Kim zipped Inya into her purple footie pajamas before giving her a dose of medicine and rubbing some teething gel onto the spot where her tooth had almost broken through the gum, hopefully, that would help her sleep through the night without being in pain. "There you go," she said, wrapping the little girl in a blanket, "Let's find Daddy shall we?"
The little girl nodded her head, pressing a warm washcloth against her ear as she did so. Kim scooped the little girl up, enjoying how she snuggled into her and laid her head against her shoulder. She was growing up so fast, only a month away from her first birthday. Before she knew it she would be going off to school and too big to pick up.
Kim sighed if only Inya could stay small forever. Then she froze, baby fever really, Inya was still a baby, just a very mobile, talkative baby who had a strength to rival even her father's.
"Kim," her husband called up the staircase, "Phone's for you, it's Mama!"
"Mama?" Kim asked surprised, Mama Scott didn't call very often, and never just to talk, something must be wrong. With that, she remembered what Jaslee had told her, about her ex-mother-in-law showing up at Angel Grove. Was that what she was calling about?
Kim hurried down the stairs and traded Tommy Inya for the phone. Inya snuggled into her father's warm embrace as Kim answered the phone, "Hi Mama."
"Hi, Kim, sweetheart, how are you doing? I heard about your fight with Tommy."
"Remind me not to tell Jason anything anymore if he's just going to gossip with you."
Mama laughed, "I'm sorry about that, but he wanted to tell me that Mrs. Harmon was in town looking for you."
"She was," Kim asked, shocked, This was what Jaslee said would happen.
"Yes," Mama announced, "Don't worry, I didn't tell her where you are, but she did give me her phone number."
"What does she want?" Kim asked hesitantly.
"She wanted to learn your side of the story," Mama announced, "Apparently she's learning that that son of hers wasn't the perfect little angel she thought he was."
Kim actually giggled a little at Mama's obvious avoidance of her late ex-husband's name, before becoming more serious, "I guess talking to her won't hurt anything, to be honest, I hardly know the woman, Luke wanted nothing at all to do with her. I bet he was just keeping me away from her so that he could maintain his perfect image."
"That makes sense," Mama agreed, "But I wouldn't have her meet with you in Reefside, I'll come to Angel Grove and have her meet you somewhere public, like the Youth Center, or your friend's diner."
"I probably shouldn't bring the girls the first time that I meet up with her," Kim said, this time thinking more out loud than to her mother figure.
"That might be a good idea, I can watch them, or the Olivers love having them over."
Kim was about to reply to that when something black sped past, brushing against her legs, "Ninja," she gasped, had she accidentally stepped on him, or had she simply ventured too close to his recent hiding spot.
"What was that dear?" Mama asked.
"Oh, nothing," Kim insisted, "Just the cat ran past and startled me, I didn't even know he was behind me."
"Well, why don't you talk to Tommy and then let me know what you want to do if you want I can be a messenger for you so that she can't get your phone number."
"Yeah sure, I'll talk to you in the morning."
...
Kim wasn't sure that she was ready for this, she wasn't sure at all. Why was she even doing this? Since her phone call with Mama Scott, she had been dreading this day, but now the wait was over and by the end of the day she could finally check confronting Mrs. Harmon off her to-do list. At least she didn't have to worry about the girls, Grandma Oliver had been more than willing to watch them for the day, with promises of a trip to the zoo and a picnic lunch. Tommy had pouted that he
"It's okay Kim," Tommy muttered into her ear as he felt her freeze next to him, "Everything is going to be just fine, I'm not leaving your side."
Kim nodded her head and immediately regretted it when the world spun around her causing her to stumble slightly.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Tommy insisted, Kim hadn't felt well that morning, and it was obvious that she was still not feeling that great still.
"Yeah, butterflies in my stomach that's all," Kim insisted, as she took a deep breath and stepped into the diner that they had agreed on meeting at.
"Butterflies don't usually make someone light-headed." Tommy protested.
"I'm fine," Kim insisted yet again, at the same time wondering why she was so lightheaded. The last few days Kim just felt sluggish, and nothing she did seemed to help. She was honestly starting to worry that something was very wrong with her because despite understanding that Jaslee knew things about the future that she shouldn't know, there was no way in the world that she could be... she wasn't even going to think that at the moment. She needed to focus more on what was going on now.
Tommy guided her to a chair and helped her sit down, even though she didn't need the help, she only got dizzy a little bit, it had already had past, "Are you sure you're okay, maybe I should set up an appointment with Dana."
"Honestly Tommy," Kim snapped, "I'm fine!"
Just then an older woman with dyed blonde hair approached them, "Kimberly, I presume?" she asked, looking at Kim with an uncertain look on her face as if she wasn't sure about what she was doing. This helped Kim feel at least a little better, at least she wasn't the only one nervous about this meeting.
"Yes, that's me," Kim said nervously, "Would you like to sit down?"
