That evening they all had nice dinner together. Hope was ranting on and on about her new castle which Cruella had ordered for her. It was perfect place to play and have friends over. The problem was that she hadn't any friends. Not yet, but her momma promised that she would soon when she would start her school. She was ecstatic about it, because she had always been studying at home and her only friends were her dolls and her pet cat, which had died soon after she had found her. It had broken her little heart. Her teachers and babysitters were all so much older than her and once she had asked about it from her dad who seemed to be some how weird at the time. He had told her that she didn't need friends because she had everything she needed. Her dad really wasn't in her life and she did see her grandparents and her aunts more often than him. They never talked about her momma, but Cindy. Her nanny had talked about her momma until she had to go away. Cindy told her allot of things what her mother had been like when she was a child.

"Miranda, when can I meet your kids?" She asked suddenly.

"In time you will meet them, but right now they are busy with school and they do need to spent some time with their father."

"I hope to see them soon." Hope gave the biggest smile to them. Miranda had told her that she wanted her to meet them which meant they would see Miranda again.

"How are things going there?" Miranda asked Nigel.

"Things are going as we had planned, but we do need you to go over them and give your own judgment on things." Nigel answered. "How's.."

"She is shaken up about things but she is working through. I am not coming today. Tomorrow I'll be there early with Andrea. Send Serena here. That's all." She finished her phone call and turned to face Cruella.

"Do you think Andrea is ready for this?"

"We'll just have to ask her." They sat side by side to each other. "Can we trust this Serena-person?"

"Yes, she is one of my loyal employee's and she is one of the best." Of course she will draw legal papers for her to stay quiet, but she did trust Serena.

Half an hour later Serena met them in the hall and Cruella was surprised how beautiful that Brazilian woman was. How could they let that woman so close to their Andy? They all went to meet Andy and tell her their plan.

Meanwhile with Andy...

They stared each other again. Like every time the first twenty minutes the doc waited for her to say something, but she never did start their talks. The good doctor took a long breath before she she started to talk. "So, how's Hope?" Andy had never disappointed her with her big and bright smile when she asked about Hope. This time it was no exception. "Hope is my hope. Cruella made this castle for her and she can't stop talking about it. She'll start school soon and hopes to get allot of friends so they could play there."

"Does she miss her friends back home?"

"She didn't have any friends there and this is her new home. With us."

"That is sad. No friends at her age is quite hard. I'm glad you have decided to take her to school."

"I am too. I liked studying myself when I was younger." Andy smiled. "She is so much like me, but I still can see hints of Nate in her too. Some facial expressions are just like his."

"Did you love him?"

Her patient took a moment to think. "Yes, I did in some level. He was a good friend and he was there for me when I needed him. I wish I could pay him back somehow." There was a hint of sadness on Andy's eyes. At least they were getting somewhere now. They had been going this silent treatment over some time now and Stephanie felt like she had won the prize. Finally the girl was talking about something to her. "Was she living with her father?"

"No,well yes. But not with Nate. She lived with a man who thought she was his." What? Stephanie thought, but stayed quiet. She could hear a big but coming. "Doctor, I don't know how to.." Andy started to fidget.

"Take a deep breath and close your eyes. Collect your thoughts." The girl just did what she asked her to do. First time for everything. When Andy opened her eyes again. Stephanie could see the fear, pain and endless sadness on those brown eyes. "I was held in captivity for a long time. Longer than I want to remember. Then I was forced to marry this man and he.. they... " she couldn't say it so she choose another way to say it. "Needed.. a child. An heir." Oh my god. She was raped. Stephanie thought. "After the first time I couldn't... so Nate offered to help me with my problem. He was a sweet and tender in every ways and he did give me a gift. He gave me Hope." Andy looked happy but sad at the same time. It was melancholic but beautiful look on her. She could be a model because she really could show her emotions on her face. "Where is he now?"

"I don't know. After we found out that I was pregnant he got an offer from a restaurant which we decided that he should take it. I couldn't risk them find out that he is the real father." This fragile girl wasn't so fragile after all. She had saved the boy from.. what exactly? Stephanie thought. It must be something really bad. "Why did you stay?"

