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Chapter 10
Ryan had wanted to go alone, but Marissa insisted about going. They decided to drive it was a 15 hr drive. So Marissa and Ryan talked about things. "What are you going to do when you see her?" Marissa asked. "Well, I won't act like her father right away." Marissa's phone rang. "Hello." "Oh Hey Sum." "You guys are locked out?" "Ok, doesn't Vanessa remember where the hide a key is?" "Ok, it's under the big rocks by the front porch." "What? Why is Seth climbing up the side of the porch?" "Tell him, It won't do him any good to fall off and break his neck. There aren't any upstairs windows open." There was silence. Ryan looked over at her. Why was he dragging her into this mess, because he knew Theresa was a drunk and she wasn't a good mother. This he had gotten from the few times that he talking to her in the past 13 years.
"Ok, Tell Vanessa I love her and Tell Ally too. Bye." She flipped her Cell shut. "Man Summer and Seth are a riot even when you can't see them." "Why?" Ryan asked "Seth was trying to climb the back porch to get upstairs to a window they thought was open." Ryan laughed, He had to admit that had cheered him up.
As the sign said Atlanta 25 miles. Things started to go through Marissa's mind. "What about Theresa they hated each other. They never had gotten along. Why did she come?
25 miles passed quickly they drove to the other side of Atlanta the Suburb was call ZanesVille. They reached a small but cute little house with a old Nissan and a Jelly Bean Ford Tauras in the driveway. "Nice." They parked Ryan's F150 behind the Tauras and got out. "Marissa, I would like to go in a lone. Could you wait here?" "Yes." He walked up to the house. "Ding Dong." He heard Shouting on the inside. A boy around probably 10 or 11 look out at him through the glass paned door. He opened his mouth. And a man about Ryan's age came down the hallway. He opened the door. "Hello, may I help you?" asked the man. "Yes, is Theresa home?" "No, she's at work." "Dad, is it Colin?" a girl's voice from the back asked. "No." Just then a Silver Lumina pulled up behind Ryan's Car in the driveway. "He's here now." The man said "I can tell her you stopped by."
"Just tell her an old friend stopped." Ryan said.
"Hey Mr. Panes." "Hey Colin." Ryan started walking back to his car. "Hey babe." A Voice said. "Hey" she said as they started walking hand in hand to his car. Ryan caught a glance of his daughter she looked just like her mother except for the Blue eyes. Maria saw him. "Sir, are you looking for my mom." "Yeah, how did you know?" "I heard you talking to my Da...." "Dad?" She asked "Ryan Atwood?" She said again. She walked up to him "Are you him?" "Yea." "Daddy!" She hugged him "Whoa, I wasn't expecting that." "Please take me away from here." She whispered. And she went back to Colin and they left. "What was that about?" Marissa asked. "I think I have my daughter back." "Good. Now, can I have my Fiancée' back?" They went to the Hotel.
The Next day Ryan let Marissa stay at the hotel and sleep in. He drove back to Theresa's house. This time the Tauras was gone and there was a dark green Ford Explorer in its place. The boy who had answered the door yesterday was mowing the lawn and there was little girl about 6 who looked like Theresa sitting on the steps playing with a dog. "Ryan, what are you doing here?" Theresa said as she opened the door to the house. "I came to see Maria." "Come inside." Theresa said looking curiously to see if any of the neighbors saw.
"Why did you come all this way to see her." "I came, because if I didn't I would never get to see her." "I don't want you to see her." "To bad I saw her yesterday." "So, you're the old friend that came over yesterday." "Yeah, well .. "Dad. Twice in 2 days this is a record." Maria said as she walked into the room. She was wearing Blue jeans and a tank top. She was the spitting image of her mother at that age. "Hey Maria." "I'll let you two talk." Theresa knew there was no way of changing it. her daughter wanted to be with her Dad. She had told her when she was 12 that if her Dad ever came to see her she would leave with him. "Hey." Ryan said. He was uncomfortable "Dad, can I move to California?" "Why would you want to leave this place?" Ryan looked around it was nice but it was only a tad bit nicer than what his house in Chino had been. "Look at it's a dump." She said. "Fine, let me talk to your mom." She left the room. "Take her. She's to much work anyways." Theresa said in that tone that meant I don't mean. It. "That's not true. I remember the day she was born you were so in love that little girl." Ryan said. "Well, 16 years and 2 pregnancy later I may have changed my mind." Her tone still said she didn't mean it. "Theresa." "She has been threatening for years to move away to California and of course she couldn't do it till she was 18 unless you said she could come stay with you. "She can come stay." "Good, you will enroll her in school?" Theresa asked "Yeah she'll go to Harbor." "Can't you send her to Public?" Theresa asked "I would rather send her to Harbor." "Ok." Theresa said.
A hour and a half later. "You ready?" Ryan asked Maria. "She had grabbed all her clothes stuff them in a bag 2 pairs of shoes and her stuff Bunny that he had given her that last time they had seen each other. "I can't believe you still have Mr. Floppsy." Ryan said. "Yep, He's been through everything with me." How was Marissa going to feel about Maria. Ryan wondered as him and Maria drove to the Hotel.
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