scoffed at that and said,
“And I take it this is also something…”
“I have experienced...let’s just say that my daughter shares many traits with those of her mother. Give it time, Luc, she will see sense.”
“Yes, well just as long as that sense doesn’t include a French prick with daddy issues.” At this he growled at the memory before grumbling,
“Don’t fucking remind me of that poisonous heartbeat with a death wish.”
“Yeah, well lucky for you, you’re not reminded of the shit stain every time you clench your fist and hear leather groan.” At this Dom laughed as we started walking towards his office,
“All in the name of saving the world, Luc.”
“That’s easy for you to say, you didn’t get ten years of Michael Jackson jokes from Pip.” At this he actually threw his head back and laughed, so loud in fact that as we walked into the office Keira was startled by the sound.
“Alright, you two walking into a room both laughing tells me that I have reason enough to be concerned,” she stated with a frown. Then Dom walked up to her, tipped her head back before telling her,
“Nothing to concern yourself with, but how do you think Amelia would feel about changing her name to Billy Jean?” At this I growled,
“Not fucking funny.” To which he ignored me and told her,
“Amelia rang Luc.” Her eyes grew wide before looking to me with hope blooming quickly.
“She did?!” I nodded and before I had the chance to explain the extent of it, Pip and Adam chose that moment to walk in, with her asking,
“Someone was talking about me, I know because my third and favorite toe was itchingalingalo.” Keira laughed and muttered,
“Oh Gods, not this again.”
“Well, am I wrongalingalo?” she asked with her hands on her hips above what looked like a fucking red and white polka dot tutu.
“Wrongalingalo?” Keira dared to ask.
“She is trying out this new thing where the last word in every sentence ends in an alingalo sound and if you could find any way to get her to stop this, then I would be in your debt,” Adam replied making her smack him and complain,
“You said it was cutealingalo?”
“That was before I realised the level of your commitment to doing so, my little peach,” he replied flicking her nose playfully.
“Ha, well that’s what you get for being a Mr Doubty Pantalingalo!” He groaned and muttered,
“No that is what I get for having an insanely cute wife…any news?” Adam asked after making this comment, no doubt hoping to end the discussion with a certain colourful aspect in his life.
“I just received a call from her,” I informed him, unsurprisingly, making Pip the first to comment.
“Holy shitalingalo,” she uttered gripping onto Adam’s arm as I knew that by Amelia leaving the way she did, hadn’t only affected me or her parents, but it had shaken everyone who cared deeply for her. It was also the reason why most of Dom’s council were still out there looking for her, using what resources they had to do so.
But no resource would be enough and not like the one I would be using against her one last time. However, before that, I explained what had been said, making Keira get teary once more before she started blaming herself… and cryptically, damning the Fates. But before I could ask why, Pip suddenly shouted,
“Oh my good Gods given me a giddy Auntyalingalo!” I frowned down at her and before I had chance to bark at her to talk fucking properly, Adam intervened.
“Perhaps it is a good time to take a break from your personal quest and just speak your mind…doing so quickly,” he added when nodding back to me to see for herself how close to the edge I was. Of course, reliving through the painful call hadn’t helped matters. Which was when she shouted,
“I knew it, she is on a fucking cruise!” Everyone groaned in exasperation.
“But we already told you, she gets seasick, Fae hates boats,” Keira argued whilst Adam, mouthed a ‘Sorry’ at me, excusing his wife, which she saw and hit him on the arm for.
“I am being serious!” she argued making me fold my arms, barely having enough restraint left to force out a clipped,
“Explain.”
“Think about it, what did she say, she mentioned loads of food, check, she mentioned a couple dancing, uh yeah, check, and she mentioned old people, check, check and triple check, because there are loads of them… the oldies just love their cruises,” she said this