1043 Chapter 28- Trinity – A Busy Schedule Coming Up (VOLU 6)
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Trinity
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The eting with the president had gone better than I thought that it would. She was willing to work with us on this issue, and that was the first step. After that eting, with the president’s full support, the various senators and congressn worked with Reece and I to find out what it was that we needed to have in these laws and bills that we were trying to get passed.
There were etings with the guards, with all the family that we consulted on a regular basis, the mbers of the council that we had ford long ago, and even with the kids that were of age. We had spoken with them about what they wanted in the future. They were younger than us, but they were still part of this situation. They were our legacy on the world after all. And it was just as important that we take their thoughts and feelings into consideration.
The bills were beginning to take shape over the week following the eting with the president. They were focusing on acknowledging people as anyone that was human in appearance more often than not, that walked, talked, and functioned with a human capacity, as well as other things. We were working on making it so that places of employnt couldn’t deny soone because of their species, that it was illegal to ask for soone’s species or require that they carry identification with them that identified their species.
In truth, while we were working on these things for our people, we started to weave so things about different races in there as well. There were still people that thought that immigrants needed to carry identification cards on them and things like that. So why not eliminate that while we were at it.
Another thing that happened during the week that we were working on the laws and bills that we were trying to make, was that the election was made official. And President Maddock had officially been reelected. That worked in our favor, because we didn’t need to worry about another president stepping in after we had gotten this far.
Petrenko and Westmont were working with us and other allied nations in Europe to get their bills started, but we still needed to et with the heads of their countries before things would move forward. The bills there were right along the lines as the ones in the US.
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Prince Hishahito and Pri Minister of Singapore, Zul Lee Wong, who was a rman, were spearheading the Asian countries on our behalf. With their assistance, we would hopefully be able to get a lot of work done in the next couple of weeks. It was already almost halfway through November, and I wanted to make sure that we stayed ahead of the NSA.
Of course, we also had Darrol monitoring the information that the NSA was getting all the ti. And when he wasn’t working on that, he was teaching Reagan to do the work himself. From what I had been told recently, Reagan was quite the genius when it ca to computers. And he was learning the techniques of this master hacker with ease.
In a way, I was extrely proud of my son and the accomplishnts that he was achieving. However, my son was becoming a hacker and that could get him in trouble with the law if he wasn’t careful. So, on top of being proud of how smart and accomplished he already was, I was worried about him. You know, just another day in the life of a mom. There was so much that was going on here that I didn’t know what to think or do half the ti. At least when it ca to him and Rika.
Rika had taken quite the hands-on managent position. She had gotten Alyssa, Alexandria, Ilana, and Ashley together to work with her and under her guidance they had maintained quite a complex system. They were able to run smoothly as if they had been working in an office or sothing like that for a decade. I was very proud of the work that they were managing day in and day out. Rika was even working with the politicians as if it was nothing at all. She was quite skilled when it ca to being a diplomat.
With how wonderfully that everything seed to be going, I knew that we were just about ready to take the next step. I would take basic copies of the bill that we were submitting to the House soon. I would show these bills to the leaders of countries that we either had no or small amounts of political influence in. I would explain to them what we needed and urge them to join us.
This next week or so was going to be busy, and most of it was going to happen very early in the morning or late at night. Because the countries would all be in different ti zones than us, and we needed to visit with a lot of them. There were etings that were officially scheduled, but I didn’t think that it would get back to the NSA. Not unless they were monitoring every nation in the world for our nas appearing on the guest lists. And it wasn’t like we were going to be flying there, so there would be no records of travel.
Now, the next thing that we needed to do, with the political discussions coming up, was to tell the kids that we were going to be coming and going for the next week or two until we were able to accomplish our tasks. We would do as many of them while they were at school or sleeping as we could, but it wouldn’t be possible to do them all like that. And we might be gone in the morning or the evening sotis, but we would always be coming ho the sa night.
“Mom?” Reagan called out to while I was thinking about these things during dinner. “MOM!?” He raised his voice because I was so lost in thought that I hadn’t heard him or responded. I don’t even know how many tis that he called , or what they had all been talking about.
“Are you OK, sweetheart?” Reece asked as I shook my head and ca back to my senses.
“Yeah, I am fine. I am so sorry everyone. I was just so lost in thought that I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings. I shouldn’t do that though. I need to be more present when I’m here with you guys.” I looked at the kids as they stared at . They looked concerned, like they thought that sothing was wrong.
“What is the matter, Mom?” Talia asked, breaking into the subject that I knew all seven of the kids were thinking about.
“I was just thinking. It’s nothing bad, but I guess that I have been so busy lately that I am also tired. And when I started to think I just spaced out.”
“What were you thinking about, Momma?” Zander asked in a weak voice. I knew that he was scared about Reece and I leaving again.
