spy

RAINEE

I knew that I needed to check up on my siblings. I was unsure if I could bring myself to visit my dad yet.

I would feel his pain and it would be unbearable.

I knocked on Yoda's door.

“Yoda, it's me, Rainee."

The door opened just a little.

“Is everything okay?" She asked me weakly.

“Yes, everything is fine."

“Wait, are you leaving?."

“No, I am not leaving, I just came to check up on you."

The door opened wider and she walked inside. I followed her into her room and shut the door behind me. She sat down on the cushion at the foot of her bed.

“Bummer, huh?" She asked with a dry laugh. “Our mother, a spy. Who could have guessed it." She said to herself

She spoke with so much spite that I wondered if she had been brooding with hate in here instead of crying, like I had been doing.

My eyes must be very red by now. I didn't really bother to look in the mirror.

“We can't do anything to change the past, Yoda. She was a spy before she met our father, she was a spy after she met him. No