Agatha went to her office and waited by the phone, though she felt like it would never ring. She felt though, however, like a child, if she stared at it, it would ring faster.
Lily decided to go and tell Agatha what she was going to do. "Agatha!" She calls out as she just came in.
The woman nearly fell out of her chair in surprise, then groaned. "Aw... 'Squeaky' St. Regis..." she greeted, not really happy to see the platinum-haired woman. She then helped herself back in her desk, trying to look stable and appropriate for her position. "What do you want?"
Pepper heard the outcry and smirked.
Lily came in. "I have some great news!" She says loudly and happily.
Missy woke up and scowled at the sound of that woman's voice.
Agatha moaned, in more pain than her brother was about her voice earlier due to her heavy drinking. "You're getting your vocal chords removed?"
"No, I'm getting Rooster out." Lily beams.
Missy got up and stumbled as she heard what Lily said. Pepper heard the movements from Miss Hannigan's room and blinked. Agatha wasn't sure what to make of that. She loved her brother, but he had tried to kill little Annie along with his own daughter. She may have not liked children very much, but she had standards on that and was surprisingly disgusted by his actions. Molly heard the conversation in the bathroom and gestured the others to follow her. She wanted to hear what was going on since she tried to save Annie that way when she had to clean up in there with Pepper.
"Ain't that swell?" Lily asks happily.
Pepper followed. Missy looked sickly pale and had the same idea as the girls.
Agatha bit her lip, but hid her uneasiness. "Suuuuure! Who doesn't love good old Roost?" she chuckled a bit, but on the inside was worried about Annie and Goldie's safety since he now knew where they lived.
Lily laughed cheerfully. "I forgave him for what he did to those three younger ones." she says, a dreamy look on her face.
Pepper glanced at Molly, then saw Missy. Missy covered her mouth nervously.
Agatha rolled her eyes slightly. "I hope you know what you're doin', Lizzie..." she purposely got her brother's girlfriend's name wrong.
"It's Lily..." Lily says. She then leaned in. "You heard from the bigger girl?" She asks quietly.
"Are you okay?" Duffy noticed how overwhelmed Missy seemed.
Pepper looked at her. Missy gave them a distant nod. She couldn't believe Rooster Hannigan was going to be out.
"Oh, Mitzi!" Agatha nodded, though this time, she really was forgetful.
Molly grew nervous for Missy's safety now.
"Yeah her... is she different than before?" the hotel woman asks.
Agatha slowly shut her eyes and folded her arms. "She looks fine to me... As long as she don't got spots on her face, coughing up blood, or on fire, I'm fine."
Missy looked at the girls. "We should leave before she comes back out." she whispers.
"All of us?" Tessie whimpered shakily.
Missy nodded "I'll leave 'er a note..." she says, meaning Miss Hannigan.
"Oh, my goodness..." Tessie moaned.
"Hey, it'll be okay." Molly tried to console the poor girl who seemed to worry about every little thing.
Missy gently hugged the girl. "Come on..." she whispers.
Molly nodded and went with Missy and the other orphans. Missy wrote a note saying she was 'taking the orphans for a walk'. She liked the girls but Agatha mostly knew them as the 'Orphans' rather than calling them by their names.
"Should we get going then?" Duffy asked before they could get out to the outside world they rarely got to see.
Missy nodded and took the girls out, going to take them up to the mansion with her. Molly held Missy's hand before they went anywhere. Missy held Molly's hand gently.
"Come on, let's get going." Kate said, though she had the hardest time running when they had to save Annie a long time ago.
Molly followed Missy and was also glad they didn't have to run either. Missy walked with them back towards the mansion. Pepper followed, the last in the group.
"Good, that means Rooster won't have any ties to going after that girl." Lily smiles chirpily. She was worried that Rooster would dump her for the younger girl especially if she had been pregnant with his child.
"Last I saw she was restin' now, she must be sleepy if she's willing to sleep in a room that comes with a vodka filled bath tub." Agatha leaned back in her chair again, this time not falling on herself.
"She's in ya room? Can I go to see her, I wanna apologize." she says.
"She's sleepin', not sure if she'd listen." Agatha shrugged, not knowing Missy was already up.
"Oh...I'll wait then..." Lily says.
"Poor thing looked exhausted... She'll get wrinkles if she doesn't get enough beauty sleep like me..." Agatha gave herself a grin.
Lily snorted, amused.
"Jealous much, Caviar?" Agatha mocked the girl, even if she was a lot richer than anyone would ever be, only rivaling with Oliver Warbucks.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Oh, hush." she says.
Agatha snorted a little.
Lily looked around. "Where are your little snot factories, anyhow?" She asks.
"Their rooms, I told them to play quietly cuz Missy was sleepin'." Agatha said, still not noticing the girls had left the orphanage.
