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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 30, 2014 4:29:25 GMT
Jennifer left him. Again. And for what? The same man she'd left him for so many times before. But this time was different. This time she wasn't just leaving Damion, she was leaving Emerald too. Technically speaking, Emerald wasn't her child, but Jennifer was the only mother that she had ever known. What was Damion supposed to do now when he knew she was crying for her mother? That is why Damion knew he could never forgive Jen for leaving him this time. Because he wasn't going to be the father that brought random women in and out of his daughters life.
So here he was, alone with his daughter. Ethan was with Jen for the week, so Emerald had her father all to herself. Emerald was getting to the age where she was always chatty, but Damion struggled to understand her half of the time. But she was still precious nonetheless. "Daddy, we make cookies?" she asked excitedly.
"You want to make cookies? Well, we can try," Damion said, picking her up and going to the kitchen. He wasn't much of a baker, so he got a premade cookie dough out of the fridge and cut it open. He let Emmy "help" him make the cookies (but he knew that all she really wanted was to eat them). Once he put them in the oven, he put Emmy down and she ran into the living to play with some toys, and Damion just followed her and played with her.
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 30, 2014 4:34:00 GMT
Cassia had to see Damion. She had to see Emmy also. The Capitol took her and held her there. They didn't torture her the just taught her to always listen to what the Capitol says. She got to Damion ' s and lingered for a moment. Eventually she knocked and xassia ' heart began to pound faster. What would Damion think? Would Emmy even recognize her. All this plus more was going through her mind.
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 30, 2014 4:38:35 GMT
Damion heard someone knock at the door, and his stomach twisted slightly. No one ever came to their door, so it always made him nervous when they did. He let Emmy stay on the floor and then went over to the door to open it, but the women he saw standing there made him wonder if he was dreaming. "Cassia," he said breathlessly. Shock took over his body, and he couldn't move. He just stood there staring at her wondering if it was even real. It couldn't be. Cassia was dead. But he of all people knew that sometimes dead people didn't stay dead.
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 31, 2014 0:14:27 GMT
Casia took a deep breath and looked at Damion SHe didn't know what to espect his reaction to be. Part of Cassia wanted i tobe a fairy tale type .But of course they were fairy tales for a reason. Casssia just glanced at Damion. I an instant tshe wrapped damion in a hug. She had missed him and honestly she wasn't sure if she would ever see him again. She didn't know why she did what she did. She was probalby just tired of how she got treated.
While she was there she was often given no food. She was also often beat and some other things she didn't want to mention.She hated hugged someone in a yeara nor had she ate a decent meal. They eventually let her go as a waarning to Damion. They wanted him to never defy them again. They made sure to say she died in the records just tto make it seem like she was dead.
She had no idea that Jennifer came back into his life. She had no idea she had left him again. She had no idea what day it was .She had no idea how long she was gone or even how old her daughter was or how many memmories she had missed. All of this because the capitol wanted to prove a point. Cassia just wanted someone to hug and someone to talk to and she didn't get that anymore.
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 31, 2014 0:44:33 GMT
Damion accepted Cassia's embrace without a question, hugging her tight. "I love you," he said in her ear as tears pricked his eyes. Explanations could come later, but for now he just wanted her close to him. The girl whose name had been tattooed on his arm as a symbol of his loss was in his arms again, and he couldn't be more thankful for that. Damion had loved Jen, and probably always would, but Cassia was different. She felt safe in the best way possible. He knew she would always be there when he needed them, and he would return the notion.
Their moment was cut short by the sound of little feet behind them. "Daddy?" Emmy said behind them. Damion turned around and smiled. "Emmy. Emmy, this is Cassia. She's your mommy." Damion reached down and picked Emmy up.
"I thought Mommy was Jennifer?" Emmy said confusedly. She had her fingers in her mouth, even if Damion had tried so hard to break that habit.
Damion shook his head. "No, she's Ethan's mommy. Cassia is your mommy."
Emerald nodded, glancing at Cassia as she tried to understand. She didn't remember Cassia at all, so how could she be her mommy? She would adjust eventually, though.
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 31, 2014 0:54:31 GMT
Cassia felt her heart break. Why would she think that? Cassia just felt her heart break. Her own daughter thought her mom was Jennifer. She just pursed her lips. "Hi, Emerald, " cassia said. Tears pricked our her eyes and eventually they ended up falling out. She smiled at Emmy and then looked at Damion. She had so many questions she needed to ask him. "Can I come in?" Cassia asked.
