Kathy's P.O.V:After leaving Sly alone to play, I left to go get both of us ice cream from an ice cream shop, which was close to the park without any care in the world.
After entering the shop,there right in front of the counter was an old stork who I thought I would never see again ,said to me"well if it isn't one of my favorite customer Kathy Cooper ,how have you been?" that's when I recognize him, and say "Arnold Longale I have been fine haven't seen you since after you delivered Sly while working at the hospital, how has it been ?" I ask.
Before I tell you what he said though let me tell you a bit about Arnold ,he was an old friend of the cooper family, and used to work as the cooper gangs chronicler ,whenever my husband needed information on anything or anyone ,Arnold was the man to ask ,and when I first met Connor ,Arnold was the first guy to be introduced to me.
He was even the guy who married us I will never forget that night ,he is the nicest person I have ever met in my life, but after receiving so many degrees in collages all over ,he left the gang in pursuit of a career, and ended up working in one job and moves on to another ,in fact one of the jobs he worked in before quitting was at the hospital, where he was the one who helped me and Connor deliver Sly.
Yes I know he's a bit wacky ,but he is the reason Sly has me as a very sweet ,kind ,and loving mother but anyways he then begins to say in a stressed voice"not so good, ever since Interpol funded to install these cameras all over town ,they decided to go even further ,by having their warden and her men check up on every work facility for criminal activity that's just wrong!"
"Sorry to hear this Arnold really I'm"I said ,then his mood changes to a cheery one saying "don't think nothing of it Kathy, you know me it'll just pass by like any other day ,so what'll it be today?" I just giggle at this and decide to order anyways.
"Alright I'll have two lemon lime cones please" I say, after giving the cones to me ,I ask him "thanks so much what do I owe for it now?" that's when he replies to me"not a dime ,for you I'll just give it away free of charge."
I was pleased by the offer replying "oh why thank you" as I collected the ice cream cones ,he replies"oh no don't thank me ,anything for the Cooper gang have a nice day now" as I leave when he says this, I turn back to him and wave goodbye ,smiling before I left.
When I got back to the park afterwards, I notice that Sly was nowhere to be found, I was beginning to worry so I try to call out to him shouting "Sly sweetie, I got you your favorite Ice cream flavor lemon lime!"
Then like a flash he was right in front of me, and with a little friend following close behind ,when I noticed this I ask him"oh Sly and who's your little friend?"
And right before he could answer ,someone else from behind me answered for him, saying "hola I see you've met mi hija Carmelita ,I was looking all over for her" ,and when I turned around I noticed the girls mom ,which happened to be a very pretty vixen woman, holding two ice cream cones of the same flavor.
The clothes she wore are to die for ,which they happened to be a black turtleneck T-shirt ,with red designer jeans that I thought were awesome.
"Carmelita what did I tell you about running away from your Mamma young lady, now apologize to this woman ?" the woman said to her daughter ,as she picks her up to her level, Carmelita replies "sorry mamma" ,then I step in saying"oh she was no trouble ,I'm just happy that Sly found himself a playmate."
Making a good impression on herself, the woman introduces herself to me ,saying "yes I see I just worry about losing her sometimes ,I'm Teresa Fox by the way, my husband is a very famous man at Interpol ,whats your name?"while she was giving Carmelita her ice cream cone
I simply reply to her"my name is Kathy, Kathy Cooper nice to meet you ,and this is my son Sly Cooper, say hello Sly" turning to Sly afterwards saying this, and he replies saying "hello it's very nice to meet you" ,while holding a plastic shovel in his hands.
Me and Teresa both began to laugh at what Sly said,next I gave him his ice cream cone ,then returned to talking with Teresa saying"anyways it's very nice to meet you" as me and her shook hands smiling at each other but I still think to myself how I can explain about who Sly,s father is and not get him arrested when the time comes.
When we did ,afterwards we sat on the bench and talked about our everyday lives, and right then I had the feeling that me and her where going to be the best of friends, when we both saw our kids playing together.
"Look at the two playing like as if the two knew each other forever" I say ,watching the two chase each other, that's when I hear from Teresa saying "your son must like thieves very much, he is on a roll playing as one."
I knew this was the right time to tell her ,that's when I made a confession to her saying "actually there's a reason why he's so good ,you see please don't scream but my husband actually happens to be the legendary thief Connor Cooper."
She took that as a joke as she finishes her ice cream cone ,and replies "oh surely you don't expect me to believe that ,I mean you are too nice to be a-"but before she could finish her comment ,I then reply"it's the truth, I'm actually married to a thief and he's teaching our son to be the next one",hearing this changed her expression to a speechless one.
I then explain to her how we met,and all the trouble he went through stealing for his family ,for Sly ,and for me but seeing that she is the wife to the head chief of Interpol,I decided to give up ,hang my head in shame, and say"oh whats the use I'm sure your husband will arrest mine soon,sorry for wasting your time Teresa, we'll leave now come on Sly" grabbing him by the hand, as we leave the park.
But before we could ,I hear her say to me "you know I have told my husband a million times, I've always beleived thieves like Connor had hearts like the rest of us ,and you have just helped me prove it" changing her expression from crushed ,to glad that she had a theif for a freind.
This brought tears to my eyes when I heard this, I even asked her"do you really mean it?", thats when she nods her head in agreement, and made me feel welcome no matter who she is, she was the only person to see my family for what we are on the inside, rather than the outside.
After feeling touched,I then tell Sly "on second thought sweetie,why don't you play with Carmelita a little longer,I think we'll be here for a minute or two" feeling grateful for this,Sly replies to me in a cheery voice "YAY thanks mom,come on Carmelita lets play!"
As Sly and Carmelita started to play, me and Teresa began to talk about stuff we had in common and fun times we had with our families, up to a point where it became sunset , thats when we saw the little guys on the ground all tuckered out.
"Look at them they had a big day together didn't they" Teresa asked ,as she picked up her daughter whispering to her ear "vamos mi hija, time to go" "They sure did" I replied before picking up the half tired Sly ,whispering to him"say goodbye to Carmelita sweetie ,its time to go home."
He does so and so did I saying "bye Teresa we hope to see you and Carmelita sometime" waving goodbye to her, while she waves to me saying" same to you Kathy ,you too Sly" before we made our way to home.
well thats it for this chapter and I would like to thank Snow the Shadow Kitsune for beta reading this she deserves most credit for a job well done and for that I thank her