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Manchester, UK 26. November 2010
Rory Hayden-Thompson was sitting on the window ledge in her master bedroom and looked on the snowy streets of Manchester. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. Six days ago, her husband James passed away. He fought a battle against cancer for two years, but it was hopeless. He lost the fight. Pancreatic cancer was especially hard to overcome.
The treatments in the hospital had worn James body out, and it was so heart wrenching for Rory to see him suffering. But she didn't let him down. She was at his side for nearly every chemotherapy treatment. "James, what am I going to do without you?" she mumbled miserably to herself and buried her face in her hands.
"Rory? Honey?" she heard the concerned voice of her father as he entered the room. "Dad, please, I want to be alone," she said with a weak voice, but Christopher wasn't that easy to get rid of.
"No Honey, I'm not going anywhere. We're worried about you Kiddo. "I know it is hard for you, but you should put your clothes on. The funeral starts in 3 hours, and you should eat something, please." Christopher gently insisted as he walked to his daughter and put his hands on Rory's shoulders.
Chris squeezed Rory's shoulders, and as his daughter had turned to him, he was frightened. Rory's otherwise sparkling blue eyes were blank and sunken into her head. There was no light in them, only despair. He sighed as he took a seat behind his daughter on the window ledge and hugged her tightly.
"Dad I'm scared. It's so odd that Jamie isn't here anymore to take care of Cameron and me.
I mean she's only three, and James is going to miss so much of his daughter's life. He won't see her growing up, meeting her first boyfriend, graduating from high school and college. It's not fair that he died. He left us alone Dad", Rory stated weakly as she was so tired. She was consumed with anger, grief, and loneliness.
"Oh, sweetie I know, and you're not alone because your Mom and I won't let you down. Never. Everything is going to be ok. Cami asked about 20 minutes ago if she can come to you. She needs and misses her Mommy, honey. I know it is hard, but you must be strong, at least for her, " Chris said in a low voice as he stroked a brown strand of Rory's hair behind her ear.
The 25-year-old woman closed her eyes for one moment and nodded. "I know. I miss her too Dad. The last 48 hours were so hard for me. I thought I was ready for that moment, that horrible moment, but I wasn't. But I'm so glad that he didn't have to suffer anymore. Please let her in Dad.", Rory said and tried to smile.
"Mommy?" Cameron asked hesitantly as she came into the room.
"Hey, Cami. Did you have fun with Grandpa Chris and Nana Lorelai?" Rory greeted her and tried her best not to burst into tears again as she gazed at her daughter. Cameron was a good mixture of both of her parents.
She had his curly hair and Rory's sparkling blue eyes. The little girl already loved books, had a big Disney DVD collection at a tender age of 3 years and had an enormous sense of adventures like her father, James.
"Yeah, Mommy.", She nodded again shyly and went to the closet. Rory observed her little daughter.
"What are you doing honey?" Rory asked and went to her daughter.
"Open, pease," she said, and Rory had to smile.
"Of course, and it's not pease, it is, please. Honey. Please," Rory corrected her as she opened the closet as she saw the several suits, ties, and jeans from her husband. She had to swallow. "Daddy? Dada?", the little girl was crying after James.
"Sweetpea Daddy isn't here." she tried to calm her daughter who was looking after her father.
"Where? Dada.", she repeated.
"Oh Cami, Daddy's an angel now, but he will watch over you and me forever. He'll be in our hearts.", she began to explain and hugged her daughter.
"No..no Daddy no angel...want him here..." she shook her head, and her blue eyes were full of tears.
Rory rocked her crying daughter and stroke her hair while she was fighting against her tears too.
"Shh, everything is going to be ok. Mommy's here.", She murmured in her daughter's soft hair.
The 3-year-old toddler buried her face into Rory's shoulder and sobbed. "Dada...",
"I know I miss him too bumblebee...", Rory replied, and few tears were running down her face again because she had used the nickname that James had given Cameron. Jamie had given her the name because she was so fascinated with bees.
While Rory was trying to soothe Cami, Lorelai and Christopher were sitting in the living room. Lorelai sighed and cuddled to her husband. "What's wrong, Lore?" Chris asked concerned.
"I'm so worried about Rory. I thought maybe it would be better if she would move back again to our home in Notting Hill? Or should we look for a new house for her?" she suggested to Chris.
"I think it would be better for Rory to get a new house. Frank owes me a favor. Maybe he knows some good places for Rory and our little Tink. I'll ask him tomorrow when I'm back in the office."
"Okay babe and I wonder when Sam and Mat will come. Didn't you tell Matt that he should be here on time with Samantha?" Lorelai said and looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Of course, I asked Matt to be here with Samantha on time. I hope Matt didn't oversleep again!", he sighed, took his smartphone from the table and before he could hit the phone button they heard the voices of Sam and Matt.
"Mom, Dad sorry that we're late. We had to stop at Starbucks because it is pretty tough to handle Sammy when she is caffeine deprived," Matt told his parents when he and his sister came into the living room.
"Hey, don't judge the nectar of the gods," Lorelai teased and stopped immediately in tracks when Rory came into the living room with her weeping daughter.
"Yeah, don't do that Matt!" Sam said to her bigger brother. Then she turned to Rory, "Oh Rory, Tink. Hey, sweetie come to Auntie Sam. How about a Disney movie? Maybe Cinderella?"
"Cinderella?" the little girl turned her head to Sam.
"Yes, Cinderella. Come on, this was one of my and your Mommy's favorite movie when we were your age," Samantha agreed taking Cameron from Rory.
"That would be much fun, honey. It is a wonderful story. About a prince who's falling in love with a poor girl that has mouse friends. You will love it," Rory told her and wiped away her tears.
"Pince and princess?" she looked at her Mom with big eyes. "Yeah Prince Charming and the princess," Rory smiled, gave her a soft kiss on the forehead before Samantha took her away to watch the Disney movie.
The brown-haired woman was glad to have a little break and turned to her mother. "Mom, can you help me, please? I don't know which dress I should wear for the funeral. I just can't make a decision," she begged her mother.
"Let me take a look, mini-me," she nodded as stood up from the couch and followed her daughter into the master bedroom. She peered into the closet. "How about this one with a calf-length cost type jacket? And your teardrop earrings?", Lore suggested looking at her daughter worriedly.
"Rory? Are you listening to me?" she asked drawing Rory out of her daze and back to reality.
"Sorry Mom, I'm totally messed up. I can't do this today. I just can't say goodbye forever. It hurts so badly," Rory whispered, burying her face in her hands and start to cry again. It seemed to her as if her heart broke into thousands of fragments and the pain won't stop. The darkness was just so deep.
"Honey I know it isn't easy to handle. I wish I could do anything to undo it. But I can't, sweets. I can't imagine how hard this must be for you and Cami. You just have to keep going forward, even if it seems impossible to you now," Lorelai said stroking her hair.
"James loved you and Cameron more than anything else in the world. He gave me a letter for you and made me promise to give you the letter after the funeral."
As Lorelai's words registered in Rory's mind, she looked at her mother confused and hopeful.