"They would have hunted me down like a dog. They would.. I was broken already then. I didn't believe I could escape and I was right. After Hope was born they gave me a collar which I had to keep most of the time on my neck. It... " Andy couldn't say more. Stephanie saw the shudder go through the girl. It must have hurt her some way. She only had heard small part of Andy's past. Now she understands better why this beautiful girl didn't trust her secrets to anyone, but something had changed. Andy was determined, but why now?

"Oh, look at the time." Andy said looking at the clock on the desk. Indeed their hour was up. "Very well, Andy." Stephanie closed her notepad. "I suggest again that you write on your diary."

"I try, doc." Andy was about to leave

"One more thing Andy," the girl paused and faced her. "Why now?"

Andy smiled. "They deserve better." And with those words she left the doc sitting alone in Cruella De Vil's library. "They. Don't you think that you deserve better?" She voiced her thoughts to the deaf walls. Well, if she now had something to hold on to. Stephanie wouldn't stop her. They can always work on Andy's reasons to do this later but finally doctor Stephanie Kingston had a feeling she might get through to this young lady. With a smile she packed her things and left the huge library. On her way out she saw Cruella and some other white haired woman who looked really familiar to her talking rapidly about something. Oh, well. What goes on inside this mansion was for her to keep quiet. Ms. De Vil had made it clear to her. With a shudder she let herself out. Those legal papers which she had to sign wasn't nothing compared to the look which Ms. De Vil had given her and those chilling words: " If I find out that you have broken our agreement. I. Will. Hunt. You. Down." She was too scared to trust her voice so she had just nodded and stumbled out of the woman's office.

She wasn't interested of the money which was quite good. More than good and more than she made in six months. She had been surprised when she was summoned by Ms. De Vil. First she thought that the woman was finally calling for help, but no. She had been little disappointed to find out that she would be helping this young woman, but soon realized that this girl truly was a challenge and luckily she liked challenge.

Dear diary,

How cliche start for this. I don't know what to write. Where to start. This feels quite strange to write like this. I haven't written a word for a long time. Not since I was.. captured. I might as well use that word because that it was. They did horrible things to me and made me their personal slave. But there is one good thing about my time there it gave me my little girl, Hope. My pride and joy she was when I lay down on the cold floor and thought about her. She is my angel. I hope to give her everything what she needs as long as I shall live. The people who helped me out of that place are unusual couple. When you see them you couldn't never believe they are loving and caring. They are and I love them both so much. They have done so much for me that I am ready to do everything for them. To be whatever they want me to be so I at least can give them something back...

There was soft knock on her door. She closed her book before she answered. "It's open." She smiled when she saw Cruella and Miranda come in. She went to her lovers and kissed them both tenderly. "I thought you two were working."

Her power duo walked her to her couch. "Yes, let's sit down and have a little chat about your future." Cruella kissed her cheek when they sat down.

"We do have a momentarily solution for our little dilemma. We don't want you to be hiding here all the time so we have thought about few ways to make your life better." This time she felt Miranda's lips on her cheek. " You are talented designer and you need to be able to show that to this world. "

"We don't want you to have plastic surgery. We however are going to change you quite a bit. When you started to use the gym allot more than I had estimated I had this wonderful idea and as you know me. Made a few things to happen."

"I'll do anything for you." Andy took a hold on their hands.

"Darling, don't do things for us. You need to want this for yourself." Miranda squeezed her hand.

Andy took a moment think. "Okay, what is it then?"

"Well, you have this beautiful bone structure and your muscles have grown. So we thought you would be a beautiful man."

"A man?" She didn't have a clue how to act as a man. Or did they want her to... Andy stood up and started to walk back and forth.

"Yes. Just outside for people to see you as a person behind those fabulous designs and no one would really know who you are." Miranda had come to her and stopped her pacing. She held her arms tenderly and kissed her. "For your safety, darling." Okay, they didn't want her to turn into a real man. "What about Hope? If the press would get a hold on her picture. The Ravitz' would find out and then..."

