Fat was walking over to Medda's with Boots and Snipeshooter after the two was done selling their papers. Fat only been there a few times but most of that was spent stealing people's money and not for watching the show. Of course, he didn't tell anyone about that especially not to Medda.
She told the boys about a new show that she had but she wouldn't tell them what it was exactly. She just said it was going to be good. When they got there, Medda was just finishing with talking to some lady. The other three sat down to wait for Medda to come over.
"Hey, boys. What's new?" She asked when she came by.
"Nothing." Boots said.
"What about a show?" Fat asked.
"Oh, yes, the show is going to be a little different. This lady came in a few days ago looking for a job but the only thing she does is ballet. So, I'm giving her a chance. This will be the first time I'm having someone doing ballet here."
"Great. What's her name?" Snipeshooter asked.
"Bif Solo. Or was it Shilo?" Medda asked.
"Bif Silo?" Fat asked.
"Yeah, Bif Silo. You know her? She's over there if you want to meet her." Medda pointed to the stage.
"No thanks. I have to go. I promise Honey I'll have lunch with her." Fat said then he left.
That night, after Fat put Honey to bed, he went to his room and pulled a tin box out from under his bed. He sat on the floor and opened it letting a few roaches run out. There was some paper and some coins. He took out a picture of a young woman holding a baby and a small boy sitting next to her. Then he took out a note. He sat there holding both things and started to think. After a while, Honey started crying. Fat put everything back and went to check on her.
The next night, everyone went to Medda's to see the new show. It was good but Medda said that it could be better. After the show, Fat decided to leave because Honey was with Mecca. Fat was half way down the street when he heard a woman call him by his given name.
"Otto!" The lady called. Fat turned around to see the ballet dancer walking over to him. "Well, what do you think?"
"About what?"
"About this. I got a job and I came back. I got a place to live. So, I was thinking that we can get Honey and go to our new home." Bif said.
"Good for you but you're about six years too late. We don't need you anymore." Fat said as he started to turn away.
"Don't talk to me like that. I might not have been there for a while but I'm still your mother."
"Mother? You were no mother. A mother would not leave a one month old baby and a seven year old alone for six years."
"I left a note."
"A note?! The note said that you'd be back in an hour! I should know. I still have it. I can't believe you. You think that you could just get a job and an apartment and everything will be fine. It's not that simple."
"I'm trying. I'm trying to get my life together and I really need you and Honey to help me."
"Do you even know my middle name?" Fat asked. Bif didn't say anything. "Thought so. I'll be seeing you in another six years." Then he left.
Fat was at Misery's apartment the next day. He was lying on the couch watching Misery fix the window. Eartha was sitting on one of the arms of the couch cleaning her tail.
"What's new with you?" Fat asked. Misery stopped what he was doing, sighed, then sat down with his back up against the wall.
"I'm good. I'm starting go get myself normal again. You?"
"You would never believe whose back."
"Who?"
"You been to Medda's lately?"
"Whose Medda?"
"Oh, well, anyway, she got a new dancer. This lady does ballet. The ballet dancer is Bif Silo." Fat said. Misery nodded slowly but then stopped.
"Am I suppose to know who he is?" Misery asked.
"Bif is a woman. She's my mother."
"Oh...your mother? She's back? Where she go, anyway?"
"Don't know. Don't care. She told me that she got a job and a home and she thinks that it's just that simple to get us back. After six years, she thinks she could just walk right back here and everything will be fine."
"Shouldn't you give her a chance?"
"No. She lost her chance when she didn't come back when she said she was."
"Where's Honey?"
"With Race and Blink at Tibby's. I have to go get her. Talk to you later." Fat said then he left.
"Fat! Guess who came by?" Honey asked when Fat came into Tibby's.
Fat walked over to their. He said his hello's to Race and Blink then sat down. He noticed Honey was holding a piece of paper. He took it from her and read it quietly to himself. It was an address.
"Who gave this to you?" Fat asked.
"The lady who came by. She said she was our mama." Honey said. Fat looked at Race.
"The lady that was at Medda's yesterday came by and started talking to Honey. I was telling her to leave Honey alone but she said you told her Honey was here and you told her it was fine they talked. She said that she was both of your mothers and she want Honey to come by as soon as possible. We told her to wait for you." Race explained.
"No, no, you ain't going over there." Fat said, crumbling up the paper.
"But, Fat, it's mama." Honey whined.
"She ain't our mother. Our mother left along time ago. Come on. We got work to do. Thanks for watching her, guys."
"No problem. Any time." Blink said. Fat took Honey's hand and led her out.
After Fat put Honey to bed that night, he headed to the kitchen and sat at the table. The people in the next apartment were arguing and all of a sudden there was a crash. Fat didn't think nothing of it. He took a small book from a shelf that was next to the table and pencil then took out some money the both of them get then recorded it. After a while, Honey called Fat. He got up, headed to her room, and found her sitting in her bed. Fat walked over and sat down next to her.
"What's wrong?" Fat asked.
"Why did you say she's not mama?"
"You called me in here for that?"
"I want to know, Otto."
"Jeez, Honey. That lady is not the mother who use to be here six years ago. That lady left and never came back. That lady who came into Tibby's is not her. She left us and missed you grow up and she don't care."
"But, Otto, she's still our mama. She might have not been there but she still our mama. I want to see her. I took the paper and I'm going to see her tomorrow."
"Fine. I don't care."
"You're coming too."
"Honey, I ain't--"
"I don't wanna hear it. You're coming or I'll tell Mecca."
"Fine, I'll go. Come on. Get to sleep. I don't even know why I'm listening to a six year old. Night."
Fat knocked on apartment 82A. Honey stood next to him. She was wearing her nicest dress. They been walking for about an hour looking for the building. It was in a part of New York where the state was building new apartment buildings. There were footsteps coming from inside then the door opened to expose Bif wearing nothing but a slip.
"Otto, Honey, what are you doing here?" Bif asked very nervously.
"You told Honey to come. She's making me stay. What are you doing?" Fat asked.
"Um, you said that you weren't going to come by. I'm kind of busy right now but you all could--"
"Biffy! Who is it?! Come back, will ya?!" called someone from the inside.
"The same old things, huh? Come on, Honey." Fat said as he led his sister towards the stairs.
"No on, dear! It wasn't anyone important!" Bif called back to her "guest" as she shut the door.
Weeks went by. The only time Fat or Honey saw Bif was when she was putting on a show at Medda's. They couldn't talk to her though because she would be the center of some crowd of men. If Bif was nice enough to bring Honey and Fat to her apartment, she would have some man there, which would change every week, in which Honey and Fat would be forced to call uncle.
After a while, Bif lost her job at Medda's then her apartment. The last time Fat saw her, she was in Whore Central talking to some guy known to the people in Skid Row as Insane Pedro. People said he murdered sixteen women, two were in Whore Central, and eight little girls, between ages three and twelve. Fat should be so lucky.
Now, Honey spends her time at the tracks with Race when he watches her or playing with Les, Boots, Slider, and Snipeshooter when she isn't working. Fat still visits his people in Whore Central and Skid Row. Neither of them heard anything of their mother. It really didn't bother them at all when it was stated in the papers a month later a woman name Bif Silo was found dead in the closet in the apartment of Insane Pedro. Pedro wasn't arrested.