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I wanted my mom and dad too.
“Oh…” Mary Poppins coaxed. “Um… I used to sing it to my siblings all the time. They loved it. I mean, my sisters must have watched the original movie a thousand times.”
“You never saw the remake?”
“No. Why?”
“You really don’t know who I am, do you, Camila?”
My eyebrows lowered.
She didn’t know who Skyler was?
Everyone knew who Skyler Bell was. We couldn’t walk into a gas station without someone asking for a picture or autograph. She used to be the biggest celebrity in the world. Until she married Noah and became Skyler Jameson.
“I’m sorry, I don’t know—”
“Please don’t apologize,” Skyler interrupted her. “When I first promised Bailey I’d be here for her family, I was terrified I wouldn’t find the right woman to help me take this on. I had this nagging fear the women I interviewed would be here for the wrong reasons. For who I am and not for the kids. I didn’t want to mess it up, you know?”
She did? I didn’t know that.
“Bailey’s my best friend.”
She was your best friend, she died.
This was one of the hardest parts about my mother’s death. No one talked about it. It was as if we were waiting for her to come back home, walk through the front door at any moment, knowing in our hearts it would never happen.
She was gone, and nothing or no one could bring her back.
Yet still, we all couldn’t speak about it.
All aware it didn’t end with her. It had only just started. Jagger, Journey, and I carried her blood, her DNA. We all had the same chance to lose our minds. It was easier to pretend, but inside…
I was ticking away.
Tick…
Tick…
Tick…
When would I go boom?
Tearing my train of thought back to them, Skyler continued on, “She’s the older sister I always wanted. When we first met, she didn’t know who I was either, and because of that, I loved her instantly. To go from my world, to one where no one knows who I am, was something I prayed for every night. I used to be a celebrity, an actress, and singer. It was a hard life, and if you Googled my name you’d know why. So, to finally find that in her… well, it meant… everything. I guess I’m just trying to say that,” she breathed out. “I don’t know what I’m trying to say.”
Skyler definitely went through some shit, falling down the Hollywood rabbit hole.
Mary Poppins didn’t hesitate in saying, “Like me being here is meant to be.”
“Yeah, but that’s crazy, right?”
“No. I don’t think that’s crazy at all.”
I resisted the urge of screaming, “It is fuckin’ crazy! Nobody wants you here!”
Without thinking twice about it, Mary Poppins followed it up with, “When can I start?”
If she thinks this is where she was meant to be, then I’d just have to prove…