Cruella rapped her arms around her back and kissed her neck. "They won't and Hope will be safe everywhere she goes. We will keep you safe."

When Miranda pressed her body against hers. She already knew her answer, because she would get them both in her life if she would do this for them. To herself.

"We need to tell Hope. We need to be honest with her."

"We will." Cruella whispered. "James, " The butler came in. "Go get Hope and tell that Blondie to get in here. We have work to do."

They stayed quiet and enjoyed the warmth of each other until the door opened again. Andy saw this beautiful Brazilian woman who seemed little disturbed to see them like that. She covered her facial expressions and introduced herself to her.

"Serena, I need you to make Andrea look like a man." This Serena person was surprised, but didn't question her boss. "Yes, Miranda." She set down her things while waiting for the other two women let go of her. "Andrea darling, it will be fine. Serena is the best artist and hair dresser that I know. She will make you handsome." Miranda kissed her softly and moved to talk to Serena. Cruella seemed to be clued to Andy's back. "I love you, Andy." She kissed her neck and tightened her hold. "Cru, hon. You need to let me go for a while." She turned in her lovers arms. "I love you too." Andy found Cruella's lips. "Now go talk about me while I talk to Hope." Right on cue the girl ran inside with a big smile. She ran to Miranda's arms telling her that she had been painting almost the whole day and she wanted to show them to her.

"I will be honored to see them, but first you need to talk to your mother while Cruella and I go over a few things with Serena." The little girl's eyes went wide. "You are very pretty!" She told bluntly. Serena blushed a little and thank the girl. "Yes, yes darling. She is beautiful woman. Now up you go to your mother." Miranda told Hope and turned again to Serena and Cruella to get things started.

Hope sat on her momma's lap and listened. She had known that something strange had been going on between the two older women when she noticed them talking yesterday. Now momma was telling her that she had to change how she looks. They want momma to look like a man. "But why, momma? Why do they wanna do that?" She noticed her momma's sad eyes.

"Darling, Do you remember the night when you slept in my bed with me and woke up middle of the night when I had that bad dream?" Hope nodded. It really had been scary to see her momma sweating and trashing the bed like she was in some horror movie asking someone to stop hurting her. "And I told you it was just a bad dream." Her momma looked really sad now. "Sometimes bad dreams comes from real life. I was dreaming about something really sad and bad that had happened to me."

"You don't like my grandparents." Hope said. She had noticed how momma flinched every time she talked about them, but never said a bad word about them. "Did... did they hurt you?" Her momma had never lied to her and she wished she wouldn't start now.

"Yes."

"How?"

"There was many ways and you are too young for me explain how, but the hardest for me was when they took you away from me. " Hope had never seen her momma so sad. She could feel her momma's body tremble when she hugged her.

"I'm here now, momma. No-one will ever take me away again."

"I will do anything to keep you here with me." Hope felt a kiss on her fore head.

"I'm not gonna see them anymore." She felt little sad, because she did like her grandparents although she didn't really like her aunts. Always nagging and glaring at her. Telling her how much her momma had hated her and left her to them.

"Do you want to see them?" She could hear fear in her momma's voice. She was scared of them and if there was something Hope could do to stop her momma feeling like that. She would.

"No, momma. I don't."

"Are you sure?"

"They hurt you and lied to me. I don't like liars." She hugged her mother. "If I see them. They would take you away again."

"That is why I need to do this." Her momma was relieved or some what.

"Okay. Do I call you papa then?" She smiled and looked at her momma.

"Well, sweetie. You can call me anything you want."

"Okay." Hope hopped off her mother's lap. "Can I have a haircut too?" She loved her mother's smile. It was so real and it made her think of sun. "You have to ask Serena about it." On that note Hope went to find Serena and hugged the blondie's leg. "Serena, please.. may I have a haircut too?" The pretty woman looked at Miranda who gave her a nod.

"Sure sweetie. What would you like me to do?" Serena knelled down when she spoke to her.

Hope liked Serena.