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Omake Throwing off Suspicion (Volition 3.9)
"But, he's already suspicious. I don't think I can keep it from him for much longer. I told him I met a couple of new friends, but I don't think he bought it," Taylor said sullenly.
It was some kind of neurosis, I thought. She knew she should tell Danny the truth but kept finding excuses not to. She wanted to keep the two parts of her life separate.
But if that was what she wanted...
"Hmm…I know how you can throw off his suspicion," I said.
Her eyes brightened. "How?"
"You can have a deep and passionate kiss with Amelia," I said.
Her face turned red and she spluttered. "Wh-what?! No way!" Then her eyes darted to Amelia and said in a panicked voice, "Uh—I mean, I-I'm not into girls!"
"No offense taken," Amelia said, eyebrows twitching. "How exactly does that help Taylor throw off suspicion?"
I pouted, not getting more of a reaction from Amelia. It seemed that she was getting used to the outrageous things I said on a daily basis.
With a sigh, I elaborated. "Here's the plan. We'll take a cute picture of you two and…"
After listening to my irrefutable logic, they reluctantly gave in to my plan.
O O O
Taylor walked in the door to see Danny sitting in the living room couch. "Hey dad," she said, bringing her hand out of her pocket to wave at him, with an unusually happy expression.
Danny waved back and greeted her. "Hey little owl." His smile was somewhat strained. "Out with your new friends again? You should try to be careful not to be out so late. It's dangerous out there with the recent gang activity."
"I know, dad, but I'm a big girl now, I can take care of myself," said Taylor as she headed for her room, apparently not noticing the picture that fell out of her pocket behind her.
Just as she was at the stairs, Danny noticed and opened his mouth to tell her, "You—"
But simultaneously, Taylor turned her head and called out, "I'm feeling pretty beat today, so I think I'll just head to bed. Good night, dad!" Then she rushed up the stairs without giving Danny a chance to respond.
"—dropped something,' Danny finished lamely. He sighed and got up to pick up what Taylor dropped.
As he approached he noticed it was a white, cloud-edged square with a signature on the back. He picked it up and read it as a hastily scrawled 'Amy'.
Then he flipped it over.
His eyes widened. There was Taylor, and there was another girl that looked very familiar to him.
And they were hugging. Very intimately and with bright smiles looking at the camera, heads touching, dressed in beautiful clothes that he knew Taylor didn't own.
He stared for a long while.
He swallowed. "Oh, Taylor…" It was impossible to tell what kind of conclusions he came to.
Carefully, he put the picture back down on the ground, facedown, and backed away. He went to the kitchen and filled a glass of water. He took it back with him to the couch, and opened the TV to a random channel.
Shortly after, Taylor rushed out of her room and bolted downstairs, made a show of searching around, and quickly picked up the photo and stuffed it back into her pocket.
She speed-walked back to the stairs without saying anything to her dad.
"Hey, Taylor," her dad called out.
She turned around with an expression like a deer caught in headlights.
"I know a lot has been going on lately, and you're probably really stressed out…I just…I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything, alright? I'll…I'll always support you," he said, obviously struggling with the words.
"Uh…yeah. Sure. Thanks, dad," she said, looking down, her ears burning red, deeply embarrassed.
Danny's eyes lingered on her hand which was still in her pocket, as Taylor quickly shuffled back upstairs.
He took a long and deep breath, then sighed.
O O O
"It worked!" I declared, watching through Agate.
Amelia's groaned with her face in her hands. "I can't believe I agreed to this!"
O O O
A/N: This was a previous iteration of events last chapter. Kaleidus might have done this as a joke to see the girls would agreed, but ultimately he had a serious reaction to Taylor's issue.
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