AUTHORS NOTE: This is the end of this series. I will possibly be working on another series soon. One that is better written and not as dark or lynch-mob inducing as this one! If you would like to contact me regarding my stories you can send me at email at: or catch me on AIM: gestEnuff
Enjoy as best as you can.
I'll see you in the morning at the break of daylight; But if you wake up and I'm gone I'll see you on the other side.
Lindsay rolled over and pulled the five year old to her. She kissed her red hair and took the photograph from her. "What was she like?" Liliana whispered, making herself comfortable in Lindsay's lap. The woman took a deep breath, knowing for a while that this question was imminent. A few weeks prior, Liliana had begun asking about Cindy. The little girl knew the redheaded woman was her mother, but that was about it. Lindsay had made a great effort to keep it that way. "It's hard for you to say."
"Yeah. It is. Because I miss her so much." She lifted up the little girl and carried her into the living room of their house. After that night where she shot Ash, the night she lost Cindy, she had packed up as much as she could fit into her jeep and taken the baby to Dallas. "She was amazing. And smart." Lindsay whispered, sitting on the couch and letting Liliana get comfortable while she quietly looked at the picture of Cindy and herself at the Golden Gate Bridge Lookout. "She loved you so much."
"Why did God take her?"
"I wish I knew. I really do. I have been asking myself that for five years now." There was a knock on the door and the girl ran to get it. She appeared in the room again after a moment, a smile on her face. "What?"
"Guests!" She giggled. Lindsay couldn't help but smile as Jill and Claire came into the room. The little girl looked at Lindsay. "I am gonna go to my room and get ready for school." She said, kissing Lindsay's cheek. As she left the room, Lindsay jumped up and wrapped her arms around the two women.
"God, she looks more and more like her every time we see her!" Jill said, sitting on the couch. She looked at Lindsay. "You look like hell."
"I had the nightmare again."
"You ever going to tell us everything?" Claire asked, sitting next to Lindsay. "What happened at the hospital?"
She sat back and took a deep breath. After five years, she figured it was time to tell her friends the truth. She didn't want to relieve it, but her dreams were forcing her to more and more often.
She ran to her jeep as fast as she could, making it to the hospital in record time. As she ran into the emergency room, she saw Luke heading towards her. "Where is she?!"
"Lindsay, calm down. It isn't looking good. From what I hear, the bullet hit.."
"Luke, I don't care about the intricate details. Is she going to be alright?"
"Chances are, she won't make it out of surgery." He said, looking at her. She fell numbly into the chair nearest her and tried to fight off the tears. She couldn't lose Cindy now. She just couldn't. She looked up as Jacobi came over, a grave look on his face.
"Please..No." She whispered, following him to where Luke was standing.
"I am not supposed to let you do this, but I know how much she means to you. She made it through surgery, Linz, but it still doesn't look good. She hasn't regained consciousness." He said, leading her into the room. She slowly moved towards the bed. She gently ran her hand along the pale cheek.
"I love you. Please don't leave me. Don't leave Lil. She needs her mother." She whispered. She finally let the tears fall down her face.
"Come on, Linz. Let me take you home so you can take care of that little girl." Jacobi said, wrapping his arms around her.
She wiped the tears from her eyes. She was amazing she could recall so much of it. "That was it. That was the last time I saw her. I woke up in the morning to a phone call from Luke saying she was gone." She said, her voice strangled. Liliana ran into the room with a smile on her face.
"Mama! I can't find my backpack! Does that mean I don't have to go to school?!" She said, the smile not leaving her face as she remained oblivious to the tears on Lindsay's face.
"Nice try. It's in the kitchen. Go get it and I will walk you down to your bus stop." She said, kissing her forehead and pushing her towards the kitchen. "I would give anything for one more day with her, you know? So she could see how well Lil is doing." She was quiet as she looked at her two best friends. "So, care to walk the brat to the stop with me?" She said, trying for a change of subject. She stood up as Liliana came back into the room, putting her backpack on her shoulders. She held tightly to Lindsay's hand as they left the house. As Liliana climbed onto the school bus and it drove away, Lindsay linked her arms with Claire and Jill. "Let's go have a drink in honor of our Cindy." She said. "My Cindy." She added in a whisper.
Late nights talking, we stood by the window by ourselves
Rembering the starry nights and wishing they could be ours
And now we wonder, what happened to those times
Cause I'd give anything to have you here, tonight
