cooking, cleaning. My father sits in front of the TV all day, watches football and drinks everything in himself. Mainly alcohol. Mom has to get him the stuff and so all the money from the social welfare office goes on. He was always drunk and when my mom said he should clean up his trash himself he would yell at her and hit her.Mama didn't really fall on her mouth at all. She is a lawyer but was fired from her position. And since all the money is on it, she can't save anything and start her own business! "Melanie stopped talking for a moment and snorted into her handkerchief again. Juicey and Trunks exchanged a few glances.


"My mother got used to smoking again, which she hadn't done for four years. But she can only smoke secretly when father was not at home and got drunk in the park with" conspecifics ", as she called it. That was mostly in the mornings when I was at school, where I kept sinking and I lost my friends because I never had time because I had to take care of the house when mom went shopping for dad every day The day before yesterday I was on cooking duty. My father really wanted to eat sushi, rice and tuna. We ran out of tuna so I left it out, hoping he wouldn't notice.I brought him the food. He immediately noticed that the tuna was missing and threw the entire tray with the food out the window. I could hardly move because of fear and just wanted to get out, but my legs wouldn't. Father came up to me and before I knew it he had given me such a hard slap in the face that I was on the ground. He hit me that I soon believed that when he was done with me, there would be nothing left of me. He said to me: "Now you will find out what I did with your mother!" and really wanted me ...- When my mother came back upstairs and saw what he was up to, she took a full bottle of wine and hit him on the back of the head.


Nothing held me anymore. I packed my seven things and ran away. And you know the rest of it. "Melanie took a new handkerchief and snorted inside.


Juicey and Trunks agreed by now at the latest: Melanie stayed here!


"Do you still want to notify my parents now?"Melanie looked tearfully at Trunks. He shook his head.


"You definitely stay here. And one more thing: Just call me Trunks, okay?" Melanie nodded and was overjoyed.


"Thank you very much!" Was all she could say.




Juicey had assigned Melanie a guest room. She came out of the bathroom and lay down in bed next to Trunks, who had been waiting for her.


"I'm really sorry for Ally. I would have run away if I had been her." Juicey looked at Trunks.


"Sure! Everyone would have done that. But another question: How should we go on now? I mean, Melanie has been wanted for two days. Should we hide her for the whole time?"


"No, of course not. At some point we have to go to the police and Ally has to testify. That is actually the only possibility!"


"Tell me, why do you always call her Ally? Did she hurt you?"


"No, but her name is too long and I'll just call her Ally. And now, good night!"Juicey turned off the bedside lamp, gave Trunks a kiss on the mouth and snuggled into his arms and fell asleep straight away.




"Bye, honey!" Juicey wanted to kiss Trunks on the cheek, but Trunks took advantage of the situation, briefly touched her back with his hand and she was in his arms so that he could give her a loving kiss on the mouth .


"Bye!" He said, got on the plane and flew towards the western capital. Melanie went to her in the garden.


"You are in a relationship?", She asked Juicey with a skeptical look.


"If you want to call it that. We're married. I'll check on Cherry. She's so calm today."


"Cherry? Your dog?" Juicey had to laugh.


“No, our five year old daughter!” Melanie swallowed. Now she didn't have a chance at Trunks. Wait a moment! Why didn't she have a chance at Trunks? Did she want anything from him at all?

"Do you want to see Cherry, Ally?"


"How? Um ... yes, I'm coming."


Juicey went into the house with Melanie.




The telephone rang. The secretary Sandra Joly answered.


"Capsule Corp., Miss Joly on the line, what can I do for you?" She asked in an overly friendly voice.


"Give me the boss on the spot!" It came back unfriendly.


“One moment please, I'll put you through!” She pressed a button, gave a brief warning to her boss, pressed another button and put through.


Trunks, who was engrossed in a conversation with an "important businessman", picked up the phone in annoyance.


"Yes? Briefs here, Head of Capsule Corp., what's up?" There was a whistle at the other end. Trunks held the phone from his ear. Immediately someone shouted into the phone.


"Give my daughter over immediately, otherwise I'll report you for kidnapping!" Trunks yelled back into the phone as well.


