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WORD COUNT: 1, 978


CHAPTER 2

A Reason.


Valentina and her family walked towards the large tent, where the show was about to begin. They quickly made their way to the ticket box, where one of the workers was. They paid for five tickets and proceeded into the tent, sitting close the back, since
the front and middle had already been taken. Alejandro and Maria beamed at their parents, gushing about how much fun they had the last time. While Alejandro signed rapidly to his mother while he spoke to his father, Catalina smiled adoringly to her
two youngest. Miguel quietened them down as they show began and took his wife's hand, smiling at her gently as they both had their eyes on the stage. Valentina was in the row before them, oppositeher mother and as Ethel came on the stage and
started to introduce the act, Valentina looked at her mother and started to sign, to which Catalina nodded, keeping her attention divided between her daughter and the performer.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight, we have wonders, curiosities, laughs and scares! Now please, help me by welcoming the Amazon Eve and her wonderful companion, Ma Petite." The large lady came in, with a bright smile with the world's smallest woman, who
waved and smiled at the crowd. The audience ooh'd and ahh'd and the vast physical difference. Catalina sat forward and watched with avid fascination while Miguel kept his stoic expression but in his eyes, there was the same curiosity while the other
members of the audience were a lot more vocal about their opinions. Valentina was glad that Catalina couldn't hear their negativity.

Act after act that Valentina signed for her mother, until Jimmy was called on stage for the second time in a week, to which both Alejandro and Valentina sat straighter and she signed to her mother. "This is him." Catalina nodded and their eyes
turned to the stage just as Jimmy came out and showed his hands to the crowd. Alejandro smiled and tried to wave at him, Valentina giggled at her brother's enthusiasm as Jimmy started to juggle, having seen a lot of kids coming through. That was when
he saw enthusiastic hands waving at him and he saw that they were attached to Alejandro, and smiled, doing a few complicated tricks, to which the children gasped and clapped.

His eyes slowly moved to see Maria, who was awake, a man next to her, and a woman next to him, their hands weaved with one another as he then spotted Valentina who turned from her mother, to look up at Jimmy, smiling brightly and he did a couple more
tricks before taking his leave.

The show soon ended with a song from Elsa Mars, but Valentina wasn't listening, she was impatient to get out of her seat and to find Jimmy.

When the show finally ended. Valentina lead her family out and she signed to her mother, "Would you like to meet him?"

Catalina smiled brightly and signed, "I would love to meet the man who made my Valentina's heart race." Valentina blushed bright red as they walked toward the trailers, where they saw Jimmy talking with the bearded lady. Jimmy turned to see Valentina
and he smiled as the two performers walked to them.

Valentina turned her eyes to Ethel and she smiled happily. "Hello, I'm Valentina, it's nice to meet you."Valentina lifted her hand to be shook, to which Ethel responded, giving it a quick shake, her eyes doubtful and guarded around the pretty girl.

"I'm Alejandro, and this is my twin sister; Maria!"Alejandro spoke up and hugged his little sister, who chimed a shy hello.

"I'm Miguel Garcia, these three are my children and this is my lovely wife Catalina." Miguel wrapped an arm around Catalina's waist, to which she waved and smiled beautifully. Jimmy could see the definite resemblance between Catalina and Valentina.

"Well, my name is Ethel Darling, this here, is my boy, Jimmy, but of course you already knew that." Ethel said, shaking hands with the family.

Alejandro grinned. "He's my friend!"

Ethel smiled at the naivety of the young boy, before turning to the wife who remained silent. "I haven't heard you speak, . Is there something wrong? Ae you ill?" Miguel instantly drew a defensive stance. His wife had been shunned for
years for having a difference in her physical make-up, and when they had children, it was only worse for them, because they got bullied a lot by the other children. Valentina, Alejandro and Maria all understood the hardships of being a different family,
but that never stopped them from communicating with their mother. All three were fluent in Sign language, Spanish and English.

"Papí, it's okay. They won't do anything to Mamá." Valentina spoke hesitantly, putting a gentle hand on her father's arm and he visibly relaxed.

"What do you mean?" Jimmy asked, confused, looking to his mother who had the same exact look, to which Valentina turned to her mother.

She signed, "Ethel, Jimmy's mother, wanted to know why you don't speak. She's not mean, Mamá, but Papí just got a little defensive, they're a bit cautious. They want to know." Valentina explained and Catalina nodded and held her husband's hand,
before brushing her hair back and showed them that there was smooth skin where her ears should be.

Both Jimmy and Ethel looked surprised but they didn't run, or push her around, their looks of shock turned into smiles. "So you communicate with your mother by using your hands?"

