Little Wonder (Phan)

Ninety-Eight.

"Nana Lester?" I was a little surprised to see Daddy's mummy in front of me and Miles, so I stood frozen to the spot while she just beamed at me and patted my head, greeting me as if though the fight with Daddy hadn't happened. As if though I hadn't heard a thing. "What are you doing here?" Gripping Miles' hand tighter I tried to signal to him that this was bad, that she was not supposed to be here, and we were not supposed to talk to her. But he didn't seem to get the message, or he was simply ignoring me, and we stayed where we were. Glaring up at her I tried not to make eye contact, "Daddy and Papa aren't going to be to happy when they hear that you stopped me and. .. my friend." I didn't want her knowing Miles' name, she wasn't even supposed to be in my life, so what right did she have to know his name. "So I suggest that you get lost."

Miles looked at me with surprise and I knew I'd have to fill him in later, but now was obviously not the time. "You get the tongue from your Papa, no doubt." She was sneering and her tone was anything but polite. "That man has already ruined my son, now he has to go and ruin you as well doesn't he? At least you're interested in the opposite gender, like you're supposed to be." That's when I let go of Miles' hand and looked away, was I ashamed? Why should I be ashamed to hold his hand? "At least you have the chance to turn out right. Obviously Daniel's mother didn't raise him right, or else he wouldn't have gone and corrupted my son." I was ready to bite her or at the very least kick her in the shins and run. "You have no idea how happy I was when that dear girl Bea came around and tried to take Phil, I thought he would finally dump that pathetic loser who only thinks of himself, and finally have a real family. Guess I had my hopes up to high, oh dear."

Miles started to growl and stand in front of me. "Look here lady, I don't care if your her Nana or not, you do /not/ have the right to speak to her that way, or say such horrible things." He slapped her hand away when she tried to grab my arm, "And you /do not/ get to touch her, you understand me, lady?" He grabbed my hand again and started to stomp back towards were Daddy and Papa had been only a few seconds ago, it was shopping day and Miles had offered to tag along. And I'm glad that he had. "Come on, Win, we've gotta find your dads." Now running we gained some distance from Nana Lester before we stopped, nowhere near were my dad's had been. "Win. .. Winnie." He was trying to capture my attention as I fell to my knees and began to cry. I was 8 years old so basically, my entire world was crumbling around me. "WINNIE STOP."

Wrapping his arms around me he wasn't able to say anything else when Daddy and Papa had finally found us. "Little Cub!" Miles' was pushed out of the equation as Papa wrapped his arms around me and asked me what happened, except that he heard the story from Miles and within seconds I had three upset males around me. "That stupid bitch!" Daddy hit him over the head when he used that word so I stored it away as a word that shouldn't be used unless under dire circumstances. "Philip don't hit me! You're stupid mother just -- gah! That woman is just so. .. I thought you got it through to her to leave us alone!" He was lashing out at Daddy and I knew that if something didn't fix in a moment that there was going to be another pressing issue on the table. "What the hell! You can't even do one thing right! I asked you to get a restraining order and yet, here she is, plaguing our child with lies and maybe even painful truths." He stood up now, he was eye to eye with Daddy, despite being a little taller. "Maybe you /were/ happier with a girl, Philly, maybe you regret ever marrying me! Maybe I just nag you to much, ask to much of you, I don't give you what you want! All /I/ wanted was for you to get her to stop coming around!" He was shouting and had attracted a crowd by now, some of whom were from their audience as they begun to whisper and wonder if they were going to be alright. He pushed him backwards and had him landing on his bottom before stomping away, and I had a feeling we might not see him for awhile. Not as long as last time, but clearly for a couple of hours.

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FIGHTS ALL AROUND

WOW THESE TWO HAVE SOME ISSUES BUT WILL THEY BE RESOLVED