They took me to the office and I sat down. I saw my dad walking and knew what he was going to say to me.
"Honeybunny." He said as he opened and closed the door.
"Dad." I crossed my arms. I avoided eye contact with him.
"Want to see something beautiful? I pulled out your mom's jewelry box on the way here." He showed me a ring. " I gave her that ring in December 16, 1991. Ruby red with gold. She loved it. She would go crazy if she didn't wear it." And he sat next to me. "It was her birthday. The day that your grandparents died. The day I married your mom." My face fell. "The day we wanted to have you in a couple of years."
"Looks pretty."
"Then she gave up the ring when she died. See, sometimes you have to give up the great things in life to do something better."
"Don't use mom against me. Not in this situation." I looked at him.
"I'm trying to, what do you call it? Changing your mind."
"Changing my mind will be hard." I said. He slides the Accords with a pen.
"Sign, please. You can leave this behind. Become a doctor, have a family later in life, be a normal 20 year old." He put his hand on mine. "I filed a motion to have you, Wanda, and Steve reinstated."
"Wanda? What about Wanda? What about Steve?"
"Wanda's fine. She's confined in a compound currently. Vision's keeping her company."
"Damn it, dad! Every time! Every time I think you're seeing things the right way..." I jumped out of the chair,
"What!? It's 100 acres with a lap pool. It's got a screening room. There are worse ways to protect people."
"Protecting? Ha! That's how you see this? This is protection? It's bull, dad."
"She's not a US citizen."
"She's my best friend."
"They don't grant visas to Weapons of Mass Destruction."
"I'm mass destruction! You've seen me! I'm not signing."
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"Crystal-"
"I'm giving up on my life for the government if I sign this! I don't want to do that! I- I just can't!"
"DAMN IT CRYSTAL! YOU'RE MAKING THIS SO DIFFICULT! YOU'RE JUST A KID!"
"DAMN ME!? JUST A KID! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MAKING THIS SO DIFFICULT!" we began to scream at each other. We didn't care if people heard or not. We started pointing fingers at each other. Screaming our heads off.
