Disclaimer: I don't own the 2004 animated film Shark Tale and all rights goes to DreamWorks Animation SKG. Shark Tale has always been one of my favorite animated films to watch ever since childhood and I still enjoy watching the movie so much, and since I love Shark Tale so much, I decided to do a whole seventeen-part miniseries version of the movie that serves as a whole retelling of the movie which is known as When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie that has brand new scenes, brand new characters, brand new locations, different dialogue. I hope you enjoy the retelling of the movie Shark Tale and if you do, you can review and favor/follow if you want to :)
When A Little Fish Tells A Great White Lie
Episode 3: You Are Your Own Person
Chapter 5: During Our Childhood
Meanwhile, elsewhere at the RMS Titanic, Teresa is swimming throughout the hallways all by herself while the many members of the great white shark mafia as well as Don Lino's two loyal consigliere and caporegime Luca and Yvette are getting ready to go to sleep in each of their own bedrooms after they all got finished with waving goodbye to the rest of the mafias of the Five Families which are the hammerhead shark mafia, the leopard shark mafia, the killer whale mafia, and the swordfish mafia, and even both Leonardo and Shelly are preparing to go to sleep in their bedroom just as they expressed their love for each other, especially of how they have been married to each other for so long and had an only child together which turns out to be Don Edward Lino of the great white shark mafia and Leonardo's successor.
Just as both Leonardo and Shelly express their deep love for each other, they both express their concern about how their own son and only child Don Lino has been questioning Lenny for being so different and questioning Teresa on how she would always take Lenny's side no matter what, and they both wish that Don Lino would just understand that Lenny is his own person and that he and Teresa are able to make their own decisions no matter what, especially that they're both getting older along with their older brother Frankie, and they hope that Lenny and Teresa would somehow work things out with Don Lino somehow since their relationship with him has been very estranged lately.
"Oh, I love you so much, Leonardo," said Shelly.
"Shelly, I love you so much too." said Leonardo.
"You've always made me happy and I appreciate it very well," said Shelly.
"You've made me very happy too and I appreciate it too." said Leonardo.
"I am so proud to be your wife," said Shelly.
"And I am so proud to be your husband," said Leonardo.
"We've been married for a long long long time and look how it turned out," said Shelly.
"Our marriage together has always lasted and it always will be," said Leonardo.
"I wish our marriage will last forever and ever." said Shelly.
"Yes, it sure will and we both wish for it to last for life." said Leonardo.
"That's right, and we'll always be together. Also, Leonardo, what about our son Edward? Is he gonna work things out with our grandson Lenny and our granddaughter Teresa?" asked Shelly.
"Huh? What did you just say, Shelly?" asked Leonardo.
"It's about our son Edward. Do you think it's right for him to always question the decisions they make together?" asked Shelly.
"Actually, no I don't think it's a good idea at all, and he should at least support their decisions for once." replied Leonardo.
"I think that she should too, and this has been going on for a while ever since both our grandchildren began getting older and older." said Shelly.
"Things were going so well when our grandkids used to be younger, but it hasn't been going so well when they got older and it's proving to be such a big problem." said Leonardo.
"Tell me about it, and our son really needs to understand that if Lenny doesn't want to be a killer, then he should let him rather than forcing him to be a killer all the time." said Shelly.
"We're family and family always support each other no matter what, and that's what the Lino crime family and the rest of the Five Families are all about." said Leonardo.
"That is absolutely true and that is one of the main traditions of the Five Families, even when it has been first established by one of your ancestors." said Shelly.
"I remember my own mother Hortense who used to tell me those things about what the whole crime family is all about." said Leonardo.
"And you've told me that Hortense's own father Quentin has told her the same thing about the crime family," said Shelly.
"Including Fabrizia with Quentin since she is his own mother, and the rest of my ancestors of the mafia," said Leonardo. "Well, not only we support our two grandkids' own decisions, our daughter-in-law Mildred who is married to our son Edward supports their decision as well."
"Also, Frankie supports their decisions too while he insists that Lenny should follow the family's traditions to be killers as much as our son does." said Leonardo.
"So, what should we do about the thing that is going on between our son and his two children, Leonardo?" asked Shelly.
"Shelly, I honestly don't know," said Leonardo.
"I don't know either." said Shelly.
"But I hope that they will somehow work it out sooner or later," said Leonardo.
"I hope so too," said Shelly.
