<div class="floatleft">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/HaydenPantierre.jpg)</div><div class="floatright">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/nicole-kidman_4.jpg)</div><br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>Name:</strong> Madison Eldridge (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=129137.msg5723759#msg5723759)<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Madison's Home<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> Open<br/></div><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Laura sat for a half an hour or so in the same spot her daughter left her. She hugged herself, letting the tears slide down her face and sipped her wine stewing, furious with herself. She knew she had let her daughter and her beloved husband down. She was supposed to protect Madi and keep her safe, not just from the dangers to her life, but from everything in between as well.<br/><br/>Finally, she rose, buzzed and light headed from the wine. She walked to her computer and turned it on, deciding to check her finances for the third time that day. What showed before her made her shriek uncontrollably. There was five thousand dollars in her bank that wasn't there earlier! She heard the pitter patter on the stairs a moment before Madi found her mother with one hand over her heart and the other over her mouth.<br/><br/>"Mom!" Madi exclaimed, running to her. "What's wrong?"<br/><br/>"Oh, Madi," Laura's breath rushed out as though she'd been holding it for several seconds. "I'm sorry I woke you. The bank has clearly made a mistake with our account. Give me a moment."<br/><br/>Madison's heart began beating a bit faster at her mother's declaration. Her face contorted in confusion as she listened to the conversation her mother subsequently had with the bank over the phone.<br/><br/>"A mistake?" Laura asked after a good ten minutes on the phone. "What do you mean you're not going to fix it? So the money is just ours?" There was a pause as Laura listened to the other person speak. "But that can't be. The bank doesn't just give money away." Another very short pause when Laura most obviously interrupted the other person with, "Oh no! We'll keep it! I'm not arguing! Thank you so much!"<br/><br/>Laura hung up the phone and beamed at her daughter. "I have no explanation of why but we are suddenly five thousand dollars the richer..."<br/><br/>It took a moment for that to sink in but when it did, Laura and Madi both let out simultaneous screeches and began bouncing happily with one another. Their previous fight was clearly forgotten as they celebrated happily.<br/>