Apocalyptic Rebirth: With a repairman system space, she rises again.-Chapter 494: A pig at a wedding.

Sunshine’s car had barely come to life when Hades slid into the back and grabbed her hands with a little too much strength. He looked at her with eyes that begged for understanding.

"Hades..." she started.

He pulled her into an embrace, crushing her against his chest, trapping her like cheese between two buns. "I’m sorry." He muttered. "I hoped that maybe against all odds, our fates had changed completely. That Moon’s words would not come true. I don’t understand how she showed up here. There was no bounty on Moon and Fifi in your last life. Was her appearance written in the stars or something?"

Sunshine opened her mouth to reply but before she could, the passenger door of the front seat creaked open. A figure slipped inside with the agility of a cat burglar.

"Don’t mind me," said Ambrosia, big grin on her face as she settled into the seat with a dramatic sigh. "Rori invited us all for a family meeting. I figured, since Avenn and I have worked our way back into your good graces, we should all have a little chat. What better time than now?" She picked up Day’s stainless vacuum cup and sniffed the contents. "Good coffee." Then she opened it and took a sip.

Hades groaned. "Aunt Ambrosia, we are in the middle of something--"

"Oh, nonsense," Ambrosia interrupted, waving her free hand. "I know exactly what you are in the middle of. Amber. That woman has the shamelessness of a pig at a wedding feast."

Sunshine stifled a laugh despite herself.

Day stopped scowling and he frowned. "A pig at a wedding feast!"

"Do start the car dear," She ordered Day. Ambrosia turned her head around and looked at the couple in the back with a friendly smile, as if they had always been on good terms. As if she had not once contemplated killing Sunshine, just like Fifi. "You understand Suni, you were at my wedding to Avenn. It was an all-white event. Now picture it with me dressed in stunning white gown, like I was on that day. And then--bam! A pig barges in, chewing on the tail and veil. That’s Amber. Always chewing on someone else’s happiness."

Hades rubbed his temples. "Aunt Ambrosia...."

But Ambrosia was unstoppable. "Did you see her face when she demanded to see the boys as soon as she arrived? Like she was ordering a creme parfait at Monsieur Napoleon’s restaurant. ’I will take the bounty, the supplies, accommodation and oh yes, visitation with my sons, please. Mr. Harrington the tenth will swipe his credit card, and we will give you a five-star rating when we are done.’ shameless! Absolutely shameless."

Sunshine laughed, shaking her head. She had forgotten that Ambrosia had a funny side. She was the one in the family that mimicked other people’s walks and made fun of everyone for everything she thought was ridiculous, from the adults to the babies.

And she did not care whose emotions she ran over in the process.

"Maybe not now." Hades suggested to her.

But Ambrosia was on a roll because she had managed to make Sunshine smile. The key to their survival was keeping Sunshine happy. That was how she and her family would be allowed to move into the first wall. How they would avoid meeting a tragic end like Damien and Fifi’s.

"Oh, darling, Suni, demands are one thing. But Amber, she has no right to demand for anything. Castiel did not even get the chance to suckle on her wrinkled nipples before the ink dried on those divorce papers and she went bye-bye.... like Hasta La Vista. She abandoned the boys like forgotten socks in the laundry and now she wants to pick them up again like nothing happened. Don’t trust her with the boys Suni, she will use them. I wouldn’t trust that bitch to babysit my bonsai. And it just sits there, doing nothing."

Hades tried to interject again but Ambrosia was on a roll. "And her dentist husband. He was standing there like a polite waiter and then he dropped his name like he was a descendant of royalty or something. When he opened his mouth, he was calmer than Bob during a nap. ’Supplies, shelter, visitation, accommodation, understanding, forgiveness’" She snorted. "Honestly, if he had added ice cream, I wouldn’t have been surprised."

Sunshine laughed outright now, the tension easing from her shoulders. "Damn Aunt Ambrosia, you are terrible."

"Terrible? No, I am just honest. Amber should have included birth control pills in her demands. Five kids! Is she trying to break a world record or outdo her old self? She did not even want Castiel, by the way. I saw her sneaking around...looking into abortions."

"What?" Hades barked.

Ambrosia nodded. "Oh yeah. I caught that bitch trying to erase our cutest little Quinn. She was afraid that the baby wasn’t yours Hades and she knew you would probably kill her if it came to light. It is one thing to mess around with multiple men. It was another to bring home the fruits of her affairs. I gave her a good scare and stopped her. I told her if the baby was a Quinn, she would have more in child support. If it was not....she could ship the little illegal creature off to relatives far away."

Day swerved, almost hitting nothing but air. He was simply amazed or horrified by Ambrosia. "Illegal creature." he whispered.

Ambrosia continued. "We were supposed to do the DNA test together. I made all the arrangements. Suddenly, she signed divorce papers and left in a hurry. I went ahead with the test anyway and it proved Castiel is your son. I said nothing of this to anyone, not even to Avenn. That said, on Castiel’s next birthday, I expect to be the VIP guest because I am the reason he exists." She looked at Hades’ crotch. "Not you."

Hades crossed his legs and covered his crotch area with his hands.

Ambrosia took another sip of Day’s coffee. "Suni, how did you hold back? That bitch was reeking of entitlement. She stabbed you with her words and eyes. I was expecting the hammer to come down and crack her soul into seven parts. I don’t know how you did it but if I was in your shoes, I’d have handed her a broom and maid outfit and said, ’start with the floors if you want to earn your keep here."

Hades sighed, but even he cracked a smile.

"She should have mopped up what remained of Fifi." She leaned back a bit but kept half of her head turned to the back. "Amber’s return is nothing but trouble. She is already implying that Suni was trying to replace her before the divorce! Suni was a teenager back then. How preposterous! Mark my words, she is going to stir up drama until the cows come home. Let’s just hope its not mutated cows."

The truck bumped over a pothole that was yet to be filled and Sunshine burst into more laughter, the sound mingling with Ambrosia’s chatter. For a moment, the woman’s humor overshadowed the family drama and the apocalypse.