"Even though our son could be very stubborn just as I am since he got it from me, he always showed deep love for everybody in the mafia," said Leonardo.
"Yes, you could be very stubborn just as you are, but deep down, he shows great compassion towards the crime family. He really does." said Shelly.
"We're so lucky to have a kid together during our marriage together." said Leonardo.
"And our kid is Don Edward Lino, your own successor of being the crime boss of the great whites and being in charge of the rest of the Five Families.," said Shelly.
"I love you." said Leonardo.
"I love you too." said Shelly.
After having the conversation about their concern about Don Lino always expecting Lenny to be a killer and expecting Teresa to become a killer as well as hoping that their only son Don Lino would eventually come to understand that Lenny is his own person and that he and Teresa are able to make their own decisions, both Leonardo and Shelly continued to show their deep love towards each other very much, especially since they have a very loving and healthy marriage even after all those years and had Don Lino as their son and only child together. Both Leonardo and Shelly share a passionate kiss just as they warmly nuzzle each other, and then they got under the blanket together just as they both lovingly hold each other in their fins and quickly fall fast asleep.
Just as Leonardo and Shelly expressed their love for each other and fell asleep in their bedroom, Teresa continued to traveled throughout the hallways of the RMS Titanic all by herself during the nighttime and everybody are preparing to go to sleep in their bedrooms, Teresa still felt very depressed and continued to shed tears right after having the whole meeting with her father Don Lino along with her oldest brother Frankie which is all about her older brother Lenny being so different from the other sharks and her always encouraging Lenny to be so different as well as both of them to commit the crime of murder and her would be committing some more crimes besides always beng theft since she only does it in order to avoid hurting anybody during the crime spree, and wishes that their father Don Lino would just listen to them and understand that Lenny is his own person no matter what as well as that she and Lenny are able to make their own decisions and can live their own lives, especially that they're getting older, and that we would learn that not all sharks in the ocean are cold-blooded killers.
While Teresa continued to be in a state of complete depression over the fact by how much Don Lino is being so stubborn and wouldn't listen that Lenny is already perfect just the way he is and that she and Lenny are able to make their own decisions just as she quickly wiped away her own tears, Frankie has already left Don Lino's office and began looking all over for Teresa, and he quickly finds her in the middle of the hallway just as he quickly swam up to her and began comforting her over the whole meeting with their father Don Lino from before.
Just as Frankie began comforting Teresa, Teresa couldn't believe that Frankie has agreed with Don Lino on tutoring Lenny on becoming a killer and making sure that she would commit more crimes besides just committing theft all the time, and she insists that he would just allow Lenny to be himself and allow she and Lenny to live their own lives, but he explains to her that the reason why he has decided to agree with Don Lino on his own insistences for both her and Lenny is in order to please him very much and make him smile, and he would do anything to make each of his family members smile no matter what, including his two siblings ever since they used to be young children, much to Teresa's own surprise while she still insistence to Frankie that he should just allow Lenny to be himself as much as Don Lino should since he was being too stubborn to listen at all.
"Hey, Teresa, what's the matter?" asked Frankie in concern.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just nothing at all." answered Teresa.
"Are you sure?" asked Frankie.
"Yes, I'm sure. I'm absolutely sure of it." answered Teresa.
"You just swam out of the meeting after what Pop just told you what you and Lenny needed to do tomorrow," said Frankie.
"Well, that's 'cause he wouldn't listen to a thing I'm trying to say just like he wouldn't listen to a thing Lenny is trying to say to him," said Teresa.
"Sometimes, Pop can be very stubborn over some things," said Frankie.
"True, but it's mostly me and Lenny, especially Lenny being so different and me always taking his side as well as just committing the crime of theft."
"So?" asked Frankie.
"So, it's unfair, Frankie, and it's not right either. Lenny and I wish that Daddy would just listen to us for once." said Teresa.
"I'm so sorry, but that's the way Pop is and he's always expecting Lenny to be a killer and you to encourage him to do it as well as commit some more crimes besides stealing." said Frankie.
"Also, Lenny should just be himself while he and I just live our own lives 'cause we're able to make our own decisions and we're getting older," said Teresa.
"I know we're getting older, but Don Lino is expecting us to become the next Dons of the crime family in his place when he retires as the Don one of these days." said Frankie.