"Oh." she says, shrugging.
Agatha smacked her lips and took out an 'emergency' bottle of vodka. She popped the cap off and started to guzzle it down and she glanced at Lily. "Want some?" she asked, rather slurry, shoving the bottle in the girl's face, hoping some spilled or splashed her.
"Nope..." Lily says, pushing the bottle away.
"Your loss." Agatha nearly gagged, but held it down as she kept drinking away her sorrows, she blamed her mother.
Lily sighed.
"How much is bail these days?" Agatha asked the air-headed heiress.
"$100 for him." Lily says.
"$100?! Geez, the government has gone to Hell lately..." Agatha grunted a little.
Lily nodded.
"I bet Roosevelt doesn't make another term..." Agatha snorted about who was their current and so far considered to be the best president by far.
Lily shrugged.
Goldie was getting a make-up prep lesson from Grace. The girl had never wore make-up before, her father often told her look like an unflattering term for a dirty woman who wanted money for love. Goldie was going to show Annie after she was done.
"There you go." Grace smiled at the young teenager.
"Thanks a million." Goldie smiled at her applied blush, same red as ruby lipstick, and was even given a pearl necklace.
Annie was playing with Sandy.
"Annie, would you like to see Goldie?" Grace asked the girl at play. "She has a surprise to show you."
Annie looked at Grace. "Yeah." she says happily.
Grace smiled and took Annie's hand to show her Goldie. Annie followed, smiling.
"I know you're not too keen on make-up, but be nice, she's a little nervous about this." Grace hinted at what the surprise was so Annie wouldn't seem greedy if she had been expecting to receive at least one gift.
Annie nodded. "Okay, Grace." she says maturely for her age.
"Goldie!" Grace called.
"Be right there!" Goldie called back and slowly came out with a nervous smile. She never really did like how she looked.
Annie looked at Goldie then grinned. "Gee Whiz, Goldie, you look swell." she says.
Goldie blushed a little and shuffled her foot. "Aww... It's nothing, really..." she said sheepishly.
Grace smiled at the young teenager.
"It looks a lot bigger at day..." Molly looked with content.
Missy nodded. "It is." she says softly.
Punjab came and looked down at the crowd, wondering what they were here for, but smiled as he saw Missy. Missy gave him a small smile back, though she looked a little worried still.
Annie nodded. "Yeah." she says sincerely and happily.
"Here to see Annie?" Punjab asked the girls.
"Yes, sir." Molly nodded as her answer.
Missy took them to the house. She was really worried.
"Would you like to come inside?" Punjab asked the not too large group.
Missy smiled a little at him.
Annie hugged Goldie "You look so pretty." she says.
"Really?" Goldie smiled, feeling special.
Annie heard the chattering and grinned. "Come on, Goldie." she grins.
Goldie heard some chattering as well and smiled daintily. Annie rushed out, pulling Goldie with her. Goldie smiled and followed Annie out to meet the others with excitement. Missy watched as her sister, adopted sister and friends met each other. Pepper looked more sullen, but did go over. Goldie and Annie beamed and gushed to the other girls as they shared some talking with each other. Missy watched, smiling a little.
"I really miss ya..." Molly said to Annie and Goldie.
"We miss you too." the young teenager said back, her eyes nearly easily being shown due to the make-up making her look better by appearance even if Grace had told her she's beautiful just the way she is.
Sandy came toward Pepper and started shaking himself around her.
Pepper scowled "Ya dumb mutt." she growls.
Sandy whimpered to Pepper and went to the friendlier orphans. Goldie smiled fondly at the girls, still seeing most of them still around that she knew very well. Pepper went to speak with Goldie and Annie. Annie gave them all hugs.
Missy looked at Punjab "I need to speak to Mr. Warbucks..." she says. She did secretly wonder if Punjab knew her condition.
"Come with me, Missy." Punjab told her gently, not showing anything that he noticed with her condition and lead her inside the mansion to get to the man's home office.
Missy followed him. She was so nervous.
"Hey, Pepper..." Goldie greeted warmly, even if the girl isn't as tolerable as the others due to her being a bit of a bully.
Pepper waved "Hi... we got something to tell ya." she says.
Annie looked at Pepper, confused.
Goldie raised an eyebrow, nearly suspicious. "What is it?"
"Just don't freak out." Molly said cautiously.
Pepper looked serious. "Lily St. Regis is gonna bail out Rooster..." she says as soft as she could.
Goldie's eyes widened and her face paled, even with the make-up on her face, it was noticeable. "Daddy..." she muttered, a little nervously.
Pepper nodded. Goldie gulped a bit and looked down to Annie to make sure she wasn't really scared or anything. Pepper looked too. Annie had wide eyes but thankfully didn't look too scared.
