Ch 10
Fiona didn't feel like getting up as dawn broke. What had happened last night was too awful to bear. It was painful to hear that her son was in hospital fighting for his life. Lillian was up making tea. She knew this latest news had affected her daughter deeply like when Harold had passed away. Shrek agreed. He was worried but had to be strong for both Fiona and the kids. He walked into the bed room. Fiona was curled up into a ball with blankets covering her. "Hey honey. Are you feeling better?" he said to her.
"No. Our son is in danger and I'm feeling lousy like I'm the worst mother in the world. My heart is breaking more so than when Dad died. I can't do anything to help him and… it hurts. Is this what's it like to have a family?" she said quietly. He saw the scar on her arm and was nervous. "Oh no! This thing with Mai is making her depressed again that's she's cutting. But what can I do? Maybe she'll heal or Mai will get better and everything will be okay, I hope." He thought as he hugged her tightly. "You're not. I know it hurts. You can't let the sadness take over again. If you got so depressed and tried to end yourself, it would sadden me greatly." He said calmly as he kissed her. He watched as she fell asleep in her arms.
He smiled sadly at that. He then watched her toss and turn in her sleep but he managed to calm her down. Somebody then appeared. It was Harold. "Hey Dad, what're you doing here?" he said to him. "I know she's upset because of Mai but I can feel that in her soul, she's getting worse. She needs you and our family's help. I would hate seeing her with me, would you?" he told him. "Yeah I would but she keeps looking at the picture in the locket when the kids were only babies. I'm worried. Also she's started cutting again." His son in law told him. He reached out for Fiona's arm but his ethereal hand went through it. "Please look after her for me son. She needs her inner strength back and you're the only one who can give it back to her." He explained as he faded…
Fiona then woke up. There were red rims around her eyes from when she'd been crying. Everything hurt especially her heart. "When will the pain go away? I want to help my family but all my strength is leaving me. When will I ever be happy again? To laugh once more. But I guess it'll never happen again to me." She thought as she unsheathed a sword and brought it to her. She then slit part of her stomach. "Aagh! It hurts but feels so good!" she screamed in agony. Lillian ran in and was alarmed. She then wrapped a towel around her daughter and carried her to hospital. She hoped her son in law wouldn't find out… Harold saw this and was more worried.
He wished he could take away the pain but he couldn't. He then hoped it would be okay. It would hurt knowing that she'd joined him because she couldn't stop hurting. Lillian felt the same. Her son in law had went for a shower.to chill out. Thoughts were running through his mind. Things were too crazy around here. He wished that Fiona would be okay. He couldn't bear being lonely if she went too. That would be hard. A tear welled in his eye at that thought. But he shook these thoughts out of his head as he closed his eyes and dreamed.
He found himself in a grave yard and Lillian was kneeling near a grave putting sun flowers near it. He then approached her. "Hey Mom what's wrong? Why're you like this?" he said to her. He then felt shivers run through his spine as he saw whose grave it was. It was Fiona's. "No! This can't be! How... How did it happen?" he said angrily. There was a grim look on her face at that. "She gave in to the depression and ended her life. She didn't tell you because she didn't want you or the kids to suffer or feel pain for her choice. I'm sorry." she explained to him. Tears ran down his face as he ran through the grave yard. He woke up , sweat dripping down his face. It was only a dream, a very bad one. He shivered at the memory of it. He then came into the living room and sat in the alligator chair near the fire. He wondered where Lillian was. He hoped she wasn't in a grave yard... He then saw her enter the house. She seemed down. "I need to tell you something. It's to do with Fiona." she told him...