Wow! I just wanna thank all of you who reviewed the story, I released this 2/24/25 and it already had 9 reviews, and thanks to some of you I have realized the little pumps in the story! now to reply to some of you!
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Atarious: I have read some NSL fics like that and it has kinda become a cliche so he won't have a family but he is dating someone
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DreadedCandiru2: I didn't want to come up with new names that began with L, honestly so I just used Sin Kids name's as I am also a big fan of the Sin Kids, Also please tell me how many names you can think to begin with L that's not used already? It's hard
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Vallalkozo: Thanks for the Years thing, also I hope I Don't burn out, it's kinda hard for me to write a story that doesn't have the main character's perspective, and not to mention this is Lily, a character who we've only seen as a baby and her personality isn't fleshed out yet. And I am aware people do have their versions of Lily but I never had to think about her personality much, but I know she would be very close to Lincoln as they might be similar since she is the youngest and he's the only boy.
Anyway, back to the story!
Chapter 2: The Patriarch's last wish
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The entire Loud Family was at Royal Woods Hospital, where their father was bedridden. Lily rushed in the hallway where she saw her sisters but ran with tears in her eyes and hugged Lisa, the two then turned to their mother and Lily finally asked the question that was on everyone's mind
"what's wrong with dad?" Lily asked
Rita looked at her daughters and sighed, "Your father has Lung cancer" Rita told them
"but how!? Pop's never smoked in his life!" Luna cried
"it's not from smoking, the Doctors found Asbestos fibers in his lungs, apparently some of the drywall has been broken for years and your dad hasn't paid for repairs and some Insulation must have been exposed," Rita said
"So how long does he have?" Lori asked
Rita looked down, everyone could tell that their mother was trying to be strong for them. Rita breathed in deeply and looked back to her kids.
"He won't make it through the night. Apparently he's been exposed for so long without knowing that it just built up" Rita said
"But how could he have not known?" Leni asked
Rita shrugged, "i-i Don't know sweetie, but he wants to speak with all of us before he goes," Rita said
They all nodded and followed Rita to the Room where their father was staying. When they reached the door and opened, there was their father lying on the hospital bed. He looked pale, his eyes looked sunken in and he was indeed someone who looked to be on their deathbed. Lynn Sr. looked to his children and smiled.
"Hey, kids... I'm sorry you have to see me as this" Lynn Sr. told them
Whimpers from the youngest kids were heard and Lynn looked to younger daughters, "Hey don't cry ok? I'll die knowing you all have done wonderful things" Lynn told them
"You can't go, dad! Please don't go!" Lily cried
Lynn smiled, "it's ok Lilybug, I'll be ok," Lynn said "you have to be strong... you have to be strong like Lincoln was," Lynn said
It was a shock to Lily and her sisters as this was the first time in years that their father had said their lost brother's name
"All of you listen, before I die I'll tell you all the one regret I've had in my entire life," Lynn told them "I threw out my son at the age of 11 and I never saw him after that... I hate myself for being the worst father in the world..."
"Dad your not the worst dad in the world!" Luan said
"Don't go lying Luan... Don't any of you lie to yourself about what we did..." Lynn told them
They all looked down except for lily who still had tears in her eyes
"I want you to find him," Lynn said "I want you to find my son and tell him I love him and that's I'm sorry," Lynn told his daughters and wife
They all looked at their father with tears in their eyes and nodded, a silent agreement to find their brother, no matter what. Suddenly, Lisa stepped in front of her sisters and turned to look at her sisters
"Can I speak with dad alone please?" Lisa asked
Rita looked to her husband and he nodded, "I'll try and talk to all of you before I go" Lynn said
The nine other girls and their mother left the room. The only ones in the room were the genius and her father.
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Lisa grabbed a nearby seat and pulled it right up next to her father's bed. She sat down and looked at her father.
"How long have you known?" Lisa asked
"So you knew I knew that I had Lung cancer for about a year now?" Lynn said with a smile
"I'm not blind, dad. I've seen the symptoms, I even secretly monitored your health" Lisa said
Lynn Sr. sighed, "Then why haven't you told anyone?" Lynn Sr. questioned,
"why should I..." Lisa said darkly
Lynn Sr smile faintly, "I guess I deserve that," He told her "you know... when I first heard that I had lung cancer I saw happy..."
"Can't say I wasn't too, I hate myself for saying that but it's true" Lisa said coldly "Worst of all I have no right to talk when I'm pretty much on the same boat as you in a sense"
Lynn Sr. laughed at his daughter's brutal honesty. "I can see you still hate me... I understand, I hate myself too" Lynn told her "That's why I didn't tell anyone or even go to the hospital when it got worse"
"You felt like you deserve this?" Lisa said
"Don't you think so too? I deserve this, this is karma for what I did in the past" Lynn told Lisa
Lisa looked at him, "I know where Lincoln is" Lisa told him
Lynn looked at her, "I would have guessed, your the smartest person in the world, and I'm sure you looked for Lincoln at one point, I'm sure the others did too, but I somehow knew that you'd be the only one to find him" Lynn said
"He's not the same anymore dad... He allowed me back in on one condition, that I didn't tell anyone unless it was necessary" Lisa said
Lynn nodded, "how is he, Lisa? how's my son?" Lynn Sr asked his daughter
"He had it rough as a teen, but he's fine now. He's dating a girl now" Lisa told her father
"what's her name?"
"Sid Chang" Lisa told her father
"Did he go to college? did he graduate?"
Lisa nodded, "Majored in Art"
"And what is Lincoln's job? what has he been doing these past years?" Lynn Sr asked
"He's been writing comics," Lisa said with a soft smile "Even got some fans here and there"
"where is he now?"
"Lansing, sharing an apartment with his girlfriend and, one of his friends," Lisa said "he was so close we didn't think to look nearby"
Lynn Sr smiled at the knowledge, His son was alive and doing great for himself. He wished he could have seen Lincoln in a cap and gown just smiling the same smile "Lisa... Do me two things before I die today... two last favors for your shit of a father" Lynn said with a smile
Lisa sighed, "You're a shit father... but I still love you," Lisa said with some tears falling
"I want you to tell only one person where Lincoln is... and I want you to make sure everyone else finds him after she does," He told her "do you understand?"
Lisa nodded and Lynn smiled.
"who is it that you want me to tