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"Argh!" Errie sighed, logging off her computer in frustration. It wasn't enough that her mother was sending her clippings in the mail, big manila envelopes stuffed full of papers about people she'd never met, with little post-its of her mother's speculations stuck to almost every page. Now her mother was resorting to sending them to her as huge attachments that took forever for her email program to open and display. She just wasn't getting the hint. It wasn't that Errie didn't care-- she knew how important it was for her mother to find her family, the sister she'd never known. It was just that her mother didn't even know if she even had a sister to be so worked up over finding. Even if Evelyn was right and there was a branch of the family that Errie had never known about, well. It just wasn't that important to her. Her life hadn't been affected by not knowing, either way, and she didn't feel like she was missing anything. Maybe she'd feel differently if it was her sister, sure, but if her mother was so gung-ho why wasn't she doing the follow-up?
Unless there was something her mother wasn't telling her. Oh God, was her mother sick? Is that why she couldn't go to New York herself?
No, wait Errie, get a grip. Evelyn may be annoying at times, but she wasn't one for keeping secrets of any kind. Errie sighed and pushed a lock of hair out of her eyes. Her mother wanted her to go because she was older and didn't feel like disrupting her own life by traveling across the country when her daughter would feel obligated to do it for her.
The sad thing was that Errie did feel obligated. But damn it, why couldn't her mother just hire a private investigator of some sort and be done with it? Why did she have to be the one to fly across the country... oh. Now there was an idea. Errie had some savings, and while they hadn't actually been earmarked for a vacation, she had heard that New York could be very pretty in the springtime. So fine. She'd go to New York with the information in tow, find some private investigating firm, hand over the info, and then have herself a nice two-week New York vacation on the cheap. It didn't have to be extravagant-- just a little shopping, a little dining, a little sightseeing. Her mother could pay her back by watching her cats and fish while she was gone.
And she'd only have to sign the rest of her life over to the credit card company to do it.
Unless there was something her mother wasn't telling her. Oh God, was her mother sick? Is that why she couldn't go to New York herself?
No, wait Errie, get a grip. Evelyn may be annoying at times, but she wasn't one for keeping secrets of any kind. Errie sighed and pushed a lock of hair out of her eyes. Her mother wanted her to go because she was older and didn't feel like disrupting her own life by traveling across the country when her daughter would feel obligated to do it for her.
The sad thing was that Errie did feel obligated. But damn it, why couldn't her mother just hire a private investigator of some sort and be done with it? Why did she have to be the one to fly across the country... oh. Now there was an idea. Errie had some savings, and while they hadn't actually been earmarked for a vacation, she had heard that New York could be very pretty in the springtime. So fine. She'd go to New York with the information in tow, find some private investigating firm, hand over the info, and then have herself a nice two-week New York vacation on the cheap. It didn't have to be extravagant-- just a little shopping, a little dining, a little sightseeing. Her mother could pay her back by watching her cats and fish while she was gone.
And she'd only have to sign the rest of her life over to the credit card company to do it.