Chapter 14: When love is gone

"It might be better if you left the room for a few moments Rhett" Dr. Meade said after Rhett told his finale goodbye to the woman of his dreams. Dr. Meade knew how hard this was for Rhett to lose the love of his life. The missing piece of his heart was finally filled, but was taken away out from underneath him just like that. Dr. Meade knew that he had just lost his child just a matter of months ago and now his wife whom he loved with all his heart was lost to him forever.

"No, I want to stay" Rhett said motionless as the tears dried in his eyes, still looking down at Scarlett's lovely and peaceful face. He didn't want to leave his loves side through thick and thin he would be there. He stood back as nurses came in.

"No, stop I won't let you do this she's my world my life. Scarlett is the only thing I have left to me" he cried as he looked at the nurses with tears in his eyes. He couldn't let them do this it just wasn't right. Couldn't they see that Scarlett was still alive? "She's alive I swear she is. If you would just look then you would see that she is still alive. Please Scarlett, wouldn't want you to do this to her." as he fell to his knees as he broke down all together. This just wasn't fair why was this happening? Scarlett deserved to live just like everybody else did. She was so young it wasn't right that she be taken from this world at such a young age.

"No, Rhett, It's like I told you earlier. I'm sorry but she is gone, there is nothing more we can do we tried" Dr. Meade said looking at Rhett as two of the nurses escorted him from the room. "There isn't a fix or cure for everything there just isn't I'm so sorry."

"You killed her is what you did!" Rhett yelled as he was taken out into the hall. "You good for nothing son of a bitch!" he yelled as he was told to stay back. Dr. Meade had no needs to call himself a doctor. Doctors were supposed to help people not make them worse or make them on the verge of death. "Let me at him I will kill him I swear I will!" as he got loose from the nurses.

Rhett went over and was about to punch the doctor in the nose when a much bigger guy took him by the arms and drug him from the room with force.

"Rhett, Rhett, where are you" a faint female's voice came into the cold dead of night. Was this Scarlett calling for her love or just the sound of wind going through the very small room?

"You see she is here!" Rhett yelled once again hoping this time it would do some good. Without a glance at Rhett Dr. Meade just shook his head back and forth and went back to filing out the death certificate for Scarlett. Rhett had lost his mind. Dr. Meade knew this was going to be hard for Rhett, but never this bad. Rhett had lost his sense of mind when Bonnie died and then lost his sense to live when Scarlett died. What was going to become of Rhett now that everyone in his life was gone? Take him to a home for crazy people or take him to a home where they took care of you night and day? And many other people thought this for the past few days.

"Mr. Butler, I realize you are upset but yelling at the doctor isn't going to bring her back" Beth the night nurse said stepping in front of Rhett trying to keep him back while the other nurses did their job. This was one of the worst parts about being a nurse you had to keep everything calmed down or everything would go hay wire.

"But I can't lose her don't you see, Scarlett is my world my life I can't lose her to this…for something I have caused" Rhett said as his head fell with his eyes looking at the ground. This truly was his fault for what had happened, he had killed Scarlett. If only he had stayed instead of going out on Scarlett then maybe they wouldn't be here...as a matter of fact Rhett knew they wouldn't be here. They would be home where they belonged, home where they would be happy like they once were. One point in their six year marriage they where once happy even though they didn't show it all the time they were happy...for the most part.

"Mr. Butler, it is not your fault this has happened" Beth said speaking to him in a warm and caring voice. She knew how hard it was to lose someone very close. A year ago she had lost her little boy to small pocks. "I know you loved her, I've seen you two walking, talking and laughing together. It is easy to see that you did love her."

Rhett looked up to have the nurse see tears forming in his eyes and running down his face. What the nurse had just said was very true he had been in love with Scarlett since the first day he saw her that day at Twelve Oaks. As Rhett thought back to that lovely day he heard a beep of some kind. He looked over at the door to see many nurses running into Scarlett's room.

"I need help stat" one of the nurses said looking at another with wide eyes. Rhett didn't like the sound of this. His heart began to race rapidly, as his hands began to shake from the nerves and fear shooting through his body all of a sudden. Rhett thought his body was going to go numb all of a sudden. He wasn't going to let Scarlett die; not now it wasn't her time to die.

Rhett ran into the room and took Scarlett in his arms. "Time of death 8:35 pm" another nurse by the name of Anna said looking at Dr. Meade who wrote the number down on the certificate.

"No, Scarlett please don't leave me, please come back" Rhett cried as he held Scarlett in his strong arms. His many tears fell on Scarlett's beautiful face. Rhett hoped and prayed that his warmth and love could bring her back. But sadly this wasn't to be Scarlett's warm body began going cold, cold and stiff. Scarlett lay dying in Rhett's arms. As Scarlett breathed her last breath Rhett held her close to him as if he would never let her go. "Scarlett, don't leave me please. I can't live without you, life isn't worth living without you" he begged one last time. Once again sadly nothing happened; Just like Bonnie Scarlett had died in his loving and caring arms. Rhett gave Scarlett one finale kiss on her icy cold lips.

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd have had to miss the dance

Garth Brooks-The Dance

The love that was once shared between Scarlett and Rhett was gone forever never to be had again. It was the end to a love that no one else would understand.