Disclaimer: This is a fan-fiction of The Fairly OddParents that is not canon to the show. Some triggers that I should mention that are in this Chapter are death, and murder. The following characters will appear in this Chapter: Hailey Drew, Amanda Killman from Bunsen Is A Beast!, Quincy Adams, and Kimi Cheng. Hailey Drew, Quincy Adams, and Kimi Cheng are my original characters.
Chapter 29: "Amanda Returns".
Trixie Tang is now Timmy Turner's girlfriend. But he still doesn't know who his secret admirer is. He decided to temporarily clone himself using his fairy God-parents, so that his clone will go to Dimmsdale Junior High School, while the real Timmy goes to Dimmsdale High School disguised as a taller student.
"I still don't think that this is a good idea, Sport," Wanda says.
"Just change my voice, Wanda," Timmy says.
Wanda sighs, and then she uses her wand to change Timmy's voice.
Timmy walks into Dimmsdale High School.
"And no one suspects a thing," Timmy says, and he starts chuckling.
"I'm the kindest guy at this school. Why do you want to talk to someone else?" Quincy Adams asks.
"Because you're not kind," A shy person says.
"Yes, I am," Quincy says.
"No, you're not kind," Timmy says. His voice had become a lot deeper.
"Who said that?! I am too kind!" Quincy says.
Timmy walks towards Quincy. "I said that. You're a mean bully, and everyone hates you," Timmy says.
"They don't hate me! They love me!" Quincy says. "Right, guys?" Quincy asks to his male friends.
"Right. Everyone loves you, and they don't hate you," The two guys say.
Timmy rolled his eyes. "I'm out of here," Timmy says, and then he walks into the theater room.
"Skipping school, Timmy Turner?" Vicky asks, after she took off his hat.
"N-No! I will be there soon, but I just wanted to try to find out who my secret admirer might be," Timmy says.
"You clearly bought that thing that changed your voice again," Vicky says.
Timmy turned around. "I wish that my voice would be back to normal now," Timmy whispers to Cosmo and Wanda.
Cosmo and Wanda use their wands to grant Timmy's wish.
Timmy looks at Vicky. "I know that she doesn't want me to know, but I'm still dying to know who she is," Timmy says.
"Curiosity killed the cat. So, they have said," Vicky says.
"She attends Dimmsdale High School, and she takes Drama classes here," Timmy says.
"But if you find out who she is, the mystery would be solved. There wouldn't be any more surprises," Vicky says.
"I know, but I have been waiting so long. Do you take a Drama class?" Timmy asks.
"Well, yes, I do. This is my class. I saw you come in here, and you were wearing a disguise, so I thought that might be you. When you were banned from the Cake 'N Bacon, you wore this same disguise to talk to me about yourself," Vicky says.
"I promise you that I'll be leaving soon," Timmy says.
"Alright. I just hope that you don't get into trouble for being here without a visitor's pass," Vicky says, and then she sits down next to one of the other students of this Drama class.
"Quincy Adams. Future Hollywood actor. I'm here to rock your world, baby," Quincy says, after he walked into the theater.
Timmy groaned. "Not him. Anyone but him," Timmy says.
Mrs. Emans walks into the theater. "Alright, everyone, we have a lot of things to talk about more the Spring Musical starts! Let's start working on our skits! Go meet with your partner," Mrs. Emans says to her students.
Mrs. Emans looks at Timmy. "Oh, my. I have never seen you before here. What's your name?" Mrs. Emans asks.
"Timmy Turner, I, uh, just had a few questions for the girls of this class," Timmy says.
"This isn't a class for hooking up, or getting a girlfriend, Timmy Turner. If you're not here to join our class, then I'm afraid that you're going to have to leave," Mrs. Emans says.
Timmy sighs. "O-Okay. I'll be leaving now. Sorry to bother you," Timmy says.
"I told you so," Vicky says.
Timmy walks out of the theater.
"Sorry, Sport. I tried to tell you that this wasn't a good idea," Wanda says.
Timmy walks out of the Dimmsdale High School. "Sometimes I wish that I could go to that school now. At least I wouldn't be young enough to have a babysitter named Hailey Drew," Timmy says.
Timmy walks towards Dimmsdale Junior High School. "I wish that my clone would leave the classroom, and go to the boys' bathroom," Timmy says.
