Posted by Tessa from 1Cust57.tnt3.bloomington.il.da.uu.net on September 22, 1999 at 09:24:00:
Hey guys. Tess here, sick as usual. I held onto this for a while to see if Indy would add the next chapter but this is a start. Someone else add on to it regarding Valinor, since I am not too familiar with Valinor.
Cheers...
Chapter 58
Micki, Indiana Jones, and Lauren was following the passage in the cave. Micki was calling out for the Phoenix Group as Lauren looked at her father and said softly,
“You’re disappointed in me, aren’t you?”
Indiana looked at his daughter, giving one of his serious expressions, and said back,
“Why didn’t you tell her about Tom?”
“I don’t think she can’t handle it.”
Indiana looked at Micki as she walked ahead to find the group members, gave a small smile, and said,
“She can, Lauren Marie. The problem is you can’t.”
Lauren’s face turned stony swallowed hard, and said, “That’s ridiculous.”
“You can’t fool me,” gripping her arm, “Your mother hid from me that she was pregnant and miscarried our baby for twenty-six years. She thought she was doing what was best for both of us. But it cost us years, Laurie. Years we could have spent together…”
“This is different,” she argued, “You weren’t living with someone for nine years, never married, and had two children out of wedlock. What kind of example of that would that be for her? That her mother and father were too busy to plan for a wedding? Or we were afraid of marriage in the first place?”
He put a gentle hand on his daughter’s shoulder, looked into her eyes, and said, “She would understand. I know she would. Micki knows more than you do. She just might surprise you. You did to me after your mother died.”
Lauren was ready to respond when they heard Micki,
“I found them, Mom, Grandpa. This way!”
The second part of 58 anyone?