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The rest of the day, Mac and Kelly spent getting ready for there trip North to Glen Eagles where Mac would meet with 7 other world leaders, there was a lot of security as riots were predicted to take place near Glen Eagles and in Edinburgh the closet big cities, there was also free concerts planed throughout the world with many celebrities giving there time for free and the money raised would be going to help poorer countries, 2 of these live 8 concerts were in the UK one in Hyde Park in London and one in Edinburgh at Murryfield.
Horace and Rebecca spent most of the day sleeping they were pretty tired after last night and the 2 youngest girls were playing swingball in the garden with Rod. Elizabeth however was not getting on too great, the house held so many memories for her, and ever since she got there she had nightmares everytime she tried to sleep, in her dream Rick was there and being extremely violent towards her, but what upset Elizabeth more was the fact that her mother done nothing to help her. That was what always happened, and it got to be very regular, Elizabeth had even thought about running away to America to be with her Grandma, before her mother died.
Elizabeth was sitting in her room and all of these thoughts were going through her head, everywhere she looked she could see Rick's face coming towards her in an angry rage. She had been trying her best not to cry, but the past year she had been finding this really difficult and she had never told her Aunt or Uncle or even her cousins just how bad things had been before the death of her mother.
There was only one thing she could think of doing and that was asking her aunt if she could go with her, even a few days away from the house might help her. She left her room in search of Mac, eventually she found her in the Study.
Elizabeth: Hi am I interrupting anything
Mac put her pen down and took her glasses off
Mac: No are you OK?
She could not help notice just how pale Elizabeth looked and she had a petrified look on her face
Elizabeth: I was wondering, if it was too late for me to come to Glen Eagles with you
Mac: Honey are you sure you want to, I mean I will be working and there will be no one else there your age
Elizabeth: Please can I go, I really want to
Mac: If that is what you really want to do,
Mac put her hand on her shoulder
Mac: Are you sure you are OK
Elizabeth: Why wouldn't I be
Mac: I don't know why don't you tell me
Elizabeth: Glen Eagles is the best hotel in the whole UK and it has one of the best Golf course in Scotland
Mac did not believe a word of this she knew there was something upsetting her and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Mac: OK well I guess you better start packing
Mac called to the British Prime Minister to ask if it was OK that Elizabeth was attending, he was of course fine with it.
Mac went out to the garden to see Rod, the 2 younger girls were having a great time playing swingball and they were skipping, Catlin was not very good at it and kept going in a bad mood when she missed the rope.
Amy: Mommy can you go an end with Daddy so I can jump in the middle
Mac: OK just for a few minutes though
Mac took one end of the rope while Rod took the other and Amy skipped she was very good.
Rod: Girls why don't you both go and play the swingball so Mommy can see how good you both are
The 2 girls ran to the tennis ball on the rope and started to hit it round.
Mac: Elizabeth wants to come with me to the summit
Rod: Why?
Mac: I don't know she made up an excuse of it being a great hotel and she wanted to see it
Rod: but you don't believe her
Mac: There is something up with her, I don't know what yet
Rod: Do you think it is me
Mac: No, I think this house just has too many memories and maybe it was too soon to come here.
Rod: When do you need to leave
Mac: About an hour
Rod: Time for us to go to our room for a while
Mac: How will watch those 2
She pointed to Amy and Catlin who were still hitting the ball to each other, Catlin kept missing and Amy just kept hitting the ball which ended up hitting Catlin in the face. She screamed and ran to Mac.
Catlin: Mommy Amy hit me (she wailed)
Mac: I am sure it was an accident,will I kiss it better
Catlin was still crying and Mac had picked the toddler up and took her into the Kitchen she took some ice out the fridge and put it to Catlin's cheeck.
Catlin: It is cold
Mac: I know baby, but it will make it better
Mac took Catlin to the living room where they sat on the couch watching Balamory while Catlin cuddled her Mom.
Kelly came into the room
Kelly: Ma'am we are leaving in 10 minutes
Mac: OK time for goodbyes I think, can you see if Elizabeth is ready
Kelly left to find Elizabeth and secret service took all the cases to the cars.
Mac: OK Kids I will see you all in 2 days
Catlin: Don't go, I want you to stay
Mac: I will be back in 2 sleeps she kissed the little girl I might even bring you back a present
Amy: Can I get a present too
Mac: If you are good for Daddy and be nice to your sister, remember she is only a little girl and you have to play a bit more gentler with her
Amy hugged her Mommy
Amy: I will I promise
Mac: And you two I don't want to come home to find out you have been in yet more trouble
Rebecca: We won't I promise
Horace: Yeah have a nice time
Mac hugged the twins and then her husband she gave him a kiss, and Catlin started her usual song for when she seen to people Kissing
Catlin: Mommy and Daddy sitting in a tree
Mac and Rod laughed and she, Elizabeth and Kelly went into the Presidential Limo.
