"Mom, have you seen my backpack?!" Carly yelled as she searched under her bed then in her closet.
"You left it in the gym!" Shalimar answered her getting back to her glass of milk.
" We're going to be late!" Eden yelled up the stairs at her sister. "Mom, will you tell her to hurry up."
"Hurry up!" Shalimar yelled putting her glass in the sink. Eden headed for the front door and opened it. There was a woman on the other side with her arm raised, Eden having just opened the door before she could knock.
" Who are you?"
" I'm looking for Shalimar Fox." The woman responded. Eden took a moment to take in her features. She had brown hair, brown eyes and stood at about 5' 6".
"I'll go get her." Eden said closing the door again. Moments later Shalimar appeared.
"Mia!" Shalimar shrieked giving the woman a hug. " Oh my god, come in. What the hell are you doing here."
"Nice to see you too." Mia said laughing. " I was in the neighborhood and caught wind that you lived around here. You're pretty hard to track down Shelly. Took me a week to find you."
" Come, sit down, make yourself at home." Shalimar lead her into the living room.
" So, is she yours?" Mia asked sitting down.
" Oh this is Eden." Shalimar said proudly holding her by the shoulders.
"How old are you?" Mia asked her.
"Nine."
"Jeezus, Shelly has it been that long?"
" Longer, her older sister's upstairs. Carly get down here!" Shalimar yelled toward the stairs. She looked at her watch and her eyes widened. " I'm so sorry but I've got to drop these two off at school. Can you stick around till I get back?"
"Of course I can. Go do what you have to do I'll wait for you to get back." Just then Carly walked in and Mia's jaw dropped. Carly looked just like Shalimar.
"What are you staring at?" Carly asked raising her eyebrows.
"Manners." Shalimar said sternly.
"Hi, I'm Carly. Who are you?"
"Sorry for staring but you look just like your mother. When she was your age I mean. Mia, by the way. I'm Mia."
"Okay everybody in the car." Shalimar said. "I'll be right back." They left leaving Mia alone. Taking advantage of having the house to herself, Mia took the oppurtunity to look around. She picked up a picture of Carly and Eden building a sandcastle at the beach when they were younger. She looked at another picture with Shalimar holding a newborn Eden and a three year old Carly looking at the baby over her shoulder. The next picture showed Emma smiling and holding out her arms to Carly who was just beginning to walk. " I knew I'd find you." Mia said bitterly placing the picture back on the coffee table. She glared at the photograph one more time before she stood up and left.
To be continued...
"You left it in the gym!" Shalimar answered her getting back to her glass of milk.
" We're going to be late!" Eden yelled up the stairs at her sister. "Mom, will you tell her to hurry up."
"Hurry up!" Shalimar yelled putting her glass in the sink. Eden headed for the front door and opened it. There was a woman on the other side with her arm raised, Eden having just opened the door before she could knock.
" Who are you?"
" I'm looking for Shalimar Fox." The woman responded. Eden took a moment to take in her features. She had brown hair, brown eyes and stood at about 5' 6".
"I'll go get her." Eden said closing the door again. Moments later Shalimar appeared.
"Mia!" Shalimar shrieked giving the woman a hug. " Oh my god, come in. What the hell are you doing here."
"Nice to see you too." Mia said laughing. " I was in the neighborhood and caught wind that you lived around here. You're pretty hard to track down Shelly. Took me a week to find you."
" Come, sit down, make yourself at home." Shalimar lead her into the living room.
" So, is she yours?" Mia asked sitting down.
" Oh this is Eden." Shalimar said proudly holding her by the shoulders.
"How old are you?" Mia asked her.
"Nine."
"Jeezus, Shelly has it been that long?"
" Longer, her older sister's upstairs. Carly get down here!" Shalimar yelled toward the stairs. She looked at her watch and her eyes widened. " I'm so sorry but I've got to drop these two off at school. Can you stick around till I get back?"
"Of course I can. Go do what you have to do I'll wait for you to get back." Just then Carly walked in and Mia's jaw dropped. Carly looked just like Shalimar.
"What are you staring at?" Carly asked raising her eyebrows.
"Manners." Shalimar said sternly.
"Hi, I'm Carly. Who are you?"
"Sorry for staring but you look just like your mother. When she was your age I mean. Mia, by the way. I'm Mia."
"Okay everybody in the car." Shalimar said. "I'll be right back." They left leaving Mia alone. Taking advantage of having the house to herself, Mia took the oppurtunity to look around. She picked up a picture of Carly and Eden building a sandcastle at the beach when they were younger. She looked at another picture with Shalimar holding a newborn Eden and a three year old Carly looking at the baby over her shoulder. The next picture showed Emma smiling and holding out her arms to Carly who was just beginning to walk. " I knew I'd find you." Mia said bitterly placing the picture back on the coffee table. She glared at the photograph one more time before she stood up and left.
To be continued...