"Yes, but he's forcing Lenny to be something that he really couldn't and he hasn't been supporting his own decisions just like he hasn't been supporting my decisions too." said Teresa.
"I can see that, but Pop just wants what's best for each of us and he always has." said Frankie.
"While he does want what's best for each of us, he is very frustrating and full of irritation, and we really need what we expect him to hear all about," said Teresa.
"Look, I know you're really upset by how much Pop is being so frustrating and irritating as well as how we wouldn't listen to reason, but I had to agree with them anyway." said Frankie.
"You really don't have to tutor Lenny with my help and you really don't have to make sure if I do some more crimes besides stealing things from local businesses." said Teresa.
"Actually, I have to make sure of those things 'cause Pop says so, and if he says so, I'll just obey his orders like I'm supposed to and you're supposed to just like I am." said Frankie.
"I honestly can't believe you've decided to do this, especially that you agreed on Lenny's own decision to be different no matter what." said Teresa. "Just like our mother, our grandparents, and me. I thought you did agree on allowing to be himself regardless of what Daddy says or thinks."
"I do and I've always had ever since we've been children and when we got older." said Frankie. "And by the way Teresa, there's a whole reason why I decided to tutor him to follow the tradition of being a killer and you making sure of me committing some more crimes under our Pop's orders."
"Alright. If it has a good reason why you've decided to do it, then you should at least give me a good reason why, Frankie. Tell me right now." said Teresa.
"It's 'cause I just wanna make Pop smile, that's all." said Frankie.
"What?" asked Teresa in surprise.
"I've only decided to do it so I could make Pop happy, and the only way to make him happy is if Lenny becomes a shark and you commit more crimes rather than theft." said Frankie.
"Are you sure about what you just explained to me?" asked Teresa.
Frankie nodded. "Yes, and I would do anything to make anybody who is very close to me smile, including our own crime family and I've been doing it ever since we used to be young."
"I would do the same thing too, and you really don't need to do all of this just to make Daddy smile, even when it's for his own sake and everybody else's sake." said Teresa.
"Teresa, I have to do it for Pop and for everybody who is part of the great white shark mafia," said Frankie. "Especially that Pop has been hearing things about you and Lenny from the mobsters for so long, including from myself for so long."
"Please, Frankie, you don't have to do this just to make Daddy happy and to impress everybody else in the mafia," said Teresa.
"Sorry, Sis, but I gotta do it for Pop and everybody else no matter what, and I'm doing it so he could be happy." said Frankie.
"Are you sure you really wanna do that for Pop and everybody else in the crime family in order to make them smile." said Teresa.
"Yeah, and I would do anything to make it so," said Frankie.
"I…I…I understand that very well," said Teresa. "I understand how you wanna make Pop smile and everybody else smile no matter what, and I also understand that you want what's for me and Lenny as much as Daddy does so much."
"Thank you very much for understanding that kind of thing," said Frankie.
"But I still insist that you should allow Lenny to be just himself no matter what just like our mother and our grandparents already did." said Teresa.
"Teresa." said Frankie in exasperation.
"Alright, but it's the right thing to do anyway." replied Teresa in exasperation.
"I know it's the right thing, but I just agreed to do it for Pop's own sake and in order to make him smile," said Frankie.
"Yeah. Look, I just…I just hope that everything will turn out to be alright somehow, especially of how things have turned out lately for the whole crime family." replied Teresa.
"Me too," said Frankie.
"Well, good night," said Teresa.
"Good night, and I'll see ya in the morning," said Frankie.
Then, both Frankie and Teresa began starring at each other for a moment, and then they both warmly embraced each other just as they both expressed their deep sibling love for each other and hope that everything will turn out to be okay somehow, especially that both Lenny and Teresa's strained relationship with Don Lino due to Lenny's kind nature and unwillingness to commit any crimes at all and Teresa's always taking Lenny's side and only committing the crime of theft in order to do it for Don Lino's sake and in order to avoid hurting anybody in Southside Reef during the crime sprees being carried out the Lino crime family just like Lenny is so unwilling to hurt anybody at all, and Frankie just decided to tutor Lenny on how to be a killer and making sure that Teresa would commit more crimes besides theft as well as began encouraging Lenny to be a killer somehow in order to make Don Lino smile and Teresa understands Frankie's motivation very well even though she will insists that Lenny should be himself.
