Julianna didn’t stop working, only quickly cast her eyes towards the expectant finger thrust in her direction. She looked back to the cake. “There’s are chocolate chips on the counter,” she said, and when he didn’t move despite this announcement she looked at him again. He was waiting, she knew, both to be petulant and to force her to accommodate him. She squeezed a bit of the creamy frosty onto his finger before setting the pastry down.
“Don’t pout,” she chided, turning the cake back and forth on the turntable to inspect it. “Agent Barlena was a good choice. He just wasn’t right for Celeste.” Julianna finally stopped fiddling with her cake as Owen spoke to Celeste on the phone. Selecting a personal guard was an entirely different process than creating an entire unit. She knew this from experience. Having someone that would be so ingrained in your space and privacy was miserable enough without also not getting along with them. Julianna knew from their conversations about the past that she had not had a personal guard since marrying Owen.
“I’m sure a congratulations would be much more impressive for you.” She sassed her husband gently, because he was being moody about the situation. A combination of his disappointment in Barlena, and his concern for Celeste’s safety. “Just like firing Santiago will be.”
Eventually, a tired looking Celeste shuffled into the kitchen. She wore comfy looking cotton pajama shorts and a too big t-shirt. “The concert was great,” she replied. Her smug expression was wholly misplaced as she clawed a waterfall of curls away from her face. She knew she was in trouble, but she had her father’s cool indifference. “Is that cake for eating?”
Julianna looked at her daughter and then back at the cake she had been working on most of the morning. “I guess,” she answered, but sounded lax to agree. “But we will save it for Specialist Weatherfare.”
Celeste made a disinterested noise in her throat as she moved towards the coffee pot. “Who is ‘Specialist Weatherfare?’”
“Don’t pout,” she chided, turning the cake back and forth on the turntable to inspect it. “Agent Barlena was a good choice. He just wasn’t right for Celeste.” Julianna finally stopped fiddling with her cake as Owen spoke to Celeste on the phone. Selecting a personal guard was an entirely different process than creating an entire unit. She knew this from experience. Having someone that would be so ingrained in your space and privacy was miserable enough without also not getting along with them. Julianna knew from their conversations about the past that she had not had a personal guard since marrying Owen.
“I’m sure a congratulations would be much more impressive for you.” She sassed her husband gently, because he was being moody about the situation. A combination of his disappointment in Barlena, and his concern for Celeste’s safety. “Just like firing Santiago will be.”
Eventually, a tired looking Celeste shuffled into the kitchen. She wore comfy looking cotton pajama shorts and a too big t-shirt. “The concert was great,” she replied. Her smug expression was wholly misplaced as she clawed a waterfall of curls away from her face. She knew she was in trouble, but she had her father’s cool indifference. “Is that cake for eating?”
Julianna looked at her daughter and then back at the cake she had been working on most of the morning. “I guess,” she answered, but sounded lax to agree. “But we will save it for Specialist Weatherfare.”
Celeste made a disinterested noise in her throat as she moved towards the coffee pot. “Who is ‘Specialist Weatherfare?’”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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