Wanda and Cosmo use their wands to grant Timmy's wish.
Timmy walks into the Dimmsdale Junior High School campus, and then he walks into the boys' bathroom. "Poof away my clone," Timmy says.
Wanda uses her wand to send Timmy's clone to Fairy World.
The clone immediately disappeared.
"Awesome. Now let's go see Mr. Crocker," Timmy says.
Timmy walks out of the boys' bathroom, and then he walks into his classroom.
"Turner, you left without asking me for a hall pass. Why was that?" Crocker asks.
"I, uh, forgot to ask you for that. But I'm back now, so everything is okay now," Timmy says.
"Alright, now that Turner has decided to join us, everyone turn to page 35 of your textbook," Mr. Crocker says.
Timmy sits down next to A.J.
Timmy opens his textbook to page 35.
"Now sit there and read until you get to the end of page 39," Mr. Crocker says.
Timmy looks at Trixie. She smiles at him.
Timmy looks at page 35 again. He started reading, but the text was putting him to sleep.
"I wish that the school day would end now!" Timmy says quietly to his fairy God-parents.
Cosmo and Wanda use their wands to grant Timmy's wish.
The school bell suddenly rings.
"Wait a minute. How did that happen? I wasn't done teaching you morons yet!" Mr. Crocker says.
Timmy shrugged. "I don't know what just happened, but it looks like the school day is over now," Timmy says. He walks out of the classroom.
"You shouldn't make this kind of a wish, Sport. You'll make people suspicious," Wanda says.
Timmy walks out of the campus. He starts walking to his house. "Oh, come on, Wanda. You can't honestly expect me to pay attention in boring classes like that one. That one was practically a snore fest," Timmy says.
Timmy arrives at his house, and then he opens the front door using his key. Hailey Drew was already inside waiting for him. "Oh, there you are, Twerp!" Hailey says.
"What do you want me to do first?" Timmy asks.
"All of the chores from this new list that I made earlier today," Hailey says. She gives Timmy a piece of paper that had about twenty-five or thirty chores.
"Alright. I'll start my work in my bedroom," Timmy says. He continues holding the piece of paper, and then he walks upstairs. Timmy walks into his bedroom.
He suddenly received a new text message from Amanda Killman. "We had a half day at school today, so I decided to surprise you by visiting you in Dimmsdale today! I'll be there in about ten or twenty minutes from now!"
"Oh, no. She doesn't want to visit Dimmsdale when Hailey Drew is here. What am I going to do now?" Timmy asks.
"You should get started on these chores. This bedroom isn't going to clean itself!" Cosmo says.
"I wish that my bedroom would be clean!" Timmy says.
Cosmo and Wanda use their wands to grant Timmy's wish. Instantly, his bedroom looks a lot cleaner now.
"I have to tell Chloe to stall Amanda. She wants to see me, and I don't want her to see Hailey," Timmy says.
Timmy calls Chloe on his cell phone. "Amanda Killman is coming to Dimmsdale, and she wants to see me. I'm being babysat by Hailey Drew, and Amanda doesn't want to see her. Can you please take Amanda somewhere in Dimmsdale to distract her from trying to see me?" Timmy asks.
"Of course, Timmy. I'll do the best that I can to distract her," Chloe Carmichael says.
Chloe sighs. She walks out of her house, and then she waits at the bus stop. Ten minutes later, the bus arrived, and Amanda got off the bus.
"Chloe Carmichael, right? Where's Timmy?" Amanda Killman asks.
"Do you, uh, remember Kimi Cheng? We're going to the arcade to play some games with her!" Chloe says. Kimi walks towards Chloe and Amanda. "I got your text message. What's up?" Kimi asks. Kimi looks at Amanda. "Oh, it's nice to see you again, Amanda! What brings you here?" Kimi asks.
"I wanted to surprise Timmy Turner. Where is he right now?" Amanda Killman asks.
"Timmy is, uh, on a date with Trixie Tang right now," Chloe lies.
"Really? I thought that she wouldn't date him if he wasn't popular like she is," Amanda says.
"Timmy is popular now. Trixie made Tad and Chad apologize to Timmy, and they said that Timmy is definitely cool enough to become popular now," Chloe says.
"Wow! That's surprising," Kimi says.
"Why are we going to an arcade though?" Amanda asks.
