Chapter 17

Time to take Laura home. 1 Month old now and a healthy 6 pounds. My anxiety levels rising, this being the first day I will have to take care of her by myself. No doctors, no nurses backing me up. Just me and Vaughn and my parents wisdom. A little life depending on me for years to come. A giant responsibility I'm happy to take.

Laura shifted in Sydney's arms as she carried her into the house. Sydney looked down at Nadia and said.

"Here you go Baby. Home at last."

At exactly that point she opened her like she was looking were she was.

Vaughn come into the house carrying Laura's change bag and car seat.

"Your parents are here already. And you mother doesn't look happy."

"She mentioned something about going to see her sisters. That's probably put her in that moon. Can you keep them busy for a minute, I'm just going to put her down."

"Sydney walked into Laura's room and over to the crib where she placed her down. She could hear the murmuring of talking from the other room. She looked down at Laura

"Sweet dreams sweetheart" She said to her rubbing her finger across her head. Sydney turned around and grabbed the baby monitor on the way to the lounge. She got to the door and went through it.

"Hey Mom,Dad"

"Where's Laura?" Jack asked

"I've just put her down." Sydney looked over to Irina, and saw the upset look on her face.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

"I went to see my sister's"

"Didn't go well?"

"As predicted by myself we ended up arguing, and what I went to discuss they sort of avoided."

"Why did you go to see them? If you knew what the were going to do"

"Your sister kind of gave me the push, and I knew one day I had to talk to them again."

"What has Nadia got to do with it? Why did she affect your decision?"

"She didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"That she went to see Sloane."

"Sloane, why would she go and see him?"

"Contrary to what we feel about him and what he has done. He is still her father. She just felt after Laura was born that she needed to talk to him. Seeing that she didn't tell you about this, she didn't tell you what you've done."

"What has she done?" Sydney was starting to get exasperated. Having a sister was a good thing but now it was beginning to wear thin."

"She told him about Laura."

"She told him about Laura? The one person in the world I didn't want to know about this apart for my Aunts. And they already know because of her."

"It was accident Sydney it just slipped out."

"Oh an accident that makes it better. She's a spy things are not supposed to slip out like that."

"Sydney getting angry is not going to resolve it. You must of inadvertently said the wrong thing at the wrong time at somepoint. She didn't mean to do it."

"You know what I'm tired of this. This mollycoddling of Nadia that is going on. Everything she does is forgiven straight away. Why is that?"

"Because she hasn't had the best life up until know, she deserver's some chances."

"Mom, she's 24 not 10. Old enough to take responsibility for her actions. But if you could say that about her having a bad life, I haven't had the best either. At least I take responsibility for what I have done."

"Sydney you're acting immature about this I though you were old enough to know better."

"I'm just being like to protect my family. You would do the same.

At exactly the wrong moment there was a knock at the door. Vaughn went up to the door and opened it.

"Um Syd, it's your sister."