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Chapter 24
Not bothering to wait until morning, Jaina began to pack up the few things that she had at her parent's. Jotting down a quick note thanking her mom and dad for letting her stay, Jaina grabbed her bag and left.
After asking a local for directions, Jaina took her speeder and headed in the direction that she was instructed to go. It was a long trip to the Daltame home, but Jaina arrived by noon the next day.
For the first time since her search began, Jaina felt a little strange. Why was she so interested in this woman? And how was she going to explain herself to the family that Padme had left behind?
Jaina knocked politely on the door. After several moments it was answered by a young woman who looked to he a few years older than herself. "May I help you?" she asked.
Nodding her head slowly, Jaina said, "Yes, I'm looking for a Ryoo Daltame. Does she live here?"
The young woman smiled and said, "Yes, Ryoo is my mother. Come on in."
Jaina walked into the small home and looked around. It appeared to be a welcoming place filled with a lot of love. "My name is Jaina Solo. I hate to intrude like this, but I'm doing some research." Turning to the woman that she believed must be Ryoo, Jaina asked, "Are you related to the late queen Padme Amidala?"
A sad expression crossed Ryoo's face. "Yes. Padme was my only aunt. She passed away when I was only nine years old and my sister Pooja was six. It was incredibly painful."
Jaina thought about how she would feel if she lost Mara. "I bet. Ms. Daltame, could you tell me a little bit about Padme."
"What would you like to know?"
"What kind of life did she have? What was her husband like? How did she die?" Jaina felt extremely guilty about the pain she was obviously putting the woman through.
"My aunt was a magnificent queen. The people here loved her. She led Naboo through a very difficult time when we were at war with a group called the Trade Federation. After her reign as Queen was up, she represented Naboo as a senator on Coruscaunt. I don't know much about that time in her life. If she was married, my family was not invited to the wedding."
"Do you have any idea of someone she may have been involved with?"
"The only man I ever remember seeing her with was that Jedi."
"Jedi?" Jaina questioned. This was interesting. "What Jedi?"
"Oh, a handsome young man. He was her body guard for a time. Now what was his name?" The older woman was lost in thought for a while. "I believe it was Skywalker."
All of the color drained from Jaina's face. "Anakin Skywalker?" she questioned cautiously.
"Yes, that was it. In fact, I remember my mother saying that he was the only boyfriend my sister ever brought home."
Things slowly began to add up in Jaina's head. The year that Padme died, the year that her mother and Uncle Luke were born… "Are you positive that Padme was still pregnant when she died?"
"That was how she had appeared. I remember her funeral being incredibly sad. A medic had told us right before that she was expecting twins."
Twins. "I know this may be hard to believe, but I think that Padme may have had her children before she died."
"Why do you think that?" the daughter, Layne, asked.
"Because I think she may have been my grandmother." Seeing the confused looks on their faces, Jaina continued, "Anakin Skywalker was my grandfather. And my mother has a twin brother. They were born the year that Padme died. I just don't seeing all of this being one big coincidence."
"But why would they have hid this from us?"
Jaina knew why. Because of Vader. "I'm not sure. Maybe for safety reasons. That was right around the time of the growing empire and the Jedi purge, so they could have been trying to save them."
That answer seemed to have satisfied them. "Jaina Solo, would you like to stay with us for a few days?" Ryoo asked.
Jaina nodded, still dumbfounded that this was her family. She had unraveled the mystery.
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