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 31, 2014 1:07:52 GMT
Damion nodded quickly. "Of course," he said, letting her come in before closing the door behind her. "So, um, what happened?" he asked her as he put Emmy back down on the floor to play with her toys. Then he heard the timer for the cookies go off. "Oh!" he said quickly. "We made cookies." He smiled and laughed a little before taking Cassia's hand and going to the kitchen to pull the cookies out of the oven.
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 31, 2014 1:12:47 GMT
Cassia followed Damion into the kitchen. Her heart wad beating fast. She just looked at him tears in her eyes. "Why did she think Jennifer was her mommy?" Cassia asked. She was heart broken by that. She hated Jennifer and now her daughter thought Jennifer was her mom. She looked at Emmy playing on the floor. Her little girl was all grown up. She hadn't seen her for a long time. Looking at the date she could see it had been two years. Not one like she had thought.
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 31, 2014 1:18:52 GMT
Damion sighed, rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Cassia, I didn't know...I looked, believe me, I did. I searched for hours to see if there was any chance you might not be..." Damion realized that Cassia probably didn't want excuses, she wanted explanations. "Jen and I got together. I didn't really plan on it happening. It just sort of did. But Zeke came back and she left me...again." Damion felt extremely guilty for getting back with Jen so soon after Cassia's "death".
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 31, 2014 1:34:21 GMT
"So you let her think that Jennifer was her mom. You didn't tell her I was her mom?" Cassia asked. Cassia felt heart broken. Not only did Emmy not know who she was but she thought Jennifer was her mom. She ran her hand through her hair and just wanted to calm down. She had been so emotional from lack of sleep and food.
She just looked at Damion. "The Capitol took me. They marked me as dead so that you wouldn't go look for me. And they kept me there," cassia didn't wnat to get into it. She just tried to forget about it she was in more tears. They completely broke her. "They let me go as a warning."
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 31, 2014 1:43:10 GMT
Damion shook his head. "No, no, of course not. I told her. I tried, but she just didn't understand. I knew she would when she got older, but honestly I didn't think any of this would happen. I thought Jennifer would end up being a mother to her, so what else was I supposed to do?" Damion knew that Cassia was hurt, and he felt bad for that. He wished that he could have known she was alive.
At the explanation of where she had been for two years, Damion felt himself crumbling up. He wrapped his arms around her tightly. "I'm so sorry," he said. He kissed the top of her head, so grateful that he was there again that he couldn't hardly contain himself.
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 31, 2014 1:53:18 GMT
Cassia wrapped her arms around Damion again. "What's Emmy like?" She felt like a stranger to her own child. She looked at Emmy who was on the ground playing with some dolls.cassia didnt know what to think. Emmy seemed scared of strangers. Cassia wanted to go up to Emmy but part of her was scared that Emmy would hate her. What if Emmy didn't wnat anything to do with her?
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 31, 2014 2:58:12 GMT
Damion looked over and Emmy and smiled. "She's a sweetheart," he said with a sigh. "She's shy, but if you're nice to her she'll warm up to her eventually. And once that happens then you'll be best friends for life." Emerald was definitely more like her mother than her father, and that's what he loved most about her. Of course, he loved Ethan too because he reminded him of him when he was younger (though whether that would serve him well later in life was still up in the air). "You should go play with her. She loves when people play with her dolls with her. She's named them all and everything, except the names change constantly," he said.
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Post by Cassia Ross on Dec 31, 2014 3:07:53 GMT
Cassia was hesitant about walking about to Emmy bit she did anyway. Cassia walked up to Emmy. She was right next to her and eventually sat down. "Hi emmy," cassia said quietly. She looked over at Damion. Part of her wanted to join Cassia on the ground. She'd feel more comfortable with him there. Cassia looked back at Emmy to see how she would react. She didn't wnat to scare emmy away.
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Post by Damion Hanson on Dec 31, 2014 3:22:04 GMT
Damion walked out with Cassia, but he wanted to let her be with Emmy alone if he could. But he could tell that Cassia wasn't completely comfortable with that, so he knelt down next to the two of them. "Emmy, do you want Cas--Mommy to play dolls with you?" he said, stuttering on her name since he was used to Jen being Mommy too.
Emmy looked up and smiled. "Really?" she asked, her eyes growing big. "Daddy never plays dolls with me. I usually have to play by myself unless I'm with Elena or Grandma." Dolls and stuffed animals were Emmy's favorite toys.
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