Daddy, Chasing Mommy Back is On Us!

They laughed, then Pierre kissed her. "I'll be going now. Take care of yourself. And don't push yourself, get it?”

She nodded.

"I love you, honey." He hugged her tightly. Oh, how he wished he didn't have to let go, but he had to.

"You should go now, or you'll be late." She pushed him away. Selena knew it'd be hard for him to leave if they kept it up.

"See you." He let her go and turned around. Selena didn't go after him, or she'd want to hold him again. Pierre looked up after he went down, and he saw Selena by the window, seeing him off. He waved at her, but she pulled the curtains down. Once he was out of sight, she let her tears flow.

It was a sleepless night for Selena. Her mind was in a mess, for all she could think of was the mission Pierre had to take.

Juniper woke up early the next morning, and she quickly came to see Selena. "I had a dream last night, Mommy. Daddy bought a giant teddy bear for me! Hey, where's Daddy?"

went to work,

me a teddy bear,

back soon, but he won't make it

new clothes yesterday. I see. That's why we had the

Juniper. "Your daddy's a hero, Juniper. He's going to

Is Daddy really

Your daddy's the best daddy in the whole world. Let's wait for him to

Juniper nodded.

about Pierre's departure. They weren't close to him anyway, so it didn't matter if he was there or not.

the festival. It was busy, but they had fun. On the festival's eve Selena took the kids to see the gala for a bit before giving them the sparklers. The kids hopped around happily when

in the sky for but a moment before disappearing into the darkness forever. Unbidden, she thought about Pierre, wondering where he was and what