Second Chances

Earthquake

Hana sat barely listening to the Pride members discuss the topic at hand, when the earthquake hit. Hana fell off her seat, "Ow!!!" she yelled, as she hit the floor.

"だいじょぶ?" Tina asked.

"元気," Hana nodded as she got up, "しかしそれは痛い." Hana sighs glaring at the spot, "I'm going to get something to eat."

"We brought scones." Robert reminded.

Hana looks at her father, "Scones or pizza? Pizza. Anyone want pizza?"

"どこ？" Tina asked.

Hana sighs, "Which ever ones farthest, so I can make my escape."

Tina frowned.

"Margarita Pizza?" Hana smirks. "Ta ta!"

"Wait don't you need money?" Leslie asked.

Hana chuckles, "I got 50 bucks from Mike the bike..."

Robert frowns, "That's my 50..."

"Which I am using to buy your wife pizza." Hana smirked. "So..."

"Let her go, Robert." Dale sighs, "You know your daughter, she comes back. She always does."

Tina nodded and Hana leaves.

An hour later, Hana returns on the back of a worker's scooter. As she opens the door to the meeting room, "Oh hi..."

"Where were you?!" Robert demanded.

"I was grabbing a margarita pizza at Buca di Beppo;" Hana replies and puts a box in front of Tina, "you know pizza does not..."

"I don't care!" Robert screamed, "Who was that boy?!"

"You mean, Kenny?" Hana asked.

"Leslie! I want that kid fired..." Robert gritted his teeth.

"He's an intern," Leslie explains, "I can't fire him, he's a good kid, what will I put as the reason? My colleague is an overprotective father?"

"I don't care about your reputation," Robert snarled, "I care about my daughters' well-being..."

Hana clapped slowly and sarcastically, "Wow! He cares about my well-being! Wow! Somebody, give him father of the year award! Wow!" Hana stops, "Where was this level of care when you didn't stop your affair with Janet Stein? Did you care then about Nico's well-being or my well-being? Our family hangs in a thread and instead of trying to hang on you cut it off; if you cared about our feelings, you would have stopped it!" Hana turns around, "Have a nice life!" and she walks away.

In the Minoru mansion, Hana was hastily packing her stuff, when Robert and Tina appeared in the doorway of her room.

Robert takes the bag and strictly says, "You are not leaving."

Hana pulled on the bag handle, "Let go!" When he wouldn't, Hana brought her left palm up and fire came out, "I said. Let. Go! I came back for Nico, but now that she's gone, I'm gone! For once, I am choosing myself; for once, I am choosing my mental and emotional health over this toxic family. I am done. I can't do this anymore. Being here is mentally draining, running around with you is emotionally exhausting. So, I'm done. Don't call or text, email or even snail mail me. As a parting gift, I'm leaving Wizard to take over the the Americas..."

When Hana was stopped, Robert backed away, "Fine, then go."

Then the Lyft car honks and Hana leaves, passing her mother, who silently watched. Pass Nico's opened bedroom door and Amy's bedroom, a family portrait that hang on the wall; none of it was real. Fake smiles. Fake laughs.