Posted by Civilian Micah Pikelsimer (Federation Security Agent) in Tennessee, Earth - Home Sweet Home

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Tennessee, Earth - Home Sweet Home

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For a moment Shara just took him in, before taking a deep breath. “Nadine was asking about Faye, wanting to know about her. I told her the story of how she got drunk at seventeen on seventy percent alcohol but treated it like a big experiment complete with detailed documentation of the effects. But also that Faye is a passionate person with a temper that can get the better of her sometimes.”

“Understatement of the year, right there.” Micah said with a chuckle.

Gazing back at Nadine, Shara sipped on her coffee before she continued. “The thing is that Faye is fiercely loyal to her causes and the people she cares about. But what we’re going through and what we have been going through since I showed up again in her life is that we’re both having to adjust our expectations of who we think the other person is. And it can be confusing and messy at times. Right now her heart and her brain haven’t reached the same conclusion. She’s angry at me, at the Universe too, but she won’t stay that way. She’s changed in many ways, but I know still know her heart,” she said quietly, before her words fully registered with her and she dipped her head. It was so hard to talk about her relationship with one daughter to the other one she’s never had one with. How did this even work.

“It’s okay, Shara. I wanted to know because it helps me know you and the kind of family you all are,” Nadine said. “And yes, some moments might hurt a little, but I wouldn’t have come out here if I didn’t think I could handle it.”

~Shara & Nadine

“Ya know… I think this was perfect timing.” Micah said. “History aside… y’all don’t know each other. You and Nadine, Nadine and Faye, Shara and Faye… you all are strangers in a way. But that’s a good thing. Means you are all on the same footing. Its not like Nadine has a lifetime of bonding to try and work into. All y’all are even more or less.”

Micah

Shara clutched her coffee cup as she considered this and nodded. Inhaling slowly, she expelled the breath quickly. “Love,” she said, turning back to Micah. “Can you grab my trunk for me? I think it’s time we took a walk down memory lane.”

“What’s in the trunk?” Nadine asked.

She smiled softly, but there was a tiny grin pulling at Shara’s mouth. “Not tons, but because of the nature of my work, I never really had a place to keep things, so I mostly never bothered. So that trunk contains anything I felt strongly about enough to stash in storage before I went on my next assignment. It’s essentially pieces of my life that I wanted to remember. The only thing not in there and actually is upstairs in my travel bag is a framed photo of Edward, Faye and I from Tracken.”

“Really? Can I see it?” Nadine asked.

Shara nodded. “Sure. I’ll go grab it,” she said, setting her coffee mug down and giving Micah a wink before heading up the stairs.

~Shara & Nadine