Second Chances

Unbelievable

Tina growled, it was Monday and she had been sitting in her office, for seven hours, trying to locate every file on her computer.

"Hey." Robert popped his head, "You okay?"

"Something happened," Tina gritted her teeth, "my computer must have had a virus or been hacked... I cannot find any files." Tina frustratedly slams the mouse on the desk.

"Calm down, I'm sure there's a rational explanation for all of this." Robert tried to calm his wife down, as he massage her shoulders. "Has anyone been in the office, beside my wife?" Robert asked Tina's assistant.

"The last person who was in the office was Mrs. Minoru on Friday, after the meeting." the assistant recalled.

Tina and Robert looked at each other, "Hana."

Tina was fuming when Robert drove them home, Tina stormed in to find her younger daughter on the couch with her laptop. "Is Hana here?!" Tina demanded.

"No, she went home said that Andre's coming over for dinner..." Nico looks up, "What's up, mom?"

Robert sighs, "Your sister went to your mom's office and erased all files."

"That explains the blood." Nico mumbles.

"Excuse me?!" Tina exclaims, "What blood?"

Nico looks at her mother, "You ditched her on Friday; so, she retaliated and yes, it is petty but I don't think she'd delete it."

Tina paced back and forth, "Then where is it, Nico?! Cause I sure as hell can't find it." Tina grabs her keys.

Nico stood up and grabbed her mother's hand, "You need to calm down, first. If you go to Hana, you'll kill her. Andre is dad's doctor and Hana's his true love. Do you honestly think he won't kill dad if you kill Hana? Plus, Guita, is a lawyer; you think that she won't convict you, after killing her best friend? Hana has friends in high places..."

"I got friends in high places too." Tina reminds.

"But Hana," Nico sighs, "she has friends in higher places. If you end her life, people will not only end yours but dad's, as well."

"Fine. But I still need the files..." Tina huffed.

"Okay, well, I'm willing to bet that she put it in a USB drive..." Nico thought and opened the door to her father's office, "in here."

Tina sighs, "Help me find it?"

"Sure mom." Nico nodded. Nico walked over to the desk, "You know Hana's so smart and yet she leaves the USB in plain sight?" Nico hands the USB to Tina.

Tina sighs and inserted the USB to her laptop, "Its asking for a password..."

Nico shrugs.

Robert rolls his eyes and enters a word in the password area. The screen turned all white and Hana appeared with her arms cross, "Seriously, dad? If you think that the password is that you're kidding yourself."

Nico shook her head, "Hana's smarter than all of us; the only way you're getting those files back is by talking to her..."

"Nicely," Robert reminded, "Tina."

Tina drove to her daughter's apartment; as Tina came in, Hana was in the kitchen looking at the pantry. Tina clears her throat, "We need to talk."

Hana sighs, "What can I cook using wasabi, soy sauce, and ketchup?"

"What?" Tina asked.

"That's the only thing I have." Hana sighs, "Well, that and an overly riped banana."

Tina walks closer to her daughter, "Don't fret, we can order groceries... and I'll help you cook..."

"Thanks." Hana sighs, as her mother ordered three bags of groceries from Whole Foods.

"You're welcome." Tina replied.

"Oprah012954," Hana sighs, "the password for the usb drive."

Tina turns around, "You mean..."

"Yup, I used your password..." Hana smirks, "pretty smart, right?