"Because… You don't want to tag along on Timmy's date with his new girlfriend, Trixie Tang," Chloe says.
"Literally no one wants to be a third wheel. Alright, let's go," Amanda says.
Chloe walks towards the arcade place. Kimi and Amanda follow Chloe.
Chloe, Amanda, and Kimi walk into the arcade.
"Could you tell me who Timmy's secret admirer is?" Chloe asks Kimi.
"I don't see why not… It's…" Kimi says, and then she whispers the name of Timmy's secret admirer to Chloe.
"Wow, really?" Chloe asks.
"Yes. Don't tell Timmy that. He is much too curious about that," Kimi says.
"I know. He wants to know who she is now. He doesn't want to wait until she's ready to tell him who she really is," Chloe says.
"Wait, who loves Timmy?" Amanda asks.
Kimi whispers the name of Timmy's secret admirer to Amanda.
"Aw. I would love for them to become a couple," Amanda says.
"And Timmy told me that you're evil," Chloe says.
"Not really… I was mad at beasts and Bunsen, when I was really mad at Hailey Drew," Amanda says.
"Beasts? I thought that monsters don't really exist," Kimi says.
"Shockingly, they do exist. I wouldn't want Bunsen to meet Hailey," Amanda says.
"I saw her once. When she told Timmy that she became his new babysitter," Kimi says.
"Say what now?" Amanda asks.
"I said that Hailey Drew is Timmy's new babysitter," Kimi says.
"He's not really on a date with Trixie Tang right now. Is he?" Amanda asks.
"No…" Chloe says nervously.
"I don't like being lied to," Amanda says, and then she walks out of the arcade. Amanda walks towards Timmy's house.
Amanda, Chloe, and Kimi walk towards Timmy's house.
"I'm sorry, Amanda. But Timmy told me that you don't want to see Hailey Drew," Chloe says.
"So, the plan was to distract me. You didn't want to play video games with me," Amanda says.
"His house is right here," Chloe says, and she points at Timmy's house.
Amanda walks towards the front porch of Timmy's house. She knocks on the front door.
Hailey Drew opens the front door. "Who are you?" Hailey asks.
"Amanda Killman. And you killed my sister," Amanda says.
"Oh, wow. You were just a little four-year-old girl the last time that I saw you," Hailey says.
"Your services aren't required here. I'll tell Timmy's parents the truth about you," Amanda says.
"Yeah, right. I'd like to see you try," Hailey says. Timmy walks downstairs, and then he says, "No!"
"Wouldn't you like to have a different babysitter, Timmy?" Amanda asks.
"She's going to hurt you!" Timmy says.
Hailey looks at Timmy. "You actually feel scared, little Twerp. Maybe I should hurt you instead of Amanda," Hailey says.
She punches Timmy, hitting him in the face. Timmy fell down to the floor.
"I got it all on video," Amanda says, and then she stops the recording on her cell phone.
Hailey grabs Amanda's cell phone, and then Hailey breaks Amanda's cell phone, throwing it down to the ground. It smashed, breaking the screen.
"And now you have nothing," Hailey says.
"Oh, I'm still going to make sure that you get fired from this job, because you gave a pill to Atthea, and you made her die!" Amanda says.
"So much anger in such a tiny little girl," Hailey says.
Timmy's parents suddenly walk towards Chloe, Amanda, Kimi, Hailey, and Timmy.
"I forgot my purse…. What's going on here?" Timmy's mother asks the group.
"What's up? I'll tell you what's going on here, this woman that you hired, she murdered my sister!" Amanda says.
"She's hallucinating. She's talking crazy stuff right now," Hailey says.
"Oh okay… I hope that she will feel better soon," Timmy's mother says. She walks into the house. She grabs her purse, which was left on the couch. Timmy's mother walks out of the house. "Have fun, Timmy!" Timmy's mother says, as she holds onto her purse.
Timmy's parents get into the car, and then Timmy's father starts driving.
"I swear, you're not going to be working here for long," Amanda says.
"Yeah, but who's going to believe you? All of the adults believe that Atthea's death was a suicide," Hailey says.
"I'm going to go out with Amanda, Kimi, and Chloe," Timmy says, as he walks out of his house.
"But your chores—" Hailey started to say.
"I'll do them later, Hailey Drew," Timmy says. Timmy, Chloe, Kimi, and Amanda start walking away from Hailey.
