Gen 3: Chapter Two

My life really began at graduation.

Although not best buds, My father and I were at least on speaking terms by then.

 I headed off to the only bar in town for some awesome nachos to celebrate.

Little did I know that my Dad was braving the boiling sun for my graduation gift.

MAX! Dakota's other male pup. Cesar's legacy can now continue. I hope that by me embracing my legacy honors, and making sure Max has pups of his own as well, I can bring good karma from the Watcher.

 

A quick appointment at the stylist had me looking good. So I swung by the science department to pick up my ghost hunting tools. I ran into Bella outside the grocer.

I knew she had been dating Jasen after I left her hanging. I asked if she would be interested in giving me a second chance. The way she eagerly said "yes" made me think Jasen was merely a fill-in, the sap.

Don Lothario was my first paranormal case. By the end of the night, I had captured 5 spirits. He thanked me and headed back upstairs.

I took the liberty of "lifting" a few things for myself.

 

But the long day and even longer night had caught up to me. By six am, I was in bed - fast asleep.

That afternoon, my party side jumped in full force, urging me to throw a huge shin-dig.

Although mostly family, I thought it appropriate to ask Bella to go steady while in their company. I want to make a good show that I am going along with this legacy idea.

 Things got a little awkward with Mom when I jokingly asked who she was doing nowadays ...

  ...

Sofia has declared Morty her nemesis. But strangely enough, she is still civil to Mom. Sofia also dropped the bomb that she is now engaged to Dimitri, the son of Yuri.

 Mimi showed up too. Man, I had missed the fun I had annoying her! But she is an old married lady now. She and Kent Lin, the son of Buck Broke and Roxie Lin, made it official just after High School. Mimi hates children so I don't foresee a new bundle of joy any time soon.

My Aunt Maria was there too. Things got weird when she broke down crying in front of me.Apparently, she has gotten pregnant (again!) by Hal Breckenridge, her on again/off again lover. And with Kimberly already a teen!

 Max did a fabulous job of protecting our male domain from a stray cat. *I hate cats!*

But when Dad heard about my plans to fly out to Bridgeport in the morning, he got pissed! He went on and on about Bella's trust and having morals. I didn't care. 

I had already sold almost all the furniture in the spare room to pay for the ticket. I was going.
 

This time around, I stayed in a small cabin. I hoped to spend very little time in it.
 

My first stop was the city library. I searched databases and Googled all the info I could remember about Kya. I came up empty.
 

Hoping to have better luck, I headed to City Hall and searched through public records.

I met this real nice girl who showed me around. When she asked if I wanted to head out for drinks, I couldn't very well say no, now could I?

The bouncer was riding me hard and Kirby, the girl from City Hall, said to look her up if I wanted to have some real fun.

I came here searching for Kya. I felt I needed the closure seeing her again would bring. But whatever the bartender put in my drink made all those noble thoughts disappear.

I found my way to Kirby's shared flat ...

... and took what was freely offered!

As I washed up back at my cabin, I wondered if Kya has been as free with herself as Kirby was. I started to wonder if I had been the only one with romantic notions in my head...