"Baby girl, if you don't mind, I'd love to take one picture of you in that gown." Jia said, starting to get emotional.
"Aww... Ma." Rebecca smiled, handing over the camera to her.
Jia looked over her beautiful daughter in her wedding gown, thinking back to just how adorable she was growing up. She was happy she was getting married, even if it was to an American. She raised the camera, and took the picture.
FLASH
Jia lowered the camera and sighed to herself. The photo definitely did not come out well. Becca would not stop fussing long enough for a photo. Jia had placed her 6 month old in a lovely outfit for the wedding they were attending, but she wouldn't stop trying to escape it. Eventually, tears started to well on the baby's face.
"请让女婴冷静" ("Please calm down baby girl.") Jia pleaded, lifting her up to rock her.
Just then, the plump Latina Alejandra walked back inside holding the hand of a still sniffling Olivia.
"Mommy, is your camera broken?" She asked, clearly worried.
"相机未损坏。别担心." ("The camera isn't broken, don't worry.") Jia calmly responded, finally rocking baby Rebecca into content. Finally, as if to answer her prayers, the door opened and Jia's husband Li entered with his good suit already on.
"Hey Darling. Are we ready to go?" He asked cheerily.
"Just about Honey jar." Jia responded in her so-so English.
"Jia, it's called honey pie not honey jar." He semi-laughed
"No, American put apple in pie, not honey." She chuckled. "You just make no sense."
She only had her Hong Kong Husband Li to teach her enough to get around, and sadly her oldest was only 8 so she didn't get any second hand from them either. "Alejandra, you clean well why we're gone?" She asked.
"Si Señorita." Alejandra smiled. "I will clean muy well."
They began to walk outside for the car, Jia holding Becca in one arm and holding onto a happier Olivia with the other. Li followed right after, but before he closed the door, Alejandra called out to him.
"Señor! You forgot Olivia's camera!" She called out, handing the polaroid to Li.
"Olivia's camera?" He asked puzzled, turning to his elder daughter. "Olivia do you know what this is?" He questioned.
"Yeah Daddy! That's Mommy's camera for the wedding." She said happily.
"Jia, what's this for?" He asked. "Where did you get this? I've never seen it before."
"Oh that.... I'm not know." She sighed, annoyed with her constant use for English. "我不记得了，也许是礼物吗?" ("I don’t remember, maybe it’s a gift?") She speculated.
"A gift... I guess that makes sense. Issac and Henry do love photography." He thought.
"哈，男人和男人。没有人穿着可爱的衣服!" ("Ha, men with men. No one wears a cute dress!") Jia chuckled.
"Now honey don't start, it's different in America... but, you don't know them well enough since they're work friends of mine. How'd you know they were into photography?" He wondered.
"You must had say it at some time." She shrugged it off.
"Come on Daddy, we're gonna be laaaate!" Olivia whined.
Li stood puzzled for a moment. Why couldn't he recall anything about this camera? He wondered if they needed to bring it, especially since Li already bought them a gift... Did it even work?
Eventually, Li decided...