I hope Regan decided to take my advice and go after my dad. They might not want to admit it but they know they wanna be together. I will never understand the mind of an adult. I mean come on it's not hard to tell someone you love him. Well.....maybe I shouldn't speak too soon. Tre and I haven't gotten to that point yet and the day I tell him that I love him would probably be way past when I'm old enough to understand what the word even means. After talking to Tre about our plans to hang out at my house I figured that it would be wise to let my dad know because I know if I don't he'll probably get all upset and feel like I'm hiding my life from him. As I rounded the corner to the kitchen I was taken aback by the sight of my dad and Regan making out. I wanted to walk in and stop them but then on second thought....they need this moment to be uninterrupted. I happily danced at the door and quietly walked away with a huge smile on my face.

"Daddy's finally getting his groove back! You go daddy!" I whispered to myself.

Tony was just rounding the corner when I bumped into him.

"Hey three little lady! Whatcha doing?" He asked me as he smiled.

"Leaving Regan and my dad alone in their make out session!" I exclaimed.

"Make out session? What are you talking about Carly?" He questioned.

"I would tell you to go look.....but daddy needs a moment to uh.....blow off some much needed steam." I giggled.

Tony shook his head as he got what I was really trying to say.

"Well that I can definitely agree with. Your dad hasn't had much affection since his last ex wife....and she would just act like they weren't really married sometimes." Tony joked.

That was a little mean but he knew better than anyone what goes on behind the walls of Paisley Park. As Tony was about to go around me and into the kitchen I quickly pulled him by the arm stopping him.

  "Hey uh.....can you come with me to help put a movie on for Joey? My DVD playing is actin up again." I lied buying them so time to do anything they wanted.

  "Well I kinda wanted some cookies but-"

  "I'll get them for you when we're done. Come on!" I interrupted as I continued pulling.

Once I got him distracted in my room with fixing my 'broken' DVD player I went back downstairs and was about to head for the kitchen when there was a tap on the glass door. It looked like a young woman. I went to the door and and found that it was Erin.

  "Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes!" I heard her say from outside.

  "It's about time you got here! Where've you been all this time?" I exclaimed as I hugged her.

  "Trying to get here from Atlanta but with all the snow going crazy on the east coast my flight from Philadelphia was grounded for a few days."

  "Well at least you're here now. SO! Did you hear that my daddy is getting his swerve on again?" I giggle.

  "Getting his swerve on.....what!?!?!?" She said confused.

  "Yeah the girl who saved me? That was daddy's one that got away."

  "Carly you're being crazy. What are you talking about?"

I sighed out of frustration and took Erin by her arm.

  "Come on. I'll show you." I said.

  "Oh God. Carly? What are you up to?" She asked as she was fearing for the worst.

I kept pulling her until we were upstairs and at the office door.

  "Carly you know you're not supposed to be in here without your dad. Prince is gonna murder the both of us if we get caught!"

  "Oh quit whining. It will only take a minute. Maybe even less than that."

I tried to turn the knob and open the door but it was locked.

  "Ah! Hamburgers and fries. Locked."

Erin looked at me like I was going nuts.

  "What.....did....you just say......just now?" Erin asked me puzzled.

  "I'm not allowed to cuss. If I do my dad finds out from the playback and I have to pay up."

  "He got you from the hardwiring in the house didn't he?" She asked with a laugh.

I couldn't deny it so I just told her.

  "Yup. I was cold busted. Had to put $3.75 in the jar."

  "How much cussing did you do!?!?!"

  "I stubbed my toe on my dresser trying to go to the bathroom in the dark again a few weeks ago." I replied embarrassed.

"Carly you know Prince pays for you to use the lights Kid. Don't be simple."

  "I'm not simple!"

  "Aren't we here or something else?"

I almost forgot what I brought her upstairs for.

  "Gotta Bobbi pin?" I asked her.

  "Here use this." She said excited as she reached up at the top of the door and pulled down a thin metal stick.

  "What's this?"

  "Skeleton key. Tony told me all about these. Don't tell anybody I know about this. Not even Prince."

  "You have my word. My lips are sealed!" I said proudly.

Erin picked the lock and the door opened within seconds. She put the key back and we slipped inside the office and closed the door quietly behind us locking it back. I ran over to the book shelf and took the black photo album down from the top shelf.

  "What are you doing Carly?" Erin asked.

  "This is gonna make you blow a gasket. Come look at this." I said as I sat the book down on the desk and flipped through until I found the strip of pictures.

  "Awwwww! Look! He had long hair! He was a damn fine when he was younger!" Erin said getting all goo goo for my dad in his thirties.

  "Nali I'm still in the room!" I complained.

  "Sorry. Who's the curly head chick though? I've never seen her before."

  "That is Regan. His one that got away and hopefully if things go well his wife."

  "His what now?"

  "Yeah! I'm trying to get them to get married and stop acting like they don't love each other."

  "Why are you forcing it?"

  "Because I want a mom!"

  "Don't you have one of those? Even though she's psycho?"

  "That is not my mom. My mom is no longer alive."

The shock oozed over Erin's face.

  "You found your birth mom?" She asked ecstatic.

  "Sort of. I found her memorial."

  "Oh wow Carly. I'm really sorry." She said sadly.

  "Ehhhh it's cool. At least I know she wasn't a total bi- never mind."

  "Mmhmm. Don't wanna pay that jar again huh?"

  "Negative. Anyway. She was the one that saved me a brought me home. Now I just need to get them to be alone so they can finish the job."

  "What job?"

A big smile grew as I was about to tell her my new plan. Operation marry Regan.