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Chapter Two

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"What in the hell do you mean you're dying?" Wufei glared at the woman as he came down the stairs with her after putting the toddler down. "With todays medical technology?"

"Wufei, there are some things that are in operable." She sat down on the sofa in the small living room. "Only time will tell if I'm on my actual death bed or not."

Wufei sat in the chair beside the sofa and put his head in his hands. There were certain things you just did not do to a person you haven't seen in four years.

1. Inform them they have a three year old.

2. Tell them you're dying.

Seriously, who does that!

"Why did I not know about Anmei?" Wufei asked quietly. He figured the whole other subject would be better left for a time when he was not exhausted. He wasn't in the right frame of mind to actually think on the subject of her impending death. He wanted to know more about the toddler than anything. He would have loved to have been there for her birth, for her first steps, first words and the two in the morning bottle feedings. It would never seem so on the outside, but he loved children.

"I didn't think you would want to know, Wufei. We didn't exactly end things on a high note. If I remember correctly, you said that marriage was the last thing on your mind and that you would never dishonor Nataku by taking another wife. Sleeping with another woman, however, was fair game."

"I wasn't exactly the most tactful seventeen year old, Woman. I'm barely tactful now." He stated looking at her. "All we did was fight… I never should have…"

"Wufei, I'm here now, why not cherish what we have?

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14 Years Later-AC 214

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The memories were all he had left of Sally. That and his daughter, his beautiful daughter. Anmei was his pride and joy, the most beautiful gift any man could ask of the woman he loved. She had taken after him, in nearly everything. She had a personality that mirrored her mother's but an attitude that was completely Wufei.

He had had her trained in martial arts from the tender age of four and she was also very gifted with a piano or violin, never mind the straight A grades from day one. He didn't care if this made her the poster child for the Asian stereotype, it was how he had been raised and it was how he raised his daughter. He was borderline Tiger Father, minus the insults.

He wanted his daughter to know she was loved. Tough love was not his strong suit to begin with, even if he did act like an ass with his coworkers and friends.

He was, however, both Mom and Dad, having lost Sally eleven years earlier to the in operable brain tumor. Anmei had only been six years old and had been staying with Quatre and Noin during that time, as it was difficult for him to care for his ailing wife and daughter at the same time. He hadn't wanted to hire a nanny either. Plus, Quatre and Noin had a set of twin girls only a year younger than Anmei and a son who was the same age as she..

Loki, Luka and Quatrine were the three people she was closest to, unless you counted Eiri Yuy.

I'm too young for this.

"We never intended for this to happen." She said quietly, looking at her feet. "He's even offered to marry me."

"Anmei, do you get some enjoyment in punishing me the way you have?" he asked as he paced in front of the fire place. "I was okay when the two of you were just friends, I let it slide that the two of you were dating but to come home and tell me that you are having Eiri Yuy's child… what were you thinking?"

"That I love him?"

"I… no… I can't deal with this." He fell onto the sofa and stared at his daughter. "Just because you 'love' someone doesn't mean you have to sleep with them! I thought I raised you better than this, Anmei. I was your age when you were born, granted I didn't know about you till I was at least twenty, but still, you are much too young for this. What do you have to say for yourself?"

"At least he's from a respectable family, not some weak punk off the street." She gritted out.

"I should have listened to Noin and Winner when they suggested the same boarding school that their twins attend! At least this never would have happened. And his social standing is beside the point. If he was a gentleman, which is how he was raised, this never would have happened! What are your plans?"

"Raise it as our own." She looked down into her hands and smirked. This was much too easy. She knew that once he found out her "due date" that he'd put two and two together and hopefully calm down. But for now, she was having too much fun.

"When are you due?" He finally broke the silence.

"A month from now, but we'll have to wait at least eight weeks before we can bring it home."

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How was that?

I know, no one likes a cliff hanger or too many twists, but this roller coaster is not over quite yet. Trust me, there are things hidden at every turn!