Frankie and Teresa continue to embrace each other just as they express their sibling love for each other and hoping that everything will turn out to be alright sooner or later, and then Teresa gave Frankie a gentle kiss on his cheek and they both parted ways just as they prepare to head to bed since it's bedtime for the members of the great white shark mafia after the traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families, and after Frankie and Teresa got finished with having their conversation together about how things have been turning out lately, unbeknownst to them, their mother Mildred was still in her and Don Lino's bedroom just as she was preparing for her and Don Lino to go to bed together, and it turns out that both Teresa and Frankie has right been near their parents' own bedroom and Mildred has quietly over heard her two children's conversation about everything just as she became very concerned about how things have been turning out lately between Lenny, Teresa, and Don Lino, especially how a rift has occurred between them when both Lenny and Teresa got older.
Later on that night at the RMS Titanic, after parting ways from Frankie and having the conversation with him of how things have been turning out lately especially when she and Lenny has been getting older, Teresa still felt very depressed about the whole thing and wishes that Don Lino would just listen to what she and Lenny are trying to tell him that Lenny is just his own person and that not all sharks are killers as well as she and Lenny are able to make their own decisions since they're getting older, and she quickly decides to check up on Lenny to see if he's alright, especially how much the relationship with their father Don Lino has became very strained due to Lenny being so kind and Teresa always being on his side no matter what and comfort him over the whole thing.
Meanwhile, at Lenny's bedroom, Lenny went back to sitting on his bed and he is very depressed by how much Don Lino is forcing him to be a killer just like Frankie as well as how he kept questioning Teresa always being on his side besides Mildred and their grandparents Leonardo and Shelly, and he really wishes that Don Lino would just accept him for who he is rather than forcing him to be something that he is not and that he would understand that he and Teresa are getting old enough to make their own decisions of living their own lives together. Suddenly, Teresa arrives at his bedroom just as she sat right next to him on his bed and began comforting him about how much their relationship with Don Lino has became very strained.
"Salutations, Lenny." Teresa greeted.
"Oh, hey, Teresa." Lenny greeted.
"Are you alright?" asked Teresa.
"I guess so." said Lenny.
"It doesn't look like it." said Teresa.
"Well, maybe it's all because of you-know-who." said Lenny.
"It's because of our own father and it's always been because of him," said Teresa.
"Yeah, and it's how he's being way too stubborn to listen to what we're trying to say to him." said Lenny.
"We've always wished that he would somehow listen, but he wouldn't at all and he never did." said Teresa.
"Look, all I ever wanted was just to be myself and that's it." said Lenny.
"True, and I just want you to be your own person too." said Teresa.
"But Pop has always expected me to be just like Frankie and the other sharks," said Lenny.
"And besides that, he expected me to commit more crimes besides committing theft all the time." said Teresa.
"Also, I am aware that you only do theft and nothing else during the whole crime spree besides our mom and our grandparents." said Teresa..
"The whole reason why I'm doing it by force is because I wouldn't do anything to kill anybody." said Teresa.
"And I would avoid committing crimes entirely so I couldn't kill anybody either." said Lenny.
"I don't have the heart to commit murder, Lenny, and I know that you wouldn't do it as much as I would." said Teresa.
"We both have things in common and that's 'cause we're part of those sharks who are very gentle, and our whole family has been nothing but cold-blooded killers," said Lenny.
"That's right. Oh, Daddy really needs to know that not all sharks in the ocean are killers. He just has to somehow." said Teresa.
"He is being so unfair about the decisions we wanna make for ourselves and he hasn't been supporting our decisions lately," said Lenny.
"We've always wished that he would understand those things very well just like our mother and our grandparents have, and he just can't force us into what he expects us to do," said Teresa. "Also, about all of this, I just had a meeting with our father about this with Frankie, and Frankie has agreed on teaching you on how to be a shark tomorrow with my help and making sure that I would start encouraging you to be like the other sharks as well as committing some more crimes in my life."
"Really? Frankie has decided to tutor me with your help as well as making sure of what you would do? Are you serious?"
Teresa nodded her head yes. "Well, the reason why he's doing it is because he just wanna make Daddy happy and he already knows that he would make anybody else in the family very happy, including us since we're his little brother and little sister."
"You know, Frankie is the best brother that anybody could ever ask for and we're so lucky to have him as our big brother." said Lenny.
