There we go, now I have enough Kleenex to... OH MY GO- JEEZ! I didn't see you there! Anyway, I'm finally back! The reason I've been absent for the past 16 days is because I got sick. By sick I mean like a cold, and I still have it, but it wasn't as bad as last week. You may be surprised that I've been sick for over two weeks, that's because whenever I get sick, I get hit harder and longer then normal. So instead of it being like... one to four days? I don't know. But it's almost guaranteed to be over a week for me. The reason is not clear, but I think the reason is that I have a weaker Immune System then average, so if I get hit by a deadly disease, then I would have a significantly higher chance of dying from it, I don't know, It's my guess. So yeah, 1+ week long colds are normal for me when I get them.

Anyway, back to the story, let's just recap.

Last time, Danielle, Sam and Scamp return to 1912. Sam leaves to go to the library to return a book... I don't know why he would at that time, but whatever... Anyway, after Danielle sets Scamp sown in the doghouse, she sees that the town looks different, in a state of disrepair. She was convinced it was the wrong year, but one convenient newspaper check later, it was indeed 1912. Danielle then find the town square and the clock tower, which was now a casino. Danielle looked at a TV, showing what happened and at the end Danielle just, well... no. Anyway, she was found by Buster's thugs and they knocked her out.

Now that the recap is out of the way, I have one more thing to say before I start, because I have been sick and still am, production on chapters will slow down, but however, spring break has just started today! So because of my cold, I unintentionally get a whole month off school. So when I'm better, production on chapters will speed up, because it's spring break!

Alright guys, let's start the long awaited Chapter 7!

Ready? Sego!

Chapter 7 – My Father!?

Danielle could see nothing but darkness and silence, then she started seeing light, she had her eyes open just a crack, but she couldn't see well. "Mom? Mom is that you?" Danielle said tired. She then heard a soothing voice, she immediately recognized, it was Lady. "Just relax Danielle… You've been asleep for almost two hours." Said Lady.

Danielle then remembered what happened before getting knocked out. "I had a horrible nightmare, it was terrible…" Said Danielle. "Well, you're safe and sound now… Back on the good ol' 27th floor.

Danielle opened her eyes as she was not expecting to hear that. "2th floor!?" Danielle said in confusion. A lamp turned on immediately after. Danielle exclaimed as she bolted right up from lying down.

Danielle breathed heavily as she looked at Lady, but she looked different. Lady had no collar and looked like she hadn't had a bath in several months. "M-Mom? Is that you?" Asked Danielle. "Yes, it's me Danielle, are you alright?" Lady asked concerned.

Danielle stuttered, "I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just that… you're so… you're so… different." Lady then got up from sitting down. "Everything's going to be fine Danielle. Are you hungry? I- I can call room service." Lady reassured as she walked to a phone on a dresser.

Danielle said under her breath, "Room service?" as she pushed the blankets off herself.

Suddenly, a voice shouted from far away, "LADY!" Lady immediately turned toward the double doors on the other side of the room. "Oh my gosh, it's your father!" Lady said with fear. "My father?" Danielle said as she looked at the doors in confusion.

The doors flew open to reveal an angry Buster wearing luxurious accessories, golden necklaces, golden bracelets and golden piercings. His thugs, now bodyguards were behind him, turning on the lights. "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY OUTTA TOWN YOU LITTLE TWERP!" Buster yelled at the top of his lungs.

Danielle's face turned to shock and fear. "MY FATHER!?"

"Did you get kicked out of another obedience school? Seriously Lady! Do you know how much perfectly good dough I blow on this no-good kid of yours huh? Of all FOUR OF THEM!?" Exclaimed Buster.

Lady leered at him angry, "What do you care? We can afford it!" Lady said as she walked up and faced him. She then walked passed him and out of the room. "The least we can do with all of that money is provide a better life for our children!" Lady said as Buster's thugs grabbed Danielle and dragged her behind them as they walked out of the room.

"Oh- Now hold on second he- let's get this straight. Danielle is YOUR kid NOT MINE, and all of the money in the world would do jack squat for THAT lazy twerp!" Buster said fuming. "Stop it Buster! Just stop it!" Lady pleaded.

Danielle looked around the room, 'I have no idea what's going on! I don't like this place… But I gotta admit, it's pretty fancy.' Danielle thought in astonishment. Her attention then turned back to Buster and Lady.

