CHAPTER FOUR

INTERFAMILY CONFLICT

A.J. was in his laboratory and looking at the video of the Blue Moon on Vegan. He didn't particularly like looking at it, even though Timmy was safe now. It was just unnerving watching his best friend sucked up by that vortex. But he wanted to pay more attention to Trixie's reaction. He wanted to get a shot of her eyes since he was so good at reading people's eyes. A.J. wanted to see if she had the same look for Timmy then that he thought he saw in the cafeteria earlier that day. He froze the picture.

"My gosh," said A.J. "it's the exact same look".

A.J. shook his head, but how? If it was really true love, shouldn't she remember everything? Then a thought hit him.

"Maybe she DOES remember," he said out loud, "she just hasn't told Timmy yet."

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"SULLIVAN!", yelled Mr. Tang, "Get up here now!"

Very few people could speak to Trixie'sbodyguard in that sort of loud tone. Jeffrey Tang was one of those very few people. Sullivan immediatedly appeared in the room. Tang turned to face him.

"Sullivan," said Mr. Tang "what's this I hear about you having a standing order to assault young Timmy Turner?"

"It's a written order from you," said Sullivan.

"Let me see it," said Tang.

Sullivan handed it to Jeff Tang. Trixie's father looked really annoyed,

"You dundering musclehead; you've worked for me long enough to recognize my signature. This is my father's signature." He stopped and narrowed his eyes and added, "Understand this, any order that comes to you needs to be confirmed through me; remember you work for me not my father."

"Actually," said a voice behind them "he works for whoever will hire him." They turned to see an Asian man about 70ish. Jeffrey shook his head and said,

"Hello, Dad."

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"I'm sorry, sweetie," said Wanda, "I wish I could make it stop hurting, but not even magic can heal a broken heart."

"Or make someone fall in love," said Timmy sadly.

His Godmother floated over to him and in a very motherly fashion brushed back Timmy's brown hair. The, again, in a very motherly fashion, Wanda removed her hand, put it under Timmy's chin and raised his head so that he was looking at Wanda. His Fairy Godmother said,

"Honey, there will be someone, and it'll happen when you least expected like it did when I met Cosmo."

Timmy smiled and nodded. He was thankful that at least he had Wanda as a mother figure; sadly his real mother would not be as comforting.

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A.J. just looked at the picture. It would be reasonable to assume that Trixie did know, but may not have told Timmy. But why would she act like she was so uninterested. Was she worried it might cost Timmy his Fairy Godparents or was she more worried about her social standing. A.J. leaned toward the former. Trixie Tang seemed very passionately in love with Timmy. This presented A.J. with a dilemna. Should he tell Timmy what he suspected. If he WAS wrong, and it raised his best friend's hopes, it would crush him. If he was right, however, it might cost Timmy Cosmo and Wanda.

"I don't like Jorgen," said A.J., "and I'm sure I could handle him, but I'm not going to antagonize him deliberately. It could end up hurting Timmy." A.J. smiled. Everybody thought his best friend was nuts for thinking that the most popular girl in school would give him the time of day. Timmy had been very determined to win her heart, and it looked like he did. A.J. did feel a little envious; every boy in school, including him, found Trixie hot and wanted to wear that ribbon that said "Trixie's Official Boyfriend", but mostly he felt happy for his friend; Timmy deserved to have his dream come true.

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"Jeffrey," said Grandfather Tang.

"Hello, Grandfather," said Trixie.

"Trixie," said Old Man Tang.

"Trixie, honey, why don't you go downstairs and get ready for dinner. I need to talk to your grandfather for a few minutes."

"Sure, Dad," said Trixie, and she went downstairs.

Jeff Tang looked annoyed at his father and then said,

"I know that Sullivan occasionally hires himself out privately, but his main employment is with me. Not you."

"And his main mission is to protect my granddaughter from undesireables like the Turner boy."

"Undesirables?", said Jeff, "Dad,do you know how hypocritical that sounds; you and your own father, my grandfather, came from a fishing village in South Korea. That's hardly high class."

"And I don't want to ever see any of my family dragged into such a lower class life again."

Jeff shook his head and stated,

"Odd, I always thought you and grandpa came over to the United States to get away from such thinking." He paused. "Or maybe Grandpa just did."

"We came over here for a better life; and as long as we keep people like that Turner boy away we'll enjoy such a life."

"Well, and part of that better life is to break away from rusty egalitarian positions without interference from family members." Jeff's expression hardened and he added, "Understand this Dad, I love and I respect you, but raising my daughter is primarily MY responsiblity; not yours." Jeff stopped. "If you're so worried about your grandchildren, perhaps you should worry about more about your other grandchild. James has had his third DUI, this year. That's a lot more threat to the family name, than my daughter dating an 11 year boy who may not be as rich as us." Before his father can respond, Jeff added, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm having dinner with my wife and daughter. I believe you know you're way out."