Elena Haynes

chapter 1

Down over at the Pizza Shop, Phillip Haynes, the owner was on the phone, talking to someone.

"What do you mean you're letting her stay with me?!" Phillip snapped to the other person on the phone with him. "I know, that, but-... I KNOW YOU CAN'T EVEN WATCH YOUR OWN KID! FINE, GOODBYE!" he then aggressively hung up.

"Who was that, Boss?" A worker asked him.

"My ex-wife, and she's gonna make me have full custody over our daughter." Phillip groaned.

"I didn't know you had a daughter, sir." the worker told him.

"It's a long story," Phillip told him. "After we got divorced, I gained custody of our son, Corey, and she gained custody of our daughter, Elena."

"I'm still sorry to hear about your son, hopefully Elena will be better..." the worker mumbled slightly.

"Oh, I know she will..." Phillip sighed. "There's no bond like a father and daughter."

"When will she get here?" the worker asked.

"Later on this afternoon, but I don't know if I should tell Elena about her older brother." Phillip replied.

"I would give it time, sir..." the worker suggested.

"Yeah, maybe you're right..." Phillip agreed on that.

Soon enough, later in the afternoon, Phillip waited outside for his daughter. He then saw a gray car coming his way and the car soon parked.

"Hello, Jean." Phillip narrowed his eyes at his ex-wife.

Jean narrowed her eyes back. "Phillip..."

"I need to get Elena, not just standing here and looking at you." Phillip impatiently told her.

"Oh, don't flatter yourself..." Jean scoffed, then called into the car. "Elena, hurry up, your father is waiting!"

"Okay, Mommy," A little girl's voice said and soon, said little girl came out of the car, with long brown hair that was tied with a red bow in an orange pumpkin T-Shirt, a purple skirt, pink stockings, and black dress shoes. "Hi, Daddy!"

"Hey, sweetie..." Phillip smiled and hugged Elena right back happily.

Jean had a half smile at the reunion, but still looked firm and sharp as always. "So, where is my son Corey?" she then asked her ex-husband.

"Corey?" Elena wondered.

"Um... He's on a delivery..." Phillip covered up, folding his arms with a small smirk. "Went to the Arctic Circle, won't be back for a while."

"Hmm... All right..." Jean replied. "Well, don't just stand there, get Elena's bags!"

Phillip rolled his eyes and collected his daughter's bags for her.

"Sheesh, you'd think they were still married..." a delivery boy whispered to a co-worker.

"Oh, yeah." The co-worker agreed.

"Hey, Daddy, can I go to the park?" Elena asked.

"Just a minute, sweetie." Phillip told her, politely.

Elena tried to be patient and waited while her father did what her mother told him to do.

"All right, I think she has everything," Jean replied. "And don't forget her medication, she has to take that every night! ...If you can remember."

"Yeah, yeah..." Phillip rolled his eyes. "I'm not an accidental parent like you!"

Jean and Phillip started to bicker while Elena tried to be patient, but felt a little sad and bored. Cindy came out of the magic store and hummed to herself as she held a black stick with white tips.