Notes: This is from Athena's POV. Sorry for the slowness in the update. Don't ask why I didn't get it together and add little things to this part! Sorry the part is small. Jules has written chapter 27 and is going to write chapter 26. 27 will be long =).
I knew something was wrong when Daniel and I left Kemper but he wouldn't tell me what. He was pale. I offered to drive since he was shaking so badly. When we arrived at the airport, we hugged goodbye. I finally tried asking again what was the matter but he wouldn't tell me.
I boarded the plane to California. I wanted to keep up the charade that I was going to Stanford. I have a friend in California that I mail my letters to my family to and then she sends them from there. They haven't caught on yet. She met me at the airport and handed me a couple of letters that she hadn't had an opportunity to forward to me. I of course didn't tell her anything that happened. She told me a few things that had been happening at Stanford so I'd know what to say if anyone in my family asked. Hopefully they wouldn't.
The plane wasn't very full and I actually had a row to myself. There was a movie on that I hadn't seen yet. Training at OVW doesn't leave me much time to go see movies. I watched that to pass the time.
As I got closer to Calgary I started to worry. How could I talk to my mother and not tell her that dad's still alive? It would be a test that was for sure. It would be hard to face Uncle Bret too. He took dad's death hard from what my mother told me. then there was the fact that I went to Kemper. That definitely didn't need to be addressed. Although I have a feeling the Guerrero's are going to kill us if they find out. They certainly had no idea we went to Kemper.
When I landed in Calgary I was not only met by Mom, my brother Oje, his wife Mandy and their son Tim, and my Uncle Bret also met me. My mother hugged me tightly. And then Uncle Bret hugged me tightly. He had recovered quite well from the stroke he had sixteen years ago. Of all my aunt's and uncle's, and trust me I have a lot of them, he's my favorite. This was going to be difficult. My brother gave me a half hug and then I hugged Mandy and Tim.
The ride to Uncle Bret and Aunt Julie's wasn't silent. They asked me all kinds of questions about college and stuff. And I answered them as truthfully as I could. I was very happy that my friend had filled me in. I don't think I said anything to raise suspicion but I was glad when we arrived at their house.
There were a lot of people there including Aunt Julie, my cousins Jade, Dallas, Alexandra who stopped being called Beans many years ago, Blade and their families. Aunt Martha was there along with Aunt Diana and all of their kids and families. And that's all I could see at the moment.
How the heck was I going to survive this week without telling them?
I knew something was wrong when Daniel and I left Kemper but he wouldn't tell me what. He was pale. I offered to drive since he was shaking so badly. When we arrived at the airport, we hugged goodbye. I finally tried asking again what was the matter but he wouldn't tell me.
I boarded the plane to California. I wanted to keep up the charade that I was going to Stanford. I have a friend in California that I mail my letters to my family to and then she sends them from there. They haven't caught on yet. She met me at the airport and handed me a couple of letters that she hadn't had an opportunity to forward to me. I of course didn't tell her anything that happened. She told me a few things that had been happening at Stanford so I'd know what to say if anyone in my family asked. Hopefully they wouldn't.
The plane wasn't very full and I actually had a row to myself. There was a movie on that I hadn't seen yet. Training at OVW doesn't leave me much time to go see movies. I watched that to pass the time.
As I got closer to Calgary I started to worry. How could I talk to my mother and not tell her that dad's still alive? It would be a test that was for sure. It would be hard to face Uncle Bret too. He took dad's death hard from what my mother told me. then there was the fact that I went to Kemper. That definitely didn't need to be addressed. Although I have a feeling the Guerrero's are going to kill us if they find out. They certainly had no idea we went to Kemper.
When I landed in Calgary I was not only met by Mom, my brother Oje, his wife Mandy and their son Tim, and my Uncle Bret also met me. My mother hugged me tightly. And then Uncle Bret hugged me tightly. He had recovered quite well from the stroke he had sixteen years ago. Of all my aunt's and uncle's, and trust me I have a lot of them, he's my favorite. This was going to be difficult. My brother gave me a half hug and then I hugged Mandy and Tim.
The ride to Uncle Bret and Aunt Julie's wasn't silent. They asked me all kinds of questions about college and stuff. And I answered them as truthfully as I could. I was very happy that my friend had filled me in. I don't think I said anything to raise suspicion but I was glad when we arrived at their house.
There were a lot of people there including Aunt Julie, my cousins Jade, Dallas, Alexandra who stopped being called Beans many years ago, Blade and their families. Aunt Martha was there along with Aunt Diana and all of their kids and families. And that's all I could see at the moment.
How the heck was I going to survive this week without telling them?