Goldie had a deep breath. "When does he get out...?" she asked, her voice nearly cracking about the mention of her father.
Pepper looked at her. "Tomorrow.." she says.
Annie blinked. "We gotta tell Daddy." she says.
Goldie paled even worse, trying not to have a fainting dizzy spell. "Oh, my goodness..."
Annie stopped Goldie from collapsing.
"See?" Tessie looked at Pepper. "Other people say it!"
Pepper scoffed at Tessie. "Whatever..." she says.
"Thank you, sweetie..." Goldie cooed to Annie.
Molly hugged both girls, worried about them and what would ever happen if Rooster got them again. Annie smiled a little hugging Molly back too.
"I won't let 'em hurt ya!" Molly said, trying to sound fierce.
Annie giggled "Sure ya will, Moll." she says.
Molly smiled back up at Annie. Even if Goldie was the oldest, she looked up more to Annie than the other girls, especially Goldie.
"Are you okay, Goldie?" July asked, noticing how overwhelmed the black-haired girl seemed.
The teenager blinked and looked apologetically at the girls. "Y-Yes, I'm fine, dears..."
Annie took Goldie's hand. "Gee Whizz, does Missy know?" She asks the girls.
The girls nodded, softly.
"Daddy..." Goldie still felt odd around the subject of her father.
Annie looked at her. "Goldie, it'll be okay, we won't let him take ya." she says.
Pepper didn't mention that Missy's stomach was big 'cuz she was pregnant.
Goldie nodded a little quietly and gave a nervous smile.
"You got us." Tessie said, rather with confidence instead of cowardice.
Annie nodded. Even Pepper nodded.
"Don't worry, Goldie, we'll make sure your daddy doesn't never hurt you again." Molly added in, cheerfully.
Annie giggled at Molly's way of saying it.
Punjab knocked on the door to the office gently.
"Just a moment, please!" Warbucks called back, then continued a phone conversation he was having.
Missy rested her hand on her small bump. "Not gonna let him hurt you." she whispers to it quietly.
Warbucks finished his call and hung up the telephone. "Come in!" he granted access for Missy to come in and see him.
Missy entered the office nervously. "Mr. Warbucks... There's been some news..." she says softly.
"What is it, Missy?" Warbucks asked, not meaning to sound provoked, but that was just how he would talk normally to anyone about anything, even when he started to deeply miss Annie when 'her parents' took her away from him.
"Rooster Hannigan is getting bailed out tomorrow..." she says softly. She wrung her hands and her eyes filled with tears.
"Leaping lizards..." Warbucks muttered a bit, that phrase really grew on him ever since Annie stayed with him for a week before she was adopted. "Did he... Hurt you in any way?"
Missy didn't meet his gaze and the tears started to drip down her cheeks. She nodded and placed her hands on her stomach.
Warbucks looked down at her stomach and back at her face. "He caused this...?" he asked in a very quiet voice so only she could hear.
Missy nodded, her bottom lip wobbling as she tried not to let a sob out.
"I'm sorry, sweetie... You must feel so much pain..." Warbucks tried his best to soothe her. "I'll give the prison $1,000 with a 99 year sentence to harming a poor, innocent girl."
"I'm not going to get rid of the baby though... It's not their fault." Missy whimpers as she cried silently.
"That's very brave of you, Missy." Warbucks said gently, still hugging her.
Missy hugged him, truly showing that she accepted him into her life even if she wouldn't call him any names related to father yet.
"You want any help?" Warbucks offered, feeling like she were another one of his daughters like when he grew accustomed to Annie.
Missy wiped her eyes. "Can ya help me get some baby stuff? I'll pay ya back when I get a job." she asks and says.
"Of course, doll," Warbucks told her in the gentlest voice he could muster. "Is it going to be a boy or a girl?"
"I don't know... It's only been a coupl-a months since The Incident." Missy says quietly.
"Well, I'm sure you'll be in good hands with all of us on your side." Warbucks soothed the best he could as a man.
Missy nodded with a small smile.
Warbucks briefly broke out of the hug. "I'm sorry for you, but you're brave to put up with the child, we'll all help you out with anything you need."
Missy nodded. "Thank you, Mr. Warbucks." she says softly.
"Anytime, Missy." Warbucks said back. "I just hope you'll be alright."
Missy smiled and looked a little pale but better than before. "I will with you guys." she says.
Warbucks smiled and gently patted her on the head like a parent would a child on a job well done. Missy smiled. She then headed back out knowing he was busy.
"I'll be seein' ya, today's a busy day." Warbucks gave one nod before sending her out, not to be rude.
Missy nodded, leaving and went and took a seat to calm down. Warbucks shut his door to get back down the business.
