Chapter 1 Rain after Sun'Hello?' He says as he picks up the phone.
'Hey Randy, it's your dad.'
'Oh, hi. Lisa, it's my dad on the phone.' He calls backwards to the bathroom. 'What's up?'
'So, how is the honeymoon?'
'It's been really great. I
can't believe we have to go back tomorrow.'
'Yeah,
I can imagine. Uhm, listen. Is there any chance you can come back
here first, before you head to New York?''Uh,
I think so. Why?'
'Please just do, okay?'
'Dad, what's going on? You sound a little off. Did something happen?'
'You just enjoy your last night, okay? I'll see you tomorrow.'
'But..'
'Don't worry. Things will be fine. We'll see you tomorrow, alright?'
'Ok, I guess. See you tomorrow.' He hangs up with confusion. He is lost in thought until he feels arms embracing him.
'What is it?' he turns around and looks at his wife.
'I don't know. Dad wants us to go to Detroit first tomorrow, before going to New York.'
'Why?'
'I don't know. He sounded weird. I mean, I know he always sounds weird, but it was different. He sounded upset somehow.' She embraces him tighter.
'I'm sure we'll find out tomorrow. Let's just enjoy our last night together here in sunny Hawaii.' She smiles at him and kisses him.
'How do you know it's sunny? We hardly left the room.' He chuckles at her. She fake gasps and then screams when he grabs her and throws her on the bed.
The next morning landing in Detroit...'Lisa, wake up, we're here.' She wakes up and smiles as she looks outside. But her smile fades as she sees his serious face.
'Honey, you're not still worried about what your dad said, are you? You didn't even sleep last night, thinking about it. We're almost there, anyway. And maybe it's nothing.'
'It's just the way he sounded.. I just know something is going on. I can feel it.' She takes his hand and squeezes is reassuringly.
'I'm sure everything will be fine. Now let's go. We're almost home.' He nods and they kiss.
They head off the plane and take their luggage. They head to the terminal and look around for a familiar face. Randy's face turns dark once again as he sees his older brother looking nervous and upset. He hardly greets them and barely says a word in the car.
'Brad? Are you ok?' he doesn't look at him.
'Yeah, I'm fine.'
'Brad, what is going on? First dad calls me and asks us to come here first and sounds upset and now you look upset. Just tell us what the deal is.'
'Let's just wait till we're home. We're almost there.'
'But..'
'Just leave it, Randy.' Randy stops talking after the outburst of his brother. Clearly something is wrong. Lisa gives him a reassuring smile, but the worry is seen in her eyes now too.
They finally arrive at the Taylor house and get out of the car. Brad heads inside without talking again and the newlyweds follow him in silence. Inside the house a gloomy feeling hangs in the air.
Mark sits in front of the tv, barely watching. Their parents are in the kitchen, cleaning. Jill comes up and gives both of them a tight hug. They look at each other after noticing her tearstained cheeks.
'How was the honeymoon?' She says as they follow her into the kitchen.
'It was great. Nice weather.' Lisa nods with a small smile.
'Oh, that's wonderful.' His mother responds without emotion.
'Okay, is anyone going to tell us what's going on here? Mom? Dad?' They look up and at each other.
'Why don't we sit down first.' Jill leads them to the couch. 'Would you like a drink?'
'No, thank you.' Lisa tells her.
'Mom, please just tell us. You're really getting us worried. Did something happen?' Jill sits down and takes a deep breath before continuing.
'Well, sweetie.. I'm afraid it did. Wilson had a heart attack two days ago.' Lisa gasps as Randy just stares.
'Is he okay?'
'I uhm... He didn't make it, honey...'
-- A/N
I chose to split up my stories, to make sure there weren't too many chapters. Sorry to make you all think it ended where it did, it didn't. I hope you'll like this story as much as the last one in this series and I hope you will let me know in the same way :)
Thank you and Love, Baxxie