"Sí. I learnt Sign language when I first met Cat at the circus where I worked, then, when we had children, I taught them as well so they could communicate with her. Even though she can't hear us. She can read our lips as well, but she finds sign
language is easier for her. Valentina actually translated your show for her tonight." Miguel boasted and Valentina looked away, blushing.

Catalina caught their attention and signed, smiling at Jimmy and Ethel with an infectious smile. "My mother says, 'I have never seen such beauty in a long time. Every one of you with your own big personality. All of it good. Even if I could not hear, I could see. I have never seen my children so happy.'" Valentina
translated and Jimmy stared at her smiling, before looking to Catalina and spoke slowly so she could read his lips.

"Thank you very much. It's nice to meet somebody who appreciates us and doesn't use us." Catalina waved him off and smiled, a silent laugh shaking her shoulders.

"Well, we best get going. Valentina, we're going to go to the car, if you'd like some time to speak with Jimmy, then by all means. We'll wait for you." The rest of the Garcia family bid their goodbyes and took their leave as Valentina stood in front of
Ethel and Jimmy.

"I think I'll be heading off to bed now, as well. It was lovely meeting you, Valentina. Come back anytime. My Jimmy would be more than happy to look after you."

"Goodnight, Miss Darling. And thank you, for not judging my mother." Valentina spoke from the heart, smiling warmly.

"I only judge those that pick on us, because we're different. I would never turn against someone I believe to be of good heart." Ethel said before taking her leave.

"You really are something, you know that?" Jimmy said, grinning down at her.

"How so?" Valentina asked, a small smile playing on her full lips.

"I mean, I was a bit skeptical at first. I thought you just wanted to string me along. But I saw how happy your brother was when you guys came by the trailer and just now, with your mother, I realized why you were indifferent to all this. You were born
into a family who loved anybody and everybody." Jimmy said and watched Valentina smile peacefully.

"We are a very different family. But we all accept it and I love being different. It's the best part about me." Valentina smiled, before starting to walk. "Walk with me?"

Jimmy nodded as they strode across the grounds, staring at Valentina, unable to shake the feeling that he had met her before. "Have we met before? I don't just mean last night, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."

Valentina shrugged. "I was born in the circus, we moved around a lot, maybe we met in passing. I was getting the same feeling too, something familiar."

Jimmy looked down at her. "So, do you have anything 'freaky' about you?" He asked, to which Valentina grinned and nodded, keeping silent. The young man stared down at her in shock, "seriously? Where?"

Valentina giggled, before shaking her head. "I'll show you one day. When Alejandro and Maria were born, we tried to see if there was anything different, but they had completely bypassed my mother's genetics and took my father's instead and they gained
his enthusiasm for the show." Valentina smiled brightly.

"Well, can you give me a clue?" Jimmy asked, chuckling, his eyes roaming every inch of her body and face, trying to find anything out of place, but came up short.

"Okay, then. The clue is my eyes. They aren't what they appear." Valentina cryptically answered and Jimmy groaned in frustration.

"I said a clue, not a riddle!" His exasperation made Valentina giggle with glee as she turned to see her father's car with all her family inside. "Time for me to go."

"Are you gonna come back? I still have to figure out what you're hiding." Jimmy teased as Valentina nodded.

"I'll be back and I will not show you until you figure out the clue, Guapo." Valentina raised her hand as she walked away. "Bye Jimmy!"

Shaking his head, Jimmy smiled and raised his hand in farewell. "See you, Valentina!"

Valentina got in the car and strapped herself in, where Miguel started the car and proceeded to drive carefully out of the grounds until they hit the main road. "So, bello, did you show him?" Miguel asked as he drove.

"I gave him a clue about my eyes. I'll tell him in time. It's fun watching him trying to look and find what my oddity is. It's very amusing."

"Well, you have always hidden it well. Not sure why you do, but you have."

"I do it because you and Mamá have enough on your plates, you don't need my problems to add on it." Valentina explained, looking down at her fingers.

"Mi angél, we are parents, it is our job to have your problems on our plates as well. Otherwise we wouldn't be parents." Miguel said, before shaking his head, smiling. "You're a lot like your mother. Independent and trying to lighten everybody
else's load but your own. You're our shining beacon, my love. But even a beacon needs to stop the light and take a rest." Valentina considered his words thoughtfully, before he spoke again. "When do you think you will go back?"

"Soon, I hope." Valentina said, looking out the window with a happy smile.

Miguel smiled at his daughter's happiness. He knew that if anybody could make her happy, it would be Jimmy and if anybody could get her out of her shell, it would be that show.