October 28th, 2004

Maya was now a year old. Lily and Bug could not believe she was there already. She was getting so big. She was talking. She could say Dada, Mama, and Bug. Maya was walking and getting into everything.

They had a huge party for her. Everyone from school and the Medical Examiners office was there. They had a three tiered vanilla cake with frosting butterflies all over it. The entire apartment was filled with pink, purple, and yellow balloons. Maya got so many birthday presents from a stuffed bear to a car that she could peddle. She was so spoiled.

Maya toddled out of her bedroom. She looked around and didn't see any of her parents near her. She toddled into the bathroom and started to unroll the toilet paper. She giggled as she did it.

"Maya?" Lily walked down the hallway and into her bedroom. "Maya Butterfly? Where are you child?" She could hear Maya's giggled. Lily groaned. "Oh lord!!" Lily dashed to the bathroom in time to see the whole roll being flushed. "Maya!!!"

"Mama!" She pointed to the toilet.

"Damn it." Lily groaned. She pushed Maya out of the way and reached into the toilet and pulled all of the paper out. Maya's lip started to quiver as she watched her mother ruin her handiwork.

"Mama!!!" She sobbed. Lily threw all the soggy paper into the trash and looked at her daughter.

"Come on, Maya." Lily growled and picked the toddler up. "You're a very bad girl, Maya Butterfly. I told you not to do that last time." Lily stomped into the living room and glared at Bug. "This daughter of yours is impossible. You were supposed to be watching her, Bug. You're reading a newspaper." Bug looked up.

"What did she do this time?" bug sighed as he took the screaming Maya. Lily put her hands on her hips.

"Another roll of toilet paper down the drain…again." She said. Bug looked at Maya.

"Maya, you can not do that. Bad girl. That could cost a lot for us. You could clog up the pipes and break them." Bug said. Maya whimpered. Lily sighed as she plopped down n the couch.

"What happened to her?" Lily asked, "She's a royal terror now."

"It happens. People grow up." Bug said, "We had to."

"I don't think we have yet." Lily winked. "Do you want another one?"

"Another what?" Bug asked, tickling Maya's belly.

"Another baby." Lily said, "I know we talked about it when Maya was younger, but now she's one." Bug looked at Lily.

"I would love another child." Bug said, "Whenever you're ready."

"I'm ready now I think. If we start trying now, we could have a baby by the time Maya is two and that's a perfect age range." Lily said. Bug smiled tenderly at his wife.

"Why don't we wait until we go to the Bahamas in April? Then if we conceive, that'll be a nice story to tell him or her."

"I like the way you think." Lily said, "Maya would be twenty-seven months then once the baby arrived."

"And that's perfect." Bug said, "As long as we have a boy."

"Oh we will." Lily leaned back and closed her eyes. She could just feel the heat of the sun pouring over her body. She could feel the sand between her toes. She could hear the waves crashing against the shore. She couldn't wait to go to the Bahamas and have nice quality time with Bug.

November 11th, 2004

Lily shivered as she ran into Medford High School. She was running ten minutes late due to the newest snowfall. She hoped no one had noticed. She went to her office and the secretary looked at her.

"Is it cold out there, Lily?" Sonya asked. Lily nodded.

"My car stalled twice." She said, "Do I have any messages?"

"Just for you to stop being late all the time." Sonya smiled.

"Yeah, tell my daughter that." Lily chuckled walking inside her office. She hoped today would be a quiet day. She had a lot of things to file. She settled down at her desk and flipped on her computer.

"Mrs. V?" Phoebe Benson knocked on the door. Lily smiled.

"Come in, Phoebe." She said.

"Am I too early?" Phoebe asked, "I can leave if you want me to."

"No no. Please come in." She said, "What can I do for you?"

"I really need to talk to someone, Ma'am." She said, "Can I sit?" Lily nodded and motioned for her to sit down. Ma'am…Lily still wasn't used to being called ma'am all the time. She was only thirty.

"What do you need to talk about?" Lily asked, "I've noticed you've been pretty quiet the past couple of weeks. Anything wrong at home or school?" Phoebe glanced away, "Phoebe?"

"I'm not supposed to say anything." She whispered.

"Who said?" Lily asked.

"I can't tell you, ma'am." She said. Lily sighed slightly.

"Al right. What is it then?" Lily asked. Phoebe looked at her.

"He touched me." She said, "I thought it was an accident the first time, but then it kept on happening. IT wasn't an accident."

"Touched? In what way, Phoebe?" Lily asked softly. Phoebe's lips quivered as she looked away.

"I just wanted child support from him, Mrs. V. And he wouldn't give it to me unless…"

"Unless you let him…."

"Yeah." Phoebe said softly.

"I didn't know you had a child." Lily said, trying to remain friendly still.

"It's in my record. Keelie. She's a year old." Phoebe whispered.

"Phoebe, this is blackmail. It's against the law. If the courts told him to pay child support then he needs to." Lily said, "We need to tell the authorities if he's forcing you to have sex, Phoebe."

"No! He'll get fired!" Phoebe cried. Lily narrowed her eyes.

"Does he work here?" She said. Phoebe nodded. Lily's blood started to boil. "Phoebe, tell me who he is and I promise he won't hurt you again and you will get the money you deserve."

"I can't, Mrs. V. He'll hurt me." Phoebe said. Lily shook her head.

"No. He will be in protective custody." Lily reached out and touched her hand softly. "You're too good for this man. Don't be silent. You have Keelie." Phoebe's eyes changed as she looked at Lily.

"Mr. Conway." She whispered. It took every ounce of power in Lily's body not to jump out of that chair and pound the living shit out of Conway. She had always been weirded out by the way he looked at her when they passed each other in the hallway and now she finds out that he conceived a child with a sixteen year old and used her afterwards. Lily nodded slowly.

"All right, Phoebe. I will take care of this." She said.

"I won't get in trouble will I?" Phoebe asked. Lily shook her head.

"No. You're fine. Would you like me to call your mother to come pick you up?" She asked, "it might be best right now."

"Thank you, Mrs. V." Phoebe said with a slight smile as she stood up. Lily nodded slowly. How could she have let this happen? No, she didn't blame the entire thing on herself, but she should have suspected something like this was going on but she didn't.

Lily sighed softly again as she picked up the phone to phone the principal. How could a teacher like this come into this school without anyone knowing how he was? Didn't they give background checks? If they didn't, they really had to start doing that. Lily would make sure when Maya entered school all her teachers were legit.

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