"I just want to forget about Hailey for a while, so let's not talk about her anymore. I'll do her chores when I get back home later today," Timmy says.
"Chloe and I know who your secret admirer is now," Amanda says.
"Aw, really?! That's not fair, Kimi. I want to know who it is so badly!" Timmy says.
"Timmy really likes her," Chloe says.
"I think that he's definitely in love with her," Kimi says.
"Don't say that if Trixie was here," Timmy says.
Trixie Tang suddenly walks towards Timmy. "Hi, Timmy. Can you go on a date with me right now?" Trixie asks.
"Sure!" Timmy says.
He looks at Trixie.
"Alright, I'll just go to the arcade with Chloe and Kimi," Amanda says. Kimi, Chloe, and Amanda walk towards the arcade.
"There's a carnival here in Dimmsdale today. Do you want to go get some funnel cake and hot dogs with me?" Trixie asks.
"Of course I do!" Timmy says. He grins, as he starts holding Trixie's hand.
"I look good today, right? Like more than the other girls?" Trixie asks.
"Uh, yeah! Yeah, for sure!" Timmy says.
Trixie grins. "Thank you!" Trixie says.
"You're welcome!" Timmy says.
Trixie and Timmy walk towards the carnival, and he found that he wanted Amanda to see this. But she probably wouldn't be impressed with this silly carnival stuff. Come to think of it, he doesn't even know what Amanda Killman likes, besides her obvious crush on Mikey Munroe.
"I like to receive compliments from you, Timmy. You're really nice," Trixie says.
"Well, I try to be nice. Do you want me to win a bear or a unicorn for you?" Timmy asks.
"Are you good at those carnival games? I haven't had much luck with them. I think that they might be rigged," Trixie says.
Timmy walks to one of the carnival games. "I'm awesome at playing games!" Timmy says. He paid for three balls, and then he takes his first shot. His ball immediately hit the target.
The employee gives a plushie unicorn to Trixie Tang.
"Thank you, Timmy! You really are amazing at that!" Trixie says.
"You're welcome!" Timmy says.
Their date continued, and it was off to a great start, until Tad and Chad walks towards Timmy.
"I don't like lying just because you have a stare like Fluttershy," Tad says.
"You watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?" Timmy asks.
"No! My little sister does though," Tad says.
"I agree with Tad. Why are you on a date with Turner, Trixie? He's not popular," Chad says.
"I moved on from you, Chad. I want to have a boyfriend who is nice to me, and you were never nice to Timmy," Trixie says.
"But what we had was great, baby," Chad says.
"As I said, you weren't nice to Timmy, and he deserves to be treated with kindness," Trixie says.
"Have fun with poor boy! You'll get bored with him quickly, and you'll want me back!" Chad says.
Trixie and Timmy walk past Chad and Tad. "I'm sorry about them… And Chad's wrong… I'm not going to get bored with you," Trixie says.
Timmy kisses Trixie on the lips, and then she kisses him back passionately.
Timmy and Trixie walk towards the food booths. Timmy finds a booth of hot dogs, and then he waits in the end of that line for that booth. Trixie stands next to him. "You understand me better than Chad and Tad do. When I'm with you, I feel like I can be myself, and I won't get judged for liking boy things," Trixie says.
Eventually, they get their order, and they paid for the hot dogs.
She grins, after she finished paying for the hot dogs and soda. "Thank you for asking me to become your girlfriend. I'm really happy now," Trixie says.
"Are you happier with me than you were with Chad?" Timmy asks.
"Yes. Yes, I am happier with you. Chad was nice to me, but it always seemed like I couldn't confide to him any of my secrets. I can trust you to keep my secrets though," Trixie says.
"I agree. Keeping things bottled up isn't good. It feels good to talk about what has been troubling you," Timmy says.
"What has been troubling you lately?" Trixie asks.
"People who are judgmental… They wouldn't want me to love Vicky," Timmy says.
"She's really nice… I don't know why they have to keep saying that she's not really kind and generous," Trixie says.
"She works a lot, and she gave me a Nintendo Switch for my birthday, which as you probably know costs a lot of money," Timmy says.
"$299.99, yeah, that's a lot of money that she spent just to make you happy," Trixie says.