"Now watch out!First of all, I don't know what you're talking about! And secondly: If you have that much time to harass other people, there you go! I do not have them! Good-bye! "Trunks slammed the phone down.


"Excuse me! Where did we get to?"




Melanie went through the western capital with Juicey and Cherry. > Actually, I never wanted to come back here. she thought to herself. The three went to a fashion store. Melanie sat down on a stool that happened to be there. A few minutes passed and she began to get bored. She got up and her eyes fell on a red and gold Chinese dress. Melanie went into a locker room and tried it on. Fit like a glove! Maybe it was pretty short, but that was what most of these dresses had about them. She looked at herself in the mirror when she saw a small price tag on the back that said a pretty high price. Disappointed, Melanie took off the dress and was about to hang it back when Juicey took it from her hand.She looked at them with a smile.


“Do you want it?” Melanie nodded, but then declined.


"It's way too expensive," she said and went out of the shop. Cherry came up to her and started talking to her ears with some "particularly important" ("I have a new stuffed animal") things. Melanie was relieved when Juicey came out of the store.


“What do you think of it when we go to an ice cream parlor?” Her little daughter laughed and soon started running around other people, while Melanie just shrugged her shoulders, as is so often the case. After three more hours, they really went to the ice cream parlor with a "couple" of bags (it was twenty-five to be precise).


"Say Juicey, how long have you known each other? I mean you and Trunks?" Ally didn't look up, but looked at her chocolate cup.


"Quite a while. Actually for twenty-five years. But we're still as freshly in love as we were on the first day when we admitted our love."(Note: please read" Quarrel, memories, ... "; that happened five years ago)


“I can understand.” Ally sighed. Juicey gave her a crooked look.


“Could it be that you have a crush on Trunks?” Ally blushed. She waved her hands.


"So ... what nonsense! Why should I, uh ... fall in love with someone like that? I ... I wouldn't have any reason to!" Juicey couldn't help but grin.


"I'll give you a tip Ally: Don't get lost in dreams! Best keep your hands off married men. Your heart will only be broken anyway, okay?" She looked into her eyes and Ally nodded and ate in silence Ice on.




"Damn it! Where's that 14-inch open-end wrench now?" Bulma nagged while rummaging through her desk.


"Probably where you put it.", Vegeta replied and didn't even bother to get up from the couch and look for help.

"I'll go to train!", He said and already he disappeared into the gravity space.


"Yes, yes, leave me alone. Bulma will do it!" She nagged a little further and at the same time rummaged through the laboratory cupboard. Bulma didn't notice there was a knock on the door.


"Ma? Can I come in?" She turned around.


"Of course honey. What's up?" She straightened up the closet and continued to rummage.


“I wanted to ask if you happen to have an idea what to do with a child who has come here?” Bulma walked up to him and pushed him towards the living room.


"How now? Just run up? Does she live with you now?" She poured another coffee for Trunks.


"Yes, thank you, Melanie ran away from home. What should you expect when the father drinks and beats his wife and daughter?"


"What? That's horrible! And what do you want now ..." Bulma couldn't finish because a pretty angry Bra came down.

"Mum! Why is the water turned off? Oh ..." Bra's hair was soaped and she only had a towel wrapped around her body. Apparently she had just been taking a shower. Bra went over to her brother and gave him a big hug.


"Trunks, not seen for a long time! What brings you here?" She broke away from him again, but was still close enough that he could have thrown a fabulous sight on her cleavage if he wasn't so decent (* cough * ) would have been.


"Got something to talk to Ma, but tell me, how about you and Goten?" Bra sat down on the couch, obviously a little annoyed about this topic.


"Son-Goths! Pah, he can stay where the pepper grows! Anyway, I'll go back upstairs and see if the water is bubbling again. Ciao brother!" She gave him a kiss on the cheek and went back upstairs .


"And that you say hi to Juicey and Cherry!"

“Sure!” Trunks looked at his watch.


"Ma, I'm sorry, I have to go again. Otherwise Juicey will be angry. I'll come over again!" Trunks was almost out the door when Bulma ...


"Trunks?"


"Yes?"


“Keep your ears up!” Trunks smiled.


"Sure! Take care!"




Juicey was already leaning against the front door when