"That's right, and even though Frankie could prove to be very irritating and be very obnoxious, he is really the greatest brother in the whole wide world." said Teresa. "Oh, and by the way, Lenny, you are absolutely your own person and you are the master of your own fate. You can decide on what kind of person you really wanna be, and you're perfect just the way you are and I've always loved you just the way you are as much as Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa does. Please don't ever try to change yourself, especially Daddy who has always expected you to do it and questioned you to do it while we would always question me for always being on your side and I am so proud to be on your side no matter what."
"Besides having Frankie the best big brother ever, you're the best little sister that anybody could ever ask for."
"Thanks, and hopefully, one of these days, Daddy would eventually come to understand that you're just the way you are and understand that we're able to make our decisions." said Teresa.
"Me too, and he really needs to understand those things very well, even after all these years." said Lenny.
Lenny and Teresa began staring a each other just as they hope that Don Lino would come to understand and accept Lenny for who he is as well as come to understand that he and Teresa are able to make their own decisions since they're getting older, and they quickly both smiled at each other just as they began expressing their deep sibling love for each other and they are proud to be each other's siblings no matter what while they are proud of having Frankie being their brother even though he can prove to be very exasperating sometimes.
While they both express their sibling love for each other, both of them noticed a photo frame on Lenny's dresser that is right near his bed, and the photo frames shows them and Frankie when they used to be young shark pups along with their parents Don Lino and Mildred and their grandparents Leonardo and Shelly. Once they have noticed the photo frame of themselves when they used to be young along with their family, Lenny and Teresa both quickly remember how much they used to have a very close and very loving relationship with their father Don Lino way before it became very strained due to how things have been turning out lately between them, and even though they became very estranged with their father lately, they still love him very much.
"Lenny, it's us with Frankie when we used to be young together," said Teresa.
"And it's with our parents and our grandparents when we used to be little kids," said Lenny.
"You know, that photo frame reminds us of something that is very important," said Teresa.
"That very important thing is when we used to be very close to Pop," said Lenny.
"It was when we used to be little children," said Teresa.
"Such good childhood memories," said Lenny.
"You can say that again, and it felt like it was just yesterday," said Teresa.
"True, and that was way until we both got older and older." said Lenny.
Lenny and Teresa both continue to stare at the old photo frame of themselves with their family when they used to be young great white shark pups just as they remember that their relationship with their father Don Lino was very loving and close until it became very estranged due to Lenny being so different and Teresa always encouraging him to be different, and just as they kept staring at the old photo frame with their family during their childhood together, they began to remember some of the good times they spent with their father Don Lino during their childhood together way before their relationship became strained due to of how things have turned out lately.
Lenny's Flashback
A long time ago in the RMS Titanic, a young Lenny was sitting on the couch in the living room of the RMS Titanic, and he is crying very loudly because he has accidentally cut his own fin when he was learning to make some meatless sausages for one of the latest traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families, especially that he began bleeding himself a little on his own fin as well which made him cry even more.
Just as young Lenny was crying very loudly, Don Lino suddenly came into the living room with a first aid kit and he began attending to the bleeding wound on his fin just as he sat right next to him on the couch and began comforting him over his own wound as well as his own distress over his bleeding wound. He sprayed some ointment spray on his fin, rubbed some ointment, and wrapped it around in a band-aid wrap, and young Lenny's wound has been successfully treated all thanks to his father helping him out when he needed it for sure.
However, even though his cut bleeding wound has been treated with Don Lino's help, young Lenny is still filled with fear for accidentally cutting his own fin when he was learning to make some sausages for the Sunday dinner from earlier just as he continued to shed tears from his eyes, and upon seeing young Lenny being filled with fear due to accidentally cutting himself which made him bleed a little, Don Lino wrapped his fin around him in order to comfort him from his wound while he scolded him for not being so careful with a knife when he was making the meatless sausages for the Sunday dinner and reminded him that he must be more careful he next time when he uses a knife.
"Lenny, are you alright?" asked Don Lino.
"Yes, Pop. I guess." said young Lenny.
"You should've been more careful when you were using a knife for making the meatless sausages in the kitchen for the latest Sunday dinner of the Five Families," said Don Lino.
"I know, and I am very sorry that I wasn't being that careful." apologized young Lenny.
"You are still a young shark and I expect you to not to hurt yourself." said Don Lino.
"You've always told me that kind of thing, and you told Frankie and Teresa the same thing," said young Lenny.