"She was never Icky Vicky. That was a character that she created, because her parents believed that she was a miscreant," Timmy says.
"It's not going to bother me if you have a crush on her, Timmy. You said once that you would never act on your feelings for her, so I believe you. She's a good person. She shouldn't have been treated that horribly," Trixie says.
"Oh, you remember my project. The real-life villain one," Timmy says.
"Chloe and I picked Hailey Drew too. But we didn't talk about Vicky. Chloe knew that you would talk about Vicky and how she was neglected as a child," Trixie says.
"Sometimes I feel like I'm neglected by my parents… Vicky's the only one who knows how I feel, because her parents don't care about her too much. They don't even feed her. She paid for her own meals. Breakfasts, lunch, and her dinners," Timmy says.
"I can't even imagine what that must be like… To not be loved by your parents…" Trixie says.
"My parents 'forget to take me to their beach trips, and other vacations. They hired Vicky to babysit me, and between September to January, she was a really great babysitter. But then Hailey Drew became my new babysitter, and she keeps forcing me to do chores. If I don't do the chores, she makes me do, she'll hurt me," Timmy says.
"I'm so sorry, Timmy… Chloe told me all about Hailey Drew, and her uncaring personality… She's the real villain of Dimmsdale," Trixie says. She starts eating her hot dog.
"Tell me about it," Timmy says, and then he starts eating his hot dog.
"How did she murder Vicky's best friend?" Trixie asks.
Timmy finishes eating his hot dog. "Hailey gave a pill to Atthea, and Hailey told Atthea that this pill is good for her health. But that was a lie. It was, like, a drug, and it made Atthea die, after she took the pill," Timmy says.
"That's so terrible. I bet that Atthea was really pretty though," Trixie says.
"She was a Filipino," Timmy says.
"She was born in the Philippines?" Trixie asks.
"Yes, but her parents couldn't afford to raise her, so they put her up for adoption, and she was sent to America," Timmy says.
"That must have been a really hard decision for them to make. And now they don't even know that their daughter is dead," Trixie says.
"I wish her life hadn't ended like that," Timmy says.
Trixie Tang finishes eating her hot dog. "Is Vicky okay though?" Trixie asks.
"Oh, she's fine… But she still misses Atthea every single day," Timmy says.
"There was a death in my family, but I was only two-years-old when my grandfather passed away," Trixie says.
"You were too young to understand what happened," Timmy says.
Timmy starts drinking his soda. "So, you're really okay with having me as your boyfriend?" Timmy asks.
"Even if you love Vicky, I'm okay with that," Trixie says.
"Oh, I'll always love you more than Vicky. At least until I get more older, and it wouldn't make people feel uncomfortable anymore," Timmy says.
"Aww. I would be happy if you guys started dating in the future," Trixie says.
"Really? But what about us?" Timmy asks.
"I'm not sure what will happen in the future. Maybe we'll break up, or maybe we won't break up," Trixie says.
"That's true… I just hope that Hailey Drew won't kill anyone else in the future," Timmy says.
Trixie starts drinking her soda.
"Someone is going to have to stop her," Trixie says.
"Oh, speaking of Hailey, I need to go back to my house, and do her chores. I will always love you, Trixie Tang!" Timmy says, and then he walks to his house. Trixie smiles at him, and then she watches him leave.
"I love you too, Timmy!" Trixie shouted.
Timmy smiles. "I can't believe that she said that to me!" Timmy says.
"So, the mystery has finally been solved," Cosmo says.
"No, it hasn't been solved. I still don't know who my secret admirer is," Timmy says.
"But think about what you saw earlier today, Sport. You saw Vicky in the theater. She said that she takes a Drama class," Wanda says.
"You really think it's Vicky?" Timmy asks.
"It's a possibility," Wanda says.
"Can I make a wish that I could become older, but everyone will know that I wasn't fourteen?" Timmy asks.
"Uh, technically, you can, but then you wouldn't have Trixie as your girlfriend. If you're making this wish to be with Vicky," Wanda says.
Timmy sighs. "Darn… I can at least try to talk to Vicky though," Timmy says, and then he changes his mind about going home. Timmy starts walking to the Cake 'N Bacon. Timmy walks into the Cake 'N Bacon, and sure enough, he saw Vicky there. "Vicky? Can I talk to you for a few minutes?" Timmy asks.
