"Mommy, where's Daddy?"

Linda was tucking her five year-old daughter, Candace, into bed after a very unpleasant day. She sighed softly, unsure of how to explain to her that the man she was asking of would no longer be seeing her.

After a moment she replied, "I don't know".

But this only raised the young girl's curiosity. "When will he come back?"

"I don't know, sweetie.", her mother replied again.

Linda, unfortunately had a very rough day. And after having a fight with her fiancee, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and breaking up with him completely, she knew that the next day would only be worse. She looked at Candace, who simply looked back, and worried how things would go for her. The woman leaned forward and kissed her child on the forehead. "Now, go to sleep, okay? Don't worry, everything will be alright.", she said gently.

"Okay. Goodnight, Mommy.", Candace turned onto her side and closed her eyes, waiting to fall asleep.

Linda smiled down before getting up, turning off a lamp near the bed, and gently closing the door. Candace carefully peeked at the door and seeing that her mother wasn't there, opened her eyes and began to wonder some more. For Candace, the day had been slightly odd. And she still had some questions that she couldn't answer.

'Why's Mommy upset? And where's Daddy?', she thought curiously as her mind turned over the day. It seemed that her parents had fought, because they were yelling about something earlier... but why would they do that? Was it because of that girl, Vanessa, Heinz said was her sister? 'I wonder why she was mad too... Why was she mad at Daddy? I hope Daddy's okay.'

Candace knew that he would be, he always was. Even when all of his things almost hurt him, everything turned out okay.

The small girl reached down under the sheets, pulled up her Ducky Momo doll and fell asleep holding it closely.

After Linda changed into her nightgown, she gave another sigh and sat on her bed. She wanted to believe everything would be okay, but how could she? How on earth would she explain this to her family, let alone her daughter? How could she explain that she wasn't going to get married and try to raise Candace by herself while trying to maintain a job that payed poorly? But as she hung her head and looked down at her stomach, she remembered another issue. How would her second child do without a father?

Hey everyone, this is Amber! Just so you know, I'm writing this one all on my own, so please wish me luck! ^_^ Also, just so you know, we won't be focusing entirely on Phineas growing up and stuff. Thanks for reading so far!