October 2005
Marisol´s world had crashed, when she had gone to her doctor´s who had done a routine check-up and had found a limp in her breast. She had done tests and came back as cancer. She loved her daughters and her husband. She did not want to hurt him. She did not want her parents, sisters, brother or their spouses to know. She wanted to keep it to herself. When she had left her doctor´s office her head had been spinning and her world was starting to spin and she did not know how she would get home. Marisol felt like she was about to lose control over her life and she could not let that happen, because she had two daughters who needed their mother.
She somehow ended up in their driveway, got out of the car, took her things and walked into their house. She tried to be as normal as possible but she knew that she must look awful and that Horatio would see the tear stains on her face immediately. She walked up to Horatio and gave him and their daughters a kiss. He noticed immediately and looked at her worried but she just shook her head indicating that she did not want to talk at the moment. "Sweetheart?" Marisol looked at him and he saw something he did not like. He saw fear in the eyes of his beautiful wife.
Horatio took her hand in his and led her to the couch Isabella where was sleeping. She picked up Isabella and they put the girls down for their nap. They then returned to the living-room and sat down on the couch together. She hoped that he would not notice anything. "How was your appointment?" "It was normal, Horatio really. Just a couple of needed routine tests. Doctors you know how they are." He knew immediately that she was trying to disguise it. It was evident to him that something must have happened at the doctor´s office something that had her running scared. "Yes. Sweetheart I know how doctor´s are but that is not all right?" she shook her head no giving him the answer. He pulled her into him and wrapped an arm around her.
He did not know if it was true but he had the feeling that she might have something on her mid. "Are you alright?" "Yeah. Just tired." He pushed her back so that she was looking at her and he could see something in her eyes that did not belong there. He could not tell what it was but he was sure that he saw something he did not want to see. "What is it?" "Nothing." "Did the doctor say something?" He could feel her tense and knew that he was right. Something was off. Horatio lightly massaged her neck trying to get her to relax.
"Horatio, I am just tired honey." He put a hand under her chin so that she was looking at him. "What is it sweetheart?" "Horatio please I am just tired." She was begging him to stop. "There is something right?" "Horatio please stop it now. I am tired for god sake." He could see the tears well up in her eyes. She was struggling to keep them at bay. Unfortunately she was unable to keep them at bay, because a few seconds later they were running down her face and started to turn into sobs shortly after.
He wrapped his hand around hers and made her look at him. "Talk to me sweetheart. I want to help you Marisol." She could not take it anymore and hid her face in Horatio´s chest letting him hold her tight. After a few minutes he could hear her starting to talk. "Promise me that you will not call my parents, my brother, my sisters and their spouses or Yelina or your team. Promise me that you will never ever tell them about it." "Marisol?" Horatio looked at her shocked. "Promise me Horatio." "Sweetheart. I promise you Marisol that I will not tell anybody anything if you do not want me to. What is going on?" "Promise me that you will keep them away from him for a while." "I promise you Marisol that they will not come near you if you do not want them to." "Thank you." She moved back from his chest and gave him a grateful smile.
"Now what is on your mind sweetheart?" She swallowed convulsively and then snuggled back into his chest. "The doctor detected a limp in my breast. I have cancer. I will need chemotherapy and I will need an operation." She was now crying and Horatio pulled her into him even more. It shocked him to but he can only imagine how Marisol is feeling right now. He knew she must be scared.
"We will get through this together, as a family. I promise you no one will know that you have cancer and that you had cancer if you do not want them to know." She nodded. "Thank you." "I will be there with you every step of the way. Do not doubt that." After she had calmed down a little she pulled back. "My first session in on Monday." He nodded and smiled at her. "I will be there. We will do this together." "Thank you." He pulled her back against his chest and just let her cry.