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XIII (Tuesday, 13th of August 1957. Louis house. New Orleans, United States of America)

As a child, in my life as Ivory, I used to go to my Dad for an understanding of the world. One thing I always ask him about is why sometimes the weather makes me feel sad. And he would tell me a lot of different things each time. One time I asked him, "Why does the gray sky make me feel so weighty."

And he said "Well do you have any problems "

And as a kid, I would wonder how he knew I was having a problem and be astounded by how well he knew me. But As I grow it was my way of asking him for help. He would say" Day in New Orleans, where the sky is covered with gray clouds with no sun is seen, makes a person feel as any problem they are having is immense than they think. But in true.. it not... so do not think its as immense then it is." Furthermore, I would try to hold on to his knowledgeable words.

But Dad is not here anymore to tell me a new answer to why the gray sky makes me feel distraught.

Well sitting on a wooden crate in Louis start to molding living room and eat out of a can for breakfast will not give me the answer I seek. So I've gathered up my courage and ask him.

"Dad...Can I...I mean..." I steeled myself "Dad" I strengthen the grip I had on my can "I want to tell Andrei about the Community"

The moment after asking him the question, Louis just gave me this expression as if he didn't understand what I was asking. And when he did his face when all neutral.

"Louise," He said, "Will you be marring Andrei"

"Well no," I said, giving him this confident look.

"Then your answer is no," He said putting down his empty can while not looking me in the face.

"But why" Now I started to get angry that he was not giving me a straight answer.

"Louise," He said, still not looking me in the face.

"I will go now," He said, now standing up with Luthor's leather backpack on his back.

As he starts to move forward, the front door I noticed that he didn't pack his lunchbox today.

Louis POV

"I hope it does not rain today," I said looking that the gray sky.

'Louise' I think rubbing the back of my head.

'You might be the most intelligent of all my children but I sometimes don't give where this habit of bling your self of some fact of the world come from... it not the time to not see fully like that right now. There is work to be done I think while shaking my head.

'Why did Louis ask me that' I think while getting up from my seat and grabbing Louis's can for me to put in the can in the garbage.

"Louise, do you understand why Dad ask you that?"Luthor's word stopped me in my tracks. And making turn my body back in his direction.

"No, why," I said now give him my full attention.

"Louise when you were three the Government rounded up people because they thought a lot of them were communist. Our cousin Elu meet a man at the time named Jame. Now how these two things are connected is because Elu, later on, became pregnant for Jame. But Jame works for the government. And when one of Jame's bosses accuses Jame of being a communist everybody he was in contact with was investigate. And that in included Elu." As Luthor continues to speak his eyes became emptier and emptier.