In My Possession

Chapter 6-Stop it Woman!

Edited version as of 2/16/13

Sometimes I truly wondered if Nancy had superpowers. In the ten minutes it had taken me to drive halfway here then drive Kate back to school, then back home again, she had decorated the house in streamers and frosted a cake with the words "Congratulations!". Granted Nancy always streamers on hand and had been baking the cake when I called her but the overall effect was most impressive.

"Do you think you'll need your pillows?" She asked aloud. We were up in my room and Nancy was throwing everything she thought I might need into three suitcases that I had dragged down from the attic.

"Probably not but your own pillow can be so comforting" She mused.

"I don't really care." I said, laying down onto my bed and pulling my cherry blossom comforter over my head. I could hear Nancy dropping the stuff and felt her sit down next to me.

"Come on Cammie" She coaxed attempting to pry the blanket from my stiff fingers. "This is exciting! You're going to live in a palace.....And you're going to be a queen..... And..." She started choking back. "I may not see you again." At this point she completely lost it and I came out of my blanket cave to comfort her.

"Don't be silly, I'm going to visit you and you're going to come live with me up in the castle." I reassured her in a light voice. I was a little put out by Nancy. Wasn't I the one who should be receiving comfort? I was about to depart to a strangers home to take possibly dangerous tests in order to prove that I was the rightful Queen though I didn't believe that myself.

"Come on lets finish packing." I suggested and I steadliy got Nancy to her feet

It took us an hour to rummage up everything and another duffel bag to hold my shoes. IT sounded like I was going to be staying there for a while so I was bringing most of my clothes. I didn't want to be stuck wearing the same couple of outfits over and over. When we finished we dragged everything downstairs and sat in the kitchen.

There was a loud knock on the door, making Nancy jump in her seat. I gave her a reassuring smile and we got up together, me lagging behind as she opened the door. It was the man who had talked to the principal earlier, looking smart in a black suit and tie. I half expected to see an earpiece or something but all he had was a plain brown briefcase and a familiar looking face.

“My name is Hayden.” He said, shaking our hands. “I’m the boy’s handler and your daughters now too, I suppose. I’ll be overseeing this whole process.”

“Yes, It’s nice to meet you, please come in.” Nancy flustered, as the man smiled kindly before wiping his shoes on Nancy’s mat and taking a seat on our couch, looking very expensive and out of place in our house.

“I’m Nancy Milligan, Cammie’s foster mom.” She took a seat across from him while I hovered behind her.

“I’ll be needing you to fill out some papers.” He said, opening the case with a click and handing her some papers and a pen. She looked dazed as she took them from him and set them in her lap.

“Now we’re going to have to go through social services too, giving the circumstances, and we’ll be temporarily making me her legal guardian.”

“What?” I said in surprise. Legal guardian? Nancy had been my guardian since I was six and I didn’t want to lose that connection with her, it was the only one I had.

“Yes,” He said not unkindly, “With all the events and legal procedures that we’re going to go through it will make things a lot easier. You are a very important person, Cammie. I know this is a lot to take and that you’re probably overwhelmed. There’s going to be some security precautions that you might not like and changes you’ll have to make, but it will be okay.”