Chapter 3
Luke walked into his house and saw Lesley and Lulu sitting on the sofa. He smiled weakly at the sight of Lesley reading to his daughter. Lesley looked up at the sound of the door closing.
"Hi Luke," she said with a smile.
"Lesley I have something I have to tell you."
She saw the serious look on his face. She turned to Lulu and said, "Honey, why don't you go upstairs and play."
"No," Luke said. "She needs to hear this too."
He sat on the sofa, put Lulu in his lap and took Lesley's hand.
"Sweetheart," he said looking at his daughter. "Your mommy got really sick this morning and she had to… she had to go away."
Luke looked at Lesley and saw that she understood what he was saying. He squeezed her hand tighter as he saw the tears forming in her eyes.
"Where did she go?" Lulu asked. "Can we go visit her?"
"No Baby," Luke said. "We can't visit her. You mommy went to heaven."
"Like Lucky?"
"Yes, just like Lucky?"
"When is she coming back?" Lulu asked
"She's not coming back Baby."
"Lucky did." Lulu said with a confused look.
Luke didn't know what to say to her.
He looked at Lesley for help. She wiped the tears from her eyes. "Honey, Lucky was only… pretend dead."
"Like on TV?"
"Yes. Lucky was pretend dead like on TV, but your mommy is really dead."
"Oh," Lulu said nodding her head. "Can I go upstairs now?"
"Sure," Luke said.
After she left, Luke put his arms around Lesley. They sat there holding each other and crying.