Vicky looks at Timmy. "Is this about your secret admirer again?" She asks.
"No. This is about you. Not all guys are like Ricky. Some guys are really sweet, who might have saved your life twice?" Timmy suggests.
"Or maybe I'll start dating a guy who is just like Ricky," Vicky says.
"Or maybe you won't get hurt next time," Timmy says.
"Sorry, Timmy… I'm not willing to take that chance," Vicky says.
Timmy looks at the customers. "Don't you guys think that it's about time that someone treated Vicky right? Don't you think that she deserves to be with a guy like me?" Timmy asks.
"You're fourteen though," A male customer says.
"I'm not going to be fourteen forever," Timmy says.
"Timmy, not to be rude, but you are kind of embarrassing me right now," Vicky says.
Timmy sighs. "But I just want you to be happy, Vicky," Timmy says, as he looks at her.
"I agree with you, that you're not like Ricky. Alright? Is that all you wanted me to say to you?" Vicky asks.
"Yes… Sorry to bother you, everyone," Timmy says, and then he walks out of the Cake 'N Bacon.
"Honestly, I think that, for now, I'll be with Trixie. And hopefully we won't break up in the future," Timmy says.
"But..." Cosmo says.
"But I really wish that Vicky could be happy," Timmy says.
"She IS happy, Sport. If you just broke up with someone, would you be wanting to have a new girlfriend right away?" Wanda asks.
"Yes," Timmy says.
"Well, you didn't get your heart broken yet… Give it some time, and she'll want to have a boyfriend someday…" Wanda says.
"Yeah, not everyone wants to be in a relationship right now! Some people are aromantic," Cosmo says.
"Aromantic?" Timmy asks.
"That means that the person does not feel romantically to someone. Or that the person doesn't want a boyfriend or a girlfriend," Cosmo says.
"Cosmo is shockingly correct, and Vicky might be aromantic," Wanda says.
"Oh… Well, I guess as long as Vicky's happy, that's okay with me," Timmy says, and then he walks into his house.
"Where have you been, Twerp?" Hailey Drew asks Timmy.
"I was, uh, out with my friends. What's with the questions?" Timmy asks.
"Well, you have chores to do now. Get them done now!" Hailey says.
"Yes, Hailey," Timmy says, and then he walks into the kitchen. He starts cleaning the kitchen.
Eventually, after he finished all of his chores. Timmy's parents came home.
They walks into the living room, and then Timmy's mother paid Hailey Drew for babysitting Timmy Turner.
"Thank you, once again! I had a great time with Tommy!" Hailey says.
The parents don't seem to notice that his name isn't Tommy. Maybe they were just tired from their date though.
Hailey walks out of the house, and Timmy closes the front door.
"Can we go to the bowling alley tomorrow night?" Timmy asks.
Timmy's mother looks at Timmy. "Sure! We can go there tomorrow night!" Timmy's mother says.
Timmy smiles, and then he walks upstairs. Timmy walks into his bedroom to find Amanda Killman waiting for him.
"I want that woman fired," Amanda says.
"I know. I do too, but every time I try something, she threatens to hurt me, or put me into a coma!" Timmy says.
"Then we will just have to think of a better plan, Timmy," Amanda says.
"She's too quick-witted though. She'll put the blame on me, and my parents will believe Hailey's lies," Timmy says.
"So, you are just going to give up? You don't want her to get fired?" Amanda asks.
"It's not going to work, Amanda. I just do what she makes me do, and everything will be fine," Timmy says.
"You might become a pushover though," Amanda says, and then she sighs. "I'll see you next time that my parents let me come to visit you," Amanda says.
Amanda walks out of his bedroom, and then she walks downstairs.
"Oh, it's so great to meet you, Amanda Killman!" Timmy's mother says.
"It's, uh, good to meet you too, Timmy's mother," Amanda says.
"Try to visit us again soon, okay?" Timmy's mother asks.
"Sure. As soon as possible!" Amanda says, and then she walks out of the house.
"As long as Hailey Drew won't be here next time," Amanda says to herself.
The next day at school.
"I don't like Turner dating Trixie. We have to find a way to break them up," Tad says to Chad, before the school bell had rung.
"Like, how? They are probably never going to break up," Chad says.
"I'll come up with a plan. I always do," Tad says.
To be continued in Chapter 30.