"That's 'cause I care about you and your two siblings very much as much as anybody else in the whole does, including your mother and your grandparents." said Don Lino.
"Pop, I already know those things too, and Frankie, Teresa, and I have always cared about you and the others in the family so much too." said young Lenny.
"You were learning how to make some sausages for the Sunday dinner for the very first time, and you ended up cutting yourself when you weren't paying attention," said Don Lino.
"I didn't mean to cut myself and it was just an accident." sad young Lenny.
"I know you didn't mean to do it and make sure you be more careful when you're cutting up some sausages for the traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families." said young Teresa.
"Alright, Pop, I'll make sure of it next time when I'm doing it." said young Lenny.
"Also, while you did cut yourself with the knife by accident, you prove to do a very good job on learning how to make some sausage." said Don Lino.
"That's true, and I guess I'm really getting the hang of making sausage already, even on the first time when I accidentally cut myself." said Lenny.
"You really are and I am so proud of you for making progress in doing it already," said Don Lino.
"Wow! Thank you very much for saying that, Pop." said Lenny.
"I've always been very proud of you, and since you're learning how to make some sausage, you'll learn to make other things sooner or later." said Don Lino.
"I'm really looking forward to it." said young Lenny.
"Me too, and I love you, son." said Don Lino.
"I love you too." said young Lenny.
Young Lenny and Don Lino then stared at each other with complete happiness for a moment, and then Don Lino warmly rubbed young Lenny on the head just as he continued to comfort him from his cut bleeding wound which he has already tended to by spraying it and rubbing it with some ointment and wrapping it up in a band-aid and young Lenny really enjoyed his father affectionately rubbing his head so much. Both young Lenny and Don Lino expressed their deep love for each other just as Don Lino was honestly proud of young Lenny for managing to learn how to make some meatless sausage for the traditional Sunday dinner of the Five Families and was preparing to teach him on preparing the many cuisine that is being served for the Sunday dinners which young Lenny is really excited for. Also, young Lenny is feeling so much better from his cut wound already all thanks to his father Don Lino.
Teresa's Flashback
Another long time ago at the RMS Titanic, a young Teresa was in the indoor garden of the RMS Titanic, and she was bonding with her father Don Lino who was holding her in her fins and was sitting on one of the chairs in the indoor garden while they both admire the beautiful flowers growing in the indoor garden together. Young Teresa really enjoyed being in her father Don Lino's muscular fins very much, and Don Lino really enjoyed showing his young daughter Teresa some adoration so much. Also, they both really enjoy bonding with each other in the indoor flower garden of the RMS Titanic since it turns out to be one of the places to bond together besides anywhere in the RMS Titanic to bond together, including for the members of the Lino crime family.
"Daddy!" cheered young Teresa.
"How's my little sweetie pie doing?" asked Don Lino.
"I'm doing really great." said young Teresa.
"That's what I wanna hear about for my adorable shark." said Don Lino.
"Stop it. You're making me blush by what you call me." said young Teresa just as she blushed and giggled.
"What? I couldn't help myself at all and I wouldn't stop calling you those names for one minute, my cupcake." said Don Lino.
"Please, stop it!" said young Teresa just as she continued to blush deeply.
"Oh, you're such a cutie. You are really one of the cutest sharks in the whole wide world." said Don Lino.
"Daddy, please cut it out for once!" said young Teresa just as she giggled.
"Sorry, but I can't do that, pumpkin. You are my little pumpkin and you can also be my pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top." said Don Lino.
"Knock it off! You're making me blush even more than ever!" said young Teresa just as she blushed even more and giggled.
"You can be feisty. You really can, but you're still my sugar plum no matter what 'cause you're my sweet sweet daughter." said Don Lino.
"What you just said is very true, Daddy, I can be feisty at times but I can't help myself, and honestly, I don't mind you calling me those things all the time." said young Teresa. "I love it very much when you call me those things as much as you do, and you can keep calling me those things as long as you want to 'cause I'm your little shark and I've always been."
"That's right, but what I enjoy calling you the most is my little sweetie pie and it's my most favorite to call you that all the time, Teresa." said Don Lino.
"You've always called me that and it's one of my favorites too." said young Teresa.
"That's 'cause I love you so much and you're Daddy's little girl. You really are." said Don Lino.
