The Owl and the Frog

Chapter 58: A False Truth

So firstly I want to give a big shout-out to theteenwhofinditself for helping me with this chapter. I appreciate you having a look at it and giving me feedback, and as always thanks as well to my amazing Beta Reader spiritgamer for your help as well.

This chapter is basically the counterpart to "A Lie That is True" and I should mention that originally I wasn't going to have a chapter that focused on Marcy's parents (which was why I had them decide to move away) but I figured it wouldn't be fair if we didn't check in on them. I gave Amphibia a hard time for ignoring both parents so I figured I should address this in my fic. I'm glad I decided to include this chapter as again I feel it's something we needed in canon. This chapter changed from what was originally planned as at first it was going to be Mr. Wu who came back to meet the Boonchuys, but I felt it made more sense to change that to Mrs. Wu instead.

I also wanted to mention that chapters are likely going release a bit slower from now on. There are multiple reasons for this which I won't go into here, but suffice to say the fic is likely to be updated at a slower pace from now on. Rest assured I still have every intention of finishing it except in the case of my untimely demise, which heh given the way things are in the world at the time of this chapter's upload may be more likely....

But in any case I hope you all are doing well and staying safe. The world may be dark and scary at the moment, but even so it doesn't cost anything to be kind to your fellow humans. Now more than ever I feel we need to keep that spirit of kindness alive however we can...

Some Time Ago

Luz looked out the window at the houses as they drove past. Most of them had large front lawns, elegant gates, and fancy cars in their driveways. Luz had lived in Los Angeles all her life but hadn't been to Temple City that often.

"Wow, it sure looks nice here," said Luz as she continued to stare at the houses.

"It sure looks expensive," said Camila. "Still, I hear this is nothing compared to Beverly Hills or Palos Verdes Estates."

"I've never been to Marcy's home before, but Anne told me it was almost as nice as Sasha's," said Luz.

"Well, there is an old joke about Temple City and Arcadia being where the Asians with money live," said Camila, "kind of like how North Montebello is where the Latinos with money live."

"Mom," said Luz, glaring at her mother.

"Hey, I didn't say it was true," replied Camila.

"In any case, I think we're almost there," said Luz, glancing at her phone.

Camila turned onto another street, and Marcy's home came into view. There was a red mailbox in the front, and some ceremonial lions stood out on the porch. The roof was covered with green tiles, and the frames of the windows were also green. Right at the front of the driveway was a green lamppost that was already on, despite it still being light out. Camila pulled up to the house and dropped Luz off, who waved goodbye, walked up to the door, and rang the bell.

After a moment, a woman answered the door, and like Marcy, she had black hair, though hers was longer than Marcy's. She wore a pink shirt and black pants.

"Oh, hello," she said in a warm voice. "You must be Luz."

"Hello, Mrs. Wu," said Luz, offering her hand. "Yes, I'm Luz. Is Marcy here?"

"She's upstairs," said Mrs. Wu. Luz took a step towards the stairs until Mrs. Wu made a noise and brought her hand up to her mouth. She looked down at Luz's feet and then over to a shoe rack that was by the front door.