It would be a four and a half hour journey in a North Easterly direction to Glen Eagles and they got to see a lot of lovely scenery of the Scottish Highlands, Mac and Kelly both admired how beautiful it was. Once they got there the hotel staff showed Mac and Elizabeth to there suit, there was a study a family room a small kitchen and 2 bedrooms.
Mac: We are going to go downstairs to the dining room for dinner, why don't you get ready
Elizabeth did as she was told and got ready for dinner, once she and Mac got to the Dining room she got very nervous as it was full of very important people and she was worried in case anyone asked her a question.
She sat at a table between Mac and Kelly the waiter came up.
Waiter: Ma'am what would you like to drink, red wine or white wine
Mac: White would be great Thanks
Waiter: Miss would you like white or red
Elizabeth: White
Mac coughed
Mac: I think a soft drink would be better
Elizabeth: Could I have a diet Irn Bru please
Waiter: Yes miss
Elizabeth was at a table with Mac, Kelly, Tony Blair his aide and a few other peopleShe kept quiet and just ate her dinner quietly, she was glad she came though as she got to have haggis for dinner again, they never got that much in the States and she loved it not to mention the irn bru, the orange coloured fizzy drink which she missed the unique taste of so much.
After dinner Elizabeth went to her room, the TV had sky and she spent most of the night in her bed watching old soap operas mostly Eastender and River City, but they were just on in the background, she was too busy thinking about everything that had happened the past year. Mac was down at a meeting with the other leaders and eventually came up to find Elizabeth had fallen asleep with the TV on.
Mac put her into the bed and could feel the pillow wet where Elizabeth had been crying, she sat on the bed next to her and stoked her hair, she knew there was something wrong with her, but what it was she never knew, she just wished that she would tell her.
Elizabeth was having an nightmare again, this time it was much worse than usual and she let out a scream in her sleep. Mac got the fright of her life when she heard her, but realised it was a dream, eventually she woke up sobbing not realising that her Aunt was there
Mac: It's OK baby, it was just a dream
Elizabeth: I'm sorry I woke you
She tried to stop crying, but found it very difficult, she sat up and Mac hugged her.
Mac: Do you want to tell me about your dream
Elizabeth: It was horrible, it was Rick, he was hitting me and Mum was there, but she wouldn't help me She said between sobs
Mac held the child tighter
Mac: Oh baby you know that you are safe now, no one is going to hurt you
Elizabeth: I know, I just wish I would stop having these dreams
Mac: How long have you been having them for
Elizabeth: Since we came back home
Mac: Is that why you wanted to come here with me
Elizabeth: Yes, I thought it would be good going back, but everywhere I look I see him hitting me, and my Mum never even cared enough to help me
Mac: I am sure she tried, she loved you
Elizabeth: If she loved me, she would never have let him do that to me, she always said it was my fault and that if I behaved better then he would not hit me
Mac: Why did you not tell us, I used to speak to your Mom every week
Elizabeth: Rick said if I told you he would hurt me more, I was scared
Mac could not believe what she was hearing, she knew that Rick had hurt Elizabeth, but she could not believe that Rachel would stand by and let her get hurt so much.
Mac: OK baby, it is all over now
Elizabeth started to cry again, she tried her best not to, but she felt very comfortable around her aunt and now she had started she could not stop.
Mac: It's OK baby (Mac stroked her hair and wiped the tears from her face),
Elizabeth: I'm sorry
Mac: You have nothing to be sorry for sweetie, you have been bottling this up for a long time, from now on I want you to promise me that you will talk to someone
Elizabeth: Like a counsellor
Mac: Maybe, you need to talk to people about this though, and if you don't want to talk to me, then there is uncle Rod or even Horace or Becca
Elizabeth: No they can't know, please don't tell them
Mac: OK I won't we can keep it between the 2 of us, but you have to promise me that you will tell me exactly what you are feeling and I will always have time for us to talk,
Elizabeth: before my Mom died I was going to run away, but then Rick left her, and I thought things would get better, but they never.
Mac: I know that your Mom did love you, she was so proud of you honey, every time we spoke she would say how well you were doing at school and how beautiful you were
Elizabeth: If she really loved me she would never have killed herself, i needed her and she abandoned me
Mac: I don't know what she was thinking, but she must have been really upset and she must have felt really alone
Elizabeth: She wasn't alone she had me and Catlin, she loved Rick more, she wanted him back and he left her for someone else. I was so sad when Grandma left, after her last visit, I wish she was here
Mac: I know I miss her too
Elizabeth: I hate being an orphan
Mac: You have me, and I will always love you so will Uncle Rod, now it is getting late, so why don't you try and get some sleep darling
Elizabeth: Can you stay with me until I fall asleep
Mac: Of course baby
Mac turned the light out and sat on the bed stroking her hair until she fell asleep by now it was 4am and she had a press conference at 8am.
I know this chapter was sad, but I felt that I never explained just how bad the past few years had been for Elizabeth and just why it was so important for Elizabeth to be loved by Rod and Mac.