“Well.” I tried not to worry him with my tone, but I was just about to confirm his fears. “Daddy and I need to go and talk to the people around the world. We won’t be staying away though. We are going to be visiting these people and coming back every day. We might leave early in the morning, or we might need to go at night. The other countries are all at different tis than us, but I promise you that we will be ho every day. You will see us every single day. I promise you that, Zander. I promise all of you that.” I looked at all the kids in turn, telling them that I ant what I was saying, and that Reece and I were not going to leave them again. Not like we had before. We were going to be here for them to see at so point during each day.
“Alright.” Zachary nodded. “I believe you.”
“We know that you have work to do, Mommy. And we won’t stop you.” Zayden’s tone was a little sad, but he kept his face even and calm.
“We will see you while you are here. If we have to miss a morning, then we have the evening. And the sa goes for when you are gone at night. We will not have to miss you, because you will still be here.”
“Of course, we will.” I nodded at Zaley after she spoke.
“Hey, Mom?” Reagan called out softly. “Maybe we should allow the kids to spend more ti with their friends over the next couple of weeks.” He had been part of the discussion about how long the etings were going to take, so he knew that it was going to take a while. “If they can have sleepovers then they wouldn’t worry about you as much.”
“Ooh, yes, please Mommy?” Zaley looked excited. “I want to have Breanna stay the night.”
“And I can spend so ti at Sereia’s house.” Talia added with a smile.
“Sleepovers are girly, but we can have the guys over to play video gas all night.” Zander tried to hide that he wanted to have a sleepover as well. It was kind of cute to see the way that he was trying to get out of it.
“Yeah, a video ga marathon, that will be cool.” Zaley nodded in agreent. “That is much better than a sleepover.”
“You do realize that it is the sa thing, right?” Zayden pointed out to them. “Our friends will be staying over, and at so point, in ti we will all end up sleeping. That is a sleepover. There is nothing else to call it. The video ga marathon will only be a part of it. And you know that there will be snacking and other stupid stuff. I an, co on, stop trying to pretend that it’s sothing that it’s not.”
“Shut up.” Zander snapped at him. “It’s not a sleepover.”
“Whatever.” Zayden shook his head at his brother. “I think it sounds fun though. Too bad we can’t invite all of our friends though.” I heard a hint of sadness in his voice then.
“Yeah. We can’t get everyone here for one big party. The humans from the city won’t be allowed here. Good thing that they don’t go to school with us.” I thought about a handful of humans that were friends with the boys from the various things that they were into. They had gotten to know a lot of them. And they had hung out with them in the city before, but they were never allowed over here. I felt bad for them, but I hoped that when all this was done, maybe that would be able to change.
“Well, I think that spending ti with your friends will be a good thing. You can all start planning for when you want this to happen. Reagan and Rika will keep an eye on things along with Peter and Roisin. I will also have Lola and Nona co over, Papa and Móraí as well if you want. Then you will have Ivy and Olivia here with you as well. Would you like that, Zaley?” My little sister and Reece’s littler sister were both just a few months younger than the quads, so they had all been really close since they were little.
“Yeah, that would be great. I don’t have a lot of friends at school, so it would have just been Breanna coming over. Thanks Mom.” She looked elated at the idea of having more than one friend over at a ti.
“I will help you have an amazing sleepover, Zaley.” Rika bead at her. “I promise that I will make sure that you and the other girls will love it.”
“Really?” I saw the light shining out of Zaley’s bright blue eyes as she bead at her sister. “Thank you, Rika.”
“Of course. What are big sisters for?”
“I will help too. I don’t have to stay with Sereia the sa night that you have your party. Together we will make sure that you have the best party ever.” Talia loved her sister as well, and I knew that she wanted to make sure that the younger girls all have a really good ti.
“Thank you.”
For the rest of the night, all of the kids talked about all the things that they were going to do during the party. It was a lively discussion that had them all forgetting about the fact that Reece and I were going to be leaving. It was a great distraction for them, and I was thankful for Reagan suggesting it for us. He was a great big brother, and an even greater son.
The plans seed to be getting bigger and grander, but that was fine with . I would make sure that the kids had what they needed before we left, and I knew that I didn’t have to worry about anything, not with all the guards and family that would be here to watch over everything.
“That was a good call by Reagan, wasn’t it?” Reece whispered in my ear as the squealing and laughter grew louder around us.
“He is a smart kid. Reminds of soone else that I used to know. Though he is a million tis nicer than that person used to be.” I laughed as I saw Reece’s eyes crinkle in laughter.
“You won’t let live that down, will you?” He shook his head in exasperation.
“Nope. Never.” I leaned over and put my head on his shoulder. “We need to make sure that we succeed here, Reece. I need to make sure that the world is safe for all of them.”
“We will, Little Bunny. I promise.” Reece’s words vibrated with worry as I heard them ring through the space between us. There was a sense of ominousness that hung there for a mont. Underneath that though, there was a determination that I would never stop until I succeeded. I had children to protect. Seven of them, that were sitting at the table with us, and one that was inside of my belly at the mont. And on top of those eight, I had the dozens of other children that were in my life. And I refused to let them suffer because of this issue. I would protect them all no matter what. That was my responsibility, and I would see it through.
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