"I know, and you've always told me and my two big brothers that." said young Teresa. She then quickly noticed the many flowers in the indoor garden. "Also, haven't you noticed how pretty the flowers in this garden are getting much prettier day after day."
"Yes, and your mother and I have always worked together to make them grow so beautifully ever since we started growing them together," said Don Lino.
"I thought it was the servants such as the sawshark butlers and the nurse shark maids of the family's job to take good care of the garden," said young Teresa.
"True, but we help them out growing each of them along with your grandparents Leonardo and Shelly." explained Don Lino.
"Really?" asked young Teresa in surprise.
"Mmm-hmm, and everyday those flowers grow together, so does the bond of each of the members of the Lino crime family." said Don Lino.
"That's really beautiful to hear all about, Daddy." said young Teresa.
"For sure, and it's something that I learned from my own parents Leonardo and Shelly when I used to be your own age." said Don Lino.
"Thank you very much for telling me that, and I really needed to learn about that so much." said young Teresa.
"Of course you do, and your two older brothers already knew that as well." said Don Lino.
"The flowers in the indoor garden have always been so pretty when they began growing thanks to the help of the family and their faithful servants, Daddy." said young Teresa.
"And it's always gonna be so beautiful all because of how much the members of the family always showed each other great love and care for each other." said Don Lino.
"I can see that, and each of them always show how much we have always loved each other very much." said young Teresa.
"That's right, and I love you, my little sweetie pie." said Don Lino.
"I love you too, Daddy." said young Teresa.
Both young Teresa and Don Lino continue to admire the great beauty of the flowers in the indoor garden of the RMS Titanic in complete amazement for a moment which has been grown by the members of the Lino crime family in order to represent their deep love and compassion for each other, and they turn back to each other and continue bonding with each other in the indoor garden together just as they continue to express their deep love for each other. Don Lino continued to greatly adore young Teresa while young Teresa really enjoys Don Lino adoring her so much and calling her all of those names he would usually call her all the time, especially being little sweetie pie which is her all-time favorite. Young Teresa then gives Don Lino a kiss on the cheek while he warmly nuzzles her head just as he continues to hold her in her fins.
End Lenny and Teresa's Flashbacks
Both Lenny and Teresa got finished with remembering some of the good times they have shared with their father Don Lino together way before their relationship with him became very strained due to Lenny being so gentle and being so unwilling to kill anybody and due to Teresa always taking Lenny's side and encouraging him to be so friendly while she would only commit the crime of theft in order to avoid hurting anybody during the crime sprees of the Lino crime family, and they really wish that Don Lino would just understand that Lenny is his own person and that Lenny and Teresa are able to make their own decisions since they're getting older and that things will turn out to be alright sooner or later since their relationship with Don Lino has been very estranged lately.
"Honestly, Pop was really one of the best fathers that anybody could ever ask for," said Lenny.
"So true, and Daddy did a really good job in raising us and protecting us besides our mother, our grandparents, and the rest of the crime family." said Teresa.
"And even though he could be proven to be very stubborn on the outside, he's actually very loving on the inside," said Lenny.
"Yes, and we've always appreciated what he has done besides Mom and everybody else for our whole lives together," said Teresa.
"I wish it could still be like we had with Pop when we used to be children," said Lenny.
"Me too and things haven't been the same lately ever since we got older," said Teresa.
"Oh, and by the way, who knows what will happen next." said Lenny.
"You're right, and we'll just have to wait and see what will happen." said Teresa.
"Especially how things haven't been going so well between Pop and us all because of the decisions we would make," said Lenny.
"I hope he will understand sooner or later," said Teresa.
"I hope for the same thing too, and I love you, Teresa." said Lenny.
"I love you too, Lenny," said Teresa.
Then, both Lenny and Teresa began expressing their deep sibling love for each other just as they both hoped that things will turn out alright sooner or later due to their estranged relationship with their father Don Lino due to Lenny being different from the other sharks and Teresa always encouraging Lenny to be different no matter what, and they both wish that Don Lino would just listen to them somehow that Lenny is his own person no matter what and that he and Teresa are able to make their own decisions no matter what since they're getting older by the minute. Lenny and Teresa continue to express their sibling love for each other just as they began warmly embracing each other and Teresa gave Lenny a kiss on the cheek and Lenny warmly nuzzled Teresa's head, and the two Lino siblings hoped that everything will turn out to be alright, especially what they have been through with Don Lino lately.
The End
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