"Look at her… She's a loser just like her father was." Buster said in his persuading tone. Lady turned her head back towards him with a look of fury in her eyes. She then slowly started walking up to him, Lady then spoke slowly, but fiercely. "Don't you, DARE SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT TRAMP! You're not even HALF the husband he was…" Lady said as she leered into his soul.

Buster's nostrils flared at that comment. Without warning, he pushed Lady to the ground out of anger. When Danielle saw that, she was immediately filled with rage. She wanted him dead! "YOU JERK!" Danielle shouted as she charged at him, but his thugs restrained her.

As Lady whimpered on the ground, Buster turned to the angry Danielle being held back by his thugs. "Always a little 'hot head' huh?" Buster calmly said as he walked over to her.

He then gently placed his paw on her back. "You wanna take a poke at me?" Asked Buster, smirking. Danielle tried breaking the thugs grip on her by trying to run into him but couldn't.

Buster then used his other paw to punch her hard in the stomach. Danielle groaned and gasped in pain as the thugs released her, allowing her to fall to the floor. Lady winced at the sight as the thugs giggled.

Lady was now truly enraged that Buster had just hit his own stepdaughter. "Okay Buster, That's it! I'm Leaving!" Lady said as she got up and stumbled her way toward the stairs.

"Oh ho, so go ahead! But think about this Lady, who's going to pay for all your room service huh? And your jewelry? Who's going to pay for your room Lady?" Buster said angry as Lady reached the top of the stairs to the balcony overlooking the room.

"You're the one who wanted me to have all of this! If you want em back, your gonna have em…" Lady angrily said as she forcefully took out golden rings, bracelets and necklaces and threw them of the balcony onto the floor.

She then started making her way to the double doors to her left when Buster started to threaten her. "Look Lady. You walk out that door, and I won't only cut off you, I'll cut off your kids!" Said Buster menacingly.

Lady froze at the door right after Buster had said that. She immediately turned back and ran to the balcony fence with a look of plead in her eyes. "You wouldn't!" Said Lady, begging him not to.

"Oh, wouldn't I? First you thoughta Collette, I'll cancel all her cards, she can settle all the debts with her bank all by herself. Your idiot son Scamp? I'll have his permits revoked. Your hopeless daughter Annette? I'll cut all contact from her friends who barely know her, she'll go back to her lonely life. And as for Danielle…" Buster said as he walked up to behind Lady from the second flight of stairs.

"Well maybe you'd like to have all four of your kids behind bars in the pound, just like their Uncle Jock. One big happy pound family…" Buster said grinning, knowing that he had won the argument.

Lady looked down in sadness, knowing that she couldn't compete with that. "Alright Buster… you win… I'll stay…" Lady sadly said as she slowly walked down the stairs.

Buster then turned his head and looked down at Danielle. "As for you, I'll be back up here in an hour, so YOU BETTER NOT BE! Also, clean up this mess! Jewelry can't clean itself up! And get rid of that collar after you leave!" Ordered Buster.

He then turned around and slammed the double doors open and walked out. As Lady reached the bottom of the stairs, Buster's thugs swiftly walked up the stairs and followed Buster out of the door.

Danielle looked at her mother, feeling bad for her. "He was right… and I was wrong…" Lady said in anguish as she walked past Danielle, hanging her head.

"Mom… Mom, what are you saying? You were actually defending yourself!" Said Danielle, who was having a hard time processing what happened. "I had it coming… He's my husband and he takes care of all of us… and he deserves our respect." Lady reassured.

Danielle couldn't believe what Lady was saying. "RESPECT!? YOUR HUSBAND!? HOW COULD HE BE YOU HUSBAND!? HOW COULD YOU LEAVE DAD FOR HIM!?" Danielle yelled in confusion. "Leave Dad? Danielle are you feeling alright?" Lady asked concerned.

"NO! NO, I'M NOT FEELING ALRIGHT! I don't understand a single thing that's going on around here and why nobody could give me a simple straight answer!" Danielle said as she sat down next to Lady.

"Oh, they must've hit you over the head hard this time…" Lady said in sadness. "Mom, I just want to know one thing… Where's my father? Where is Tramp?" Asked Danielle, pleading for an answer.

Tears then started forming in Lady's eyes. "Danielle… Tramp, your father is in the same place he's been for the past six months… Oak Park Cemetery…" Said Lady, who started crying silently.

Lightning sounded in the background as Danielle's eyes widened in realization. 'No…' was the only word that came into her head.