The Military School (En)

Bordeaux, France (part 3)

The cathedral of Saint-Andre, the Opera Nationale, Place des Quinconces and the Cité du Vin, were the last visits of the two women before returning to the base for their evening and to talk to Maya's parents.

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-"Maya, Bambina, how are you going to tell your parents about this?" Carina asked as they emerged from the shower.

- "frankly... I have no idea."

- "Do you think they will be... Happy?"

- "that my brother became a father at 19?"

- "seen like this..."

-"but at the same time, Justine has nothing to do with it either... She made a denial of pregnancy, it must have been a shock for her too".

-"Yes, for sure... And then how can you blame a girl as pretty as that..."

- "will you calm down yes?"

-"I'm teasing you, Bambina," she said, putting her arms around her waist and looking at her through the mirror.

- "how I... And then, there is no doubt ... He ... It's his spitting image..."

- "do you want to meet him?"

-"I think ... Do you think it's not a good idea?"

- "I think as long as that kid doesn't know you're banging his mom... It should be okay." She laughed before taking it more seriously. "You know when we talked about him being... Tearing up that we couldn't ask Mason to be our donor, if we could have used my eggs... There was a part of you that was sad that he would never have a child and that you wouldn't be able to be an aunt, at least on your side of the family... You have a chance to make up for all that, you are an aunt and your brother has a child. Unfortunately he will never know his father, but he can learn to discover him through you, through your parents... He didn't ask for anything, this little guy. This may be your chance to keep his memory alive" she said, wiping her body.

- "Has anyone ever told you you're a very savvy person?"

- "I may have been told that I gave good advice once or twice..."

- "you should consider this career... Oh but wait ... You give good advice, you're good in bed... But in fact, you chose the perfect job for you" she said leaning in to kiss her, as they were getting dressed now

They had then gone to Maya's parents' room, which was in another building.

- "Are you okay, darlings?" Katherine said as she opened the door.

- "Are you and Mom okay?"

- "very good, thank you, we had a great day"

- "and what did you girls do?"

- "we walked around Bordeaux... We went to the restaurant..."

- "Are you sure you're okay?"

- "Mom, Dad, can you... Sit down? Please."

- "What, what is it, champ'?" Lane asked.

- "I have something to tell you"

- "oh no, you got married here?!"

- "no, manan, we're not in Vegas, we didn't go to get married"

- "It looks serious from the look on your face," said her father.

-"Well, I'll tell you something... Try not to cut me off, please... "
After getting the agreement of both her parents she started to speak, pacing.
 Carina was standing by the door, motionless.
"Well... Nine years ago, when we lived... Here, we had with Mason, friends on base and... Off base and... We had this friend... And Mason... He liked her... I think he even liked her a lot, or he loved her, but he was always so secretive... And... And today we bumped into her... And she asked me if I could give her Mason's number... So I had to tell her... And she asked me that because..." Kathy understood, she had her hand over her mouth, Lane on the other hand couldn't see what Maya was getting at.
"Mom, I think you... Understand... Nine years ago, Justine, that's her name, went into pregnancy denial... And Mason... He..."