! If you don't stop staring into space, I swear I'll…"
"Millie," Vash said, stopping Meryl's rampage.
"What?" Vash's eyes came back into focus and he looked sadly at the woman beside him.
"Something's happened to Millie."
Chapter Ten: The Messenger
"We'll come back again tomorrow, okay Daddy?" Meryl leaned down and gave her father a kiss on the cheek.
"Girl, you're becoming a bigger worrywart than your mother," the man chuckled. Meryl gave a small smile and left her father's bedside. She walked out the room and, closing the door behind her, joined her mother and Vash in the hallway. The older woman smiled down on her daughter.
"Dear, tonight, the three of us are going out to dinner. We've been so wrapped up in your father that we haven't had any time to spend with each other."
"Oh donuts! I forgot all my money in my other jeans pocket!" Vash exclaimed, a sorry look coming over his face.
"Oh no, son. I'm paying for everything tonight. I want you two to enjoy yourselves and order whatever you want, no matter what the price," the woman smiled. Going googly-eyed, Vash grabbed her in a giant bear hug.
"Thank you so much, Mama Meryl!" He cried, swinging her around in the hospital hallway.
"Vash! Put my mother down! Vash!" Meryl cried, trying to stop the goofy man. They exited the building with Vash still holding "Mama Meryl" as he was calling her, and Meryl trailing dejectedly behind, shaking her head.
They ended up going to a bar where they ordered a huge platter of nachos and three glasses of water (Meryl had threatened to kill Vash if he got drunk in front of her mother). Dinner went smoothly with Meryl and her mother discussing things from Meryl's childhood. He was planning on jumping into the conversation when he heard a strangely familiar voice.
"Hey Tongari."
Vash's eyes widened when he saw Wolfwood standing at the end of the table. Vash looked from Meryl to her mother and back again. What was wrong with them? Couldn't they see him standing there?
"No, Tongari. Only you can see me. I have something very important to tell you, now listen closely."
"Vash! Vash! If you don't stop staring into space, I swear I'll…"
"Millie," Vash said, stopping Meryl's rampage.
"What?" Vash's eyes came back into focus and he looked sadly at the woman beside him.
"Something's happened to Millie."