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"I'll be upstairs if you guys need me." I said then slowly head upstairs. I could see them walking into the living room and sitting down near each other and hear their conversation.
"So uh, how have you been Arizona?" Mom asked. I can tell she is very uncomfortable.
"Good. I'm good. How about you?"
"I'm doing well. Sofia and I are getting boxes together, as you can tell from the mess right now."
"Why? Are you guys moving again?" She asked.
"We're moving back to Seattle." Mom said.
"Oh. That's great, Callie. Really great." I quietly walk downstairs and listen from the bottom step with a glass of water.
"I know that Sofia is pleased that we are going back." Mom said.
"But are you?" Momma asked.
"I don't know to be honest." I dropped the water and they look over at me.
"Sofia-" I didn't hear the rest of the conversation. I walk back upstairs and laid on the bed with my back away from the door. I heard the door opening and someone sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Sof, I'm gonna go." I look up and see Momma.
"Are you going back to Seattle?" I asked her.
"Yes." She said. I shake my head and roll away from her. She sighs and kisses my head and leaves a present on my desk.
"Happy Birthday, honey." She said and walked out of the room and out of the house. I walk over to the desk and open the present. It's a picture of me, Momma and Mom when I was about 2. Then I realized what I have to do.
I walk to my closet and pack my suitcase again. I wait until it's about 5 the next morning and I call a taxi and head to the airport. I bought my ticket last night, pretending I was Mom because I used her credit card and I got on the first flight to Seattle. A few hours later, I knock on a door and the person answers it, and I can tell that they were not expecting me at their door.
"What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in, Aunt Meredith?" She lets me in and we sit on the couch.
"Now, what are you doing here? Does Callie know you are here?"
"No, and neither does Momma." I said.
"Sofia, why are you here exactly?"
"Mom and Momma were talking yesterday and Mom and I were gonna move back here to Seattle, but she might be having doubts." I said. She grabs my hand and rubs it.
"Can I at least call Arizona?" I nod my head. She grabs the phone and stays on the couch with me.
"Arizona…I know, she's with me…That I really don't know…Okay, I'll see you." She hangs up the phone and looks at me.
"She'll be here in an hour." I nod my head and close my eyes. An hour later, the doorbell rings and Aunt Meredith answers it.
"Where is she?" I heard and I gulped. I open my eyes and sit up on the couch.
"She's in the living room." I hear footsteps and I see Momma standing there.
"Sofia, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"To be with you." I said in a tired voice. She sits down next to me.
"Honey, I want to be with you too, but your mother has custody of you." She said.
"I heard you and Mom talking yesterday." I said and she looks down.
"Sof, if your mother doesn't want to move here then I'm not going to force her." I stand up.
"But I hate not seeing you everyday like I do with Mom. I wish that we were a family again." I said. I'm starting to act like I'm seven again.
"I do too, Sof. But it's not that easy." Momma said.
"Well then, I'll go back to Miami and not come back then." I said and I grab my bag and walk out of the house. Momma grabs my shoulder and stops me.
"Hold it young lady. We're not done talking." I stop and hang my head.
"Sofia, you know that I would do anything to have you and your mother back, but I hurt your mother." She said.
"Why can't you let it go, Momma? That happened 13 years ago because you were suffering from PTSD from the plane crash." I said.
"You know about that?"
"Mom told me about it and how she told Uncle Alex to cut off your leg to save you and how you blamed her for months." I said.
"Oh."
"Can you take me to the airport? I've got to get back for school that I am missing." I said. She nods her head and we get in her car. Instead of going to the airport, she drives us to the old apartment building.
"What are we doing here, Momma?"
"I want to show you something." We get out and head upstairs to the old apartment. We walk in.
"Come here." I follow her into what looks like a nursery.
"Your mom and I would sit in here with you for hours."
"Again, why are we here?" I asked.
"Because this apartment is where I had everything. A wife and daughter to come home to from a hard day at work. Now, I have nothing. No wife, and my child lives 3,000 miles away." I walk out of the room so that Momma doesn't see my tears. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I hug her and sob onto her shoulder.
"Let it out, baby." She whispers in my ear. A few minutes later, I pull away.
"I'm sorry Momma." I said and she wipes the tears from my cheeks.
"It's not your fault, baby. It's mine. I'm the one who broke up the family, but I am gonna do everything I can to get the family back together." She said and she grabs my hand.
"Come on. Lets go to the house and call Mom." I nod my head and we leave the apartment.
We arrive at the house and I head upstairs to lay down. I'm up there for a few minutes when Momma comes in.
"She's on her way. She'll be here in a few hours." I nod my head and cover my eyes with my arm.
Two hours later, I wake up and head downstairs and sit on the couch with my bag at the end. I release a really big breath that I was holding in.
"You ready to face the music?" Momma asked.
"Not really." I said.
A few minutes later, there is a knock on the front door. I gulp and Momma pats my leg then walks over to the door and opens it.
"She's in the living room." Momma said. I hear them walking towards me and I look down.
"Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres. You scared me half to death!"
"I'm sorry." I said with my head down. She starts ranting in Spanish. Some I could understand, others I couldn't. Even though I am half Spanish, I don't understand the language very well.
"Will you just stop for a minute?!" I yelled and she and Momma look at me.
"Alright, what is it?" She asked. I take a deep breath and stand up and look at Mom.
"Mom, I want to move in with Momma." I said.