His True Love

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Chapter Twenty Four – Wishing

RAMIELA:

 I was scared but doin' my best to be brave and not cry like a baby. I knew I had to be somewheres topside but I had no idea where I was so even if I could sneaks out I wouldn't be able to finds my way home.

I just listened to Sandra I thought I ought to knows her from somewhere but weren't sures where. She did know both my name and dad's name so she had to know us.

" Who are ya anyway?" I finally asked.

" Don't you remember me honey?" Sandra asked looking pleased.

I shook my head no " I were tryin' to help you. Why did you do this to me?"

She smiled " Randy was just a bit upset he isn't like that normally. Besides Ramiela I told you that you deserve a life away from the sewers and you do know me or ought to" she scowled a bit, her face suddenly turning dark lookin'.

" You would know me much better if it wasn't for your father!"

I didn't like the way she said that.

Sandra smiled again " Ramiela you might not know it but I am your real mother. My name is Cassandra."

My heart started thumpin' hard and fast under my plastron I could hears it banging. I felt my mouth go dry and I shook a bit.

" Your Shay" I whispered.

She gave me a real big smile " That is right Ramiela. See you do remember me. I visited with you when you were only four years old I brought you some dress up clothes and played with you" Shay said " We had lots of fun together didn't we? Anyway that is how I know you will love living with us."

" I member" I muttered. I did remember that also knew what else she did that time. She took me topside and tole me things like " Your very bad and can't be a ninja cause the clan doesn't want you any more." And also " Your daddy doesn't love you or want you any more."

She lied then. Maybe Shay was lying to me bout havin' a horse too!

I really wants a horse but if Shay lied to me fore about thins like that why would she be tellin' the truth now?

I didn't like Shay I'd rather be at school with Uncle Donatello. Dad might be mad at me thinking I skipped. I wish he were here right now mad or not.

I didn't know much bout my real mom only stuff I knew bout her is what my dad tole me, and he didn't say much bout her.

When the twins were babies I asked dad once if I had a mom like they did.

" Course you have a mom Rama. She left when you were a baby" Dad assured me.

" Why she leave dad?"

" Your mom was very young and she couldn't handle living down here. She missed topside too much" dad explained but he spoke in kinda soft sad way " she also wanted to go home and work out some problems she had with her own parents."

" Did she love me?" I wondered cause if she did love me how could she leave me?

Dad smiled a bit but it weren't his usual happy smile " Oh, she did love you very much. I'm sure she thinks about you a great deal."

I didn't ask dad any more about my mom least not then but I did ask Uncle Raphael what she were like. I figured dad must miss my mom and awful lot and that was why he were sad when he talked bout her. Uncle Raphael might be able to tell me without getting upset the way dad did.

" Yeah I knew your mom but I don't think too highly of her and I could end up saying things that you don't need to hear kid, so I'm not the right person to ask" Uncle Raphael said then he told me that I ought to ask only my dad about my mom.

Over the next few years dad only insisted that my mother had loved me but hadn't been able to deal with our way of life.

I didn't know back then that Shay was my mom. I had been told Shay was a friend of the family, that is till she tried to take me away and dad told her not to come back.

I don't know why Shay wanted to take me away from my dad back then but I found out this year that it might have to do with her being my mom.

Dad had only told me Shay was my mom recently after I had gotten so upsets about Jessie's mom who called us animals and freaks. I asked dad if my mom had left cause I was a freak. Dad denied it said that weren't it at all. That were when he told me bout who Shay really was.

" Your mom loved you so much Rama she wanted to give you a normal life like other children your age have. She didn't stop to think that others might see you as being different from humans. She didn't know that she was scaring you by taking you away from me or telling you the things that she did." Dad had bowed his head a bit, " you were so upset about what she had done. You had nightmares and you changed Rama. I didn't want to tell you that she was your mom before because it might have upset you." He took a deep breath and licked his lips " I didn't lie to you Rama she was a friend of the family until she took you. Then I couldn't trust her anymore. I couldn't let her visit you after that. I told her she was not welcome here and she couldn't come around."

" How could Shay loves me and do that?"

" It was because she loved you. She loved you as much as Karena loves the twins and I don't doubt that for one moment. She loved you enough to want you with her all ways and to give you some thing better then what you have here."

I didn't know what dad meant by that then. How could life be better away from him and the entire clan?

Now Shay had come back and she gots me again. Maybe this time she were gonna take me away and dad wouldn't be able to stop it.

" I'm going untie your hands and feet for a little while Ramiela but I don't want you trying to get away on me."

" I won't" I agreed only cause I didn't know where to go if I did get away.

She bent and kissed me on the forehead " That is my good girl Ramiela . Randy ought to be back soon."

I scowled at the sound of his name he seemed so scary the way he'd been hurtin' Shay. I was afraid he were gonna hurt me like that too. My head were soar as was from where he hit me.

Shay just smiled " I know you might be a little scared of him but when he gets back we can have lunch and you can get used to your new dad."

" He's not my dad!" I yelled in anger. I knew who my dad were. Didn't like Shay tryin' to tell me Randy were my dad now.

" Sssh Ramiela not so loud!" Shay scolded me " I told you before he is going be your new dad and you will like him."
" No I won't! Can't make me," I snapped at her sulking.

Then I heard a sound coming down a hallway and saw Randy come in and lock the door behind him he entered the kitchen off the hallway and then peeped into the bedroom area where we were his face had hair all over it. I didn't like it.

" Good she is awake. How is she doing Sandra?"

" Ramiela is awake and she is a bit frightened but is all right. I think after lunch I'm going see about getting her something to keep her calm and quiet" Shay said to Randy.

" Can't afford to…" Randy began.

" Listen while she is here we can't have her causing a fuss or attracting the wrong kind of attention our way. I know some people from when I used to live here I'm sure I can get something that will suit our purposes without us having to pay for it" Shay insisted.

Randy looked around the corner " You going sit on your bed all day or come have lunch?" He demanded.

I didn't want him to get mad and hurt me so I went into the kitchen and sat at the table between him and Shay.

It were McDonald's food. I've had it before a few times and I liked it okay, but I liked dad's cooking better. Wished I had some of his cooking now. Instead I had McDonald's cheeseburger, pop and fries. A tiny puppet toy to play with later on came in the meal. I tried a bite but it wouldn't go down it sort of stuck in my throat and I had to makes it go down.

" Now we can't give you much for toys but since we are going on a long trip I picked you up a few things at a thrift store for you kid" he handed me a bag.

" What do you say Ramiela?" Shay asked.

" Thank you," I whispered softly not even lookin' at him cause I didn't want to thanks him at all.

" See didn't I tell you he would be a good dad for you" Shay smirked. " Now eat up."

I sighed and peeked in the bag it had a colouring book a bag of broken crayons, a little kids story book, a Barbie doll and two stuffed animals one was a dog the other a spotted cat of some kind.

I turned back to my lunch but found it hard to eat I weren't really hungry so I sat playing with my food somethin' my daddy wouldn't stands for. He'd scold me something awful he would. Wish he were here to do that.

Suddenly I felt awful sick " I gots to go to the washroom" I moaned.

" Come on I'll show you where it is" Shay took me into the hall way and to the washroom.

What little I ate had decided it didn't want to stay down so it came up and out. I stayed in there for a bit wishing I were anywhere but there.

Then Shay called me to comes out so I did and went over to the bag of toys and brought out the stuffed cat to hold more cause I wanted something to hang onto then wanting to play with it. I wished it were my real kitty Baka. Baka always could make me feel good when I were sad.

I didn't know what I should do and I were just so scared cause I didn't know how to get home and I didn't know what they were gonna do with me.

I sat down on the bed there were two beds a big one and a smaller one and a large dresser with a TV on it at the foot of the beds, and two nightstands one by each bed.

Randy started tying my feet up again " I will leave your hands loose so you can hold your kitty as long as you behave and stay quiet all right?"

I weren't bout to disagree with him. So I nodded.

Shay smiled " You be good for your dad now."

" He's not my dad," I growled, only wished he were. If he were my real dad he'd let me go home.

" He is a far better dad then yours will ever be!" Shay hissed.

She sure didn't seem to like my dad any. My dad had never said mean thins to me bout her. Not ever. I pulled back and bit my bottom lip a little. I knew it weren't true no one were better then my dad was.

" You be a good girl and no trouble Ramiela" Shay said sternly before turning to Randy " Let her watch some cartoons or something to keep her occupied" she ordered before leaving.

I laid on the bed cuddling my toy tight, wanting dad to come get me. I looked at Randy.

" Won't you let me go home to my real daddy please?" I begged.

" Sorry kid you are coming with us to Las Vegas."

Didn't wants to go to Lost Vegas. Sides if it was lost how would we finds it?
Randy watched me " You are going be a hit and if we can work up an act you could really blow the strip away." He drawled.

I sighed he sure talked funny. I didn't know what he were talkin' bout. I didn't want to be any part of it whatever it was.

' Oh daddy please come help me please! I don't wants to go to lost Vegas.' I wished daddy could hear my thoughts and find me. I knew daddy wouldn't be afraid of Shay or Randy like I were. I wanted to stay with the clan and be a ninja.

The thought of not seeing my dad or anyone in the clan again was enough to make me start crying which I didn't want to do but I couldn't seem to stop it either.

I turned my face into the pillows so Randy wouldn't see me cry. I crushed the toy tight to my plastron.

How I wished I could really be in school right now!

Borin as Uncle Donatello was he at least weren't scary like Shay and Randy and that terrible sounding lost Vegas place.

TBC