Chapter 8 ; Family Issues

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.Chapter 8 ; Family Issues

* ALLY'S POV *

I left Chris to work on finding exs and left for bed. I woke up the next day and just remembered that today was the day that I'm supposed to meet Margaret. I should think of how I could talk to Margaret without hurting her feelings or offending her mom. It's gonna be tough to talk to an old lady about her husband. But I'm sure that Margaret had already planned on what to do.

I got dressed in a black dress that had a sweetheart neckline and a tiny open space in the back. I left my hair to cascade in big bouncy curls and left to Margaret place. I stopped on the way out to check if Chris had found anything yet. But no.

I reached Margaret house. I knocked on her door and met Jack.

"Hey Ally. You lookin' for Margaret?"

"Yea. Is she there?"

"She's in. Why don't you come one in?"

I nodded and went inside. I found Margaret in her room dressed in a red dress knee length that flows at the bottom. She looked so pretty.

"Hey buttercup" she said to me as she walked over.

"Hey"

"I thought you wouldn't make it"

"I would miss it. I'd really like aunty and uncle to come for your special day"

She smiled at the ground and continued to fix her hair in the mirror.

"So have you gotten a plan on how to break it to your mom yet?" I asked her.

She paused from coming her hair. She then looked to the ground solemnly. She then raised her head and turned to me "don't worry I've got a plan. Just do what I do"

I wonder what her plan was. Oh well, I'm sure she's got everything under control, I mean it was her mom.

"Ok. Is Jack going?"

"No he isn't. He's got work today"

I nodded and waited for her to finish up her hair. Finally she was done. We left her house and she drove us to a sweet little cafe. We walked into the place and tried to find her mom. She then waved to a someone. I turned to see a women with skin as pale as snow. She had red lipstick on, red sun hat, red dress, red shoes. Wow, this family really loved red. Luckily her hair was not red as well, it was light and pale yellow. She had slight wrinkles over her cheeks that looked like she spent hours to try to cover them up. She looked like a fierce and powerful woman.

We headed over to her and Margaret hugged her tightly. She then turned to me with a straight face. I smiled and gestured for a hand shake. She shaked my hand and asked me "have we met before, young lady?"

"Yes we have. I'm Margaret's cousin"

She eyed me up and down mysteriously and glared at me.

"Oh don't worry mom. She's Ally. Ally Willows? We used to be close? Then she moved to Ohio? Her parents are in Tennessee? Remember that mom?"

"Oh, now I recall" she then turned to me and gave out a wrinkled smile. "Nice to see you again dear. Why, you've grown!"

"Thank you"

"Please call me Mary! I hate people who don't address me by my name" she then gave me another creepy glare.

This lady's got some probs.

"Sure, Mary"

Margaret then escorted us to a table and we sat down.

"So mom, about my wedding. You're safe to come. Dad isn't coming"

I stared at her for a while with my eyes large open. Didn't she say that her dad is coming? Why did she lie? I'm sure her mom would be even mad at her for lying.

"Oh, really? He would miss his only daughters wedding? That's unlikely of him too... But then again, he's a changed man from before..."

As her mom was reminiscing, I took the chance to whisper to Margaret.

"Margaret! I thought you said that you had a plan!"

"I did! This is it" she whispered back.

"Just tell her the truth! I have a feeling this is gonna end ugly!"

"No, I can't. This will end even uglier if I tell her that dad is showing up with his new girlfriend!"

I thought about it for awhile and responded "fine. But when she finds out-"

"Don't worry about it Ally. Yes, she'll soon see dad there, but she can't possibly get mad at me and leave on my wedding day right?"

"But what about after the wedding?"

"I'll face the consequences. But right now, I just want my mom and dad both to be here for my special day"

"I don't know.."

"Please Ally, it's all I want. Please.." She put on her puppy dog eyes at me.

"Oh... Fine! But don't expect me to cool her down for you"

"No problem" he gave me a welcoming smile and we both turned to face her mom once again. We continued to talk about the wedding plans. Her mom didn't even suspect a thing!

*****

I reached home late in the afternoon and thought to myself about Chris. Has he found anyone yet? Was he even telling the truth about being part detective? I decided that I needed to go over and check it out. I rushed to my apartment and laid my purse down. I went over to his apartment and knocked on the door. Moments after Chris came out of his apartment with nothing on except his boxers!! I really don't know why but I was drilling all over him.

"Hey, I just wanted to go over and call you over. Come in"

I walked into his apartment and I was shocked to see so many pictures and names of the 'could be Henry' all over the place. He then laid down on the floor next to his computer and gestured me to sit across from him. I sat down and asked him

"So, have you found any yet?"

"Yes, apparently I've already found 5"

He handed me sheets of paper with their profiles on it. He had already found Henry, Andrew, Bruce, Will and Donald. I flipped through them to find that he had printed out all the information needed about them. They included telephone numbers, address, dating state, age, occupation, location, and etc. wow, he was good at this. If he wasn't under SHIELDS radars, he could be of use to us.

"Wow, you do your research well, Captain" I gave him a salute.

"My pleasure ma'am"

We were acting out one of his famous films 'Captain America'. It was fun. Although I do know Captain America personally, I didn't wanna break the fun.

We ended up having glasses of red wine. We talked and talked about ourselves and our past dating fails. I finally got to know the real Chris.

I guess I got drunk after my 7th glass. I passed out I think, cause the last thing I remember was falling into Chris's arms.

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