Chapter 23- Reconciliation

    The door creaked open, and there, inside, was a bedroom with পোকা eaten beds and creaking nighttables.
    “Oh no!” Perdita gasped sadly. “We’re too late!”
    Lady gasped, “They must have done it before we got here.”
    “I can’t believe it,” Pongo explained, as he looked through the perimeter of the room, to find that no one was there.
    “Maybe… aha!” Tramp exclaimed. “Pidge! They’re hiding under here!”
    Lady hurried over, followed closely দ্বারা Pongo and Perdita, Peg standing slightly behind. Penny and Lucky went under the বিছানা to see them.
    There, indeed, under the bed, were the three puppies. They looked bewildered to see their parents.
    “Oh darlings, I can’t believe I found আপনি again,” Perdita explained.
    “Haha, Patch, you’re here,” Pongo stated happily.
    “Want to come প্রথমপাতা with us, Patch?” Penny asked.
    Pongo shook his head. “We have to wait…”
    “I want to watch some TV!” Lucky exclaimed.
    “We’ll turn it on when we get back to the hotel,” Perdita promised happily.
    “Coming, Patch?” Pongo asked.
    Patch turned from Scamp and Angel, who buried themselves deeply under the bed, and then he quietly grunted, “Okay then.”
    “How could you, Patch?” Scamp asked, horrified.
    “Cruella is very dangerous,” Patch explained. “And life with that duchess wasn’t much better. I suppose they like me enough to go out searching for me this far and for this long… I suppose I’ll live their boring life,” Patch stated seriously and somewhat sadly.
    “What do আপনি mean দ্বারা boring?” Perdita asked. “You have a hundred siblings at home, a nice প্রথমপাতা to live in, a lot of love…”
    “But no adventure অথবা excitement,” Patch told her.
    “Hey, Patch,” Pongo stated. “It doesn’t need to be like that.”
    “Then why has it?” Patch asked simply.
    “Hey, listen,” Pongo told Patch quietly, making sure Perdita looked the other way. “We’ve been a bit serious lately… maybe I can, I don’t know… let আপনি explore the neighbood.”
    Patch smiled at Pongo, and then he fully emerged from under the bed.
    “Come on Scamp, Angel,” Tramp told them.
    “Time to go home,” Lady added.
    “Never,” অ্যাঞ্জেল stated firmly. “We’re going to break out of here ourselves and without you.”
    “Yeah, we already did it once. All আপনি do is lie to us,” Scamp told them fiercely.
    “But Scamp, we do care for you,” Lady explained.
    “Maybe আপনি do,” অ্যাঞ্জেল scoffed. “But what about your husband?”
    “Oh come on,” Tramp asked. “Look, I’m sorry for what I did…”
    “Oh? You’re sorry…” অ্যাঞ্জেল told him sarcastically. “Yes… you’re sorry…”
    “No really, I am!” Tramp exclaimed.
    “You lied to everyone else,” Scamp added. “Why am I any different? আপনি ব্যক্ত that we would go down together to the river…”
    “Well, I thought we would,” Tramp told Scamp. “But I haven’t been able to find an opportunity yet… your mother would never let me out!”
    “No, I probably wouldn’t have,” Lady stated sadly, looking at the ground. “I didn’t trust him,” Lady explained to Scamp. “I was worried about losing your father. But if there is one thing I learned about this trip to find you, it is that your father really cares about me, and I’m sure he does for আপনি also.”
    “Trust me,” Tramp told Scamp. “Think of the possibilities and adventures আপনি could have! I’ll open the gate at night sometimes so আপনি can have a night time stroll. How does that sound?”
    “Would আপনি really?” Scamp asked, impressed.
    Tramp nodded assuredly. “Of course, since I might want to leave myself!”
    “Wow, sounds cool!” Scamp stated excitedly. “Okay, I’m coming!”
    But just as Scamp emerged from under the bed, Angel, tucked in the back corner of the বিছানা with her face away from the others, stated, “Good bye, tenderfoot. I’m ashamed.”
    “But why aren’t আপনি coming?” Scamp asked অ্যাঞ্জেল simply.
    “I’d rather die than deal with him again,” অ্যাঞ্জেল stated scathingly toward Tramp. “The way that he hurt my mother with his past…”
Lady abruptly looked at Tramp, “Okay, okay, I’ll talk,” Tramp explained. “We’ve all made mistakes. And I suppose, I uh, dated too many girls and ditched them,” Tramp told Angel. “Once I met Pidge, I’ve been with her ever since. I’ve learned, I promise,” Tramp finished.
“You’ve… learned,” অ্যাঞ্জেল stated suspiciously. “Well… I’m going to go out and live… and… never see… the likes of আপনি again!”
Tramp though, was cut off দ্বারা a gentle tap on his leg. Looking down, he saw Peg give him an intense look.
“Angel, if আপনি don’t believe me, I can understand,” Tramp explained. “But at least listen.” With that, Peg began to crawl under the bed.
“No,” অ্যাঞ্জেল told him firmly. “I will never…”
“Hiya sweetie,” Peg told her, as she got right up close to her.
অ্যাঞ্জেল abruptly stopped, turned, and then gasped at Peg. “Mama… but I don’t understand…”
    “Look, I was smitten with him,” Peg told Angel. “He’s a handsome fellow… but I see that he’s hers now,” she explained to Angel. “And I’m fine with that, really,” Peg drawled. “I got over it.”
    “But…” অ্যাঞ্জেল asked, and then Peg stated, “Come on sweetie… why don’t আপনি go find yourself a home? It’s what I wanted to happen to আপনি for ages… life’s miserable being cooped up… if আপনি went back out, আপনি might go to the pound. Look, Tramp and I have moved on,” Peg explained. “So why don’t আপনি come out… and be happy with your boyfriend…”
    Peg cried slightly, but then অ্যাঞ্জেল stated, “Mama… আপনি mean…”
    “Believe him,” Peg told অ্যাঞ্জেল simply. “And remember I told আপনি so.”
    Angel paused, and then reluctantly stood up, and then got out from under the bed, and she stated, “I’m sorry for running off…”
    “It’s okay,” Lady told Angel. “But just remember from now on that we always care about you, no matter what আপনি might think. We’re not like Buster, we are your family…and we’ll be there for you.”
    Angel looked, slightly teary-eyed at Lady and Tramp, and then to Scamp and Peg. Then, she looked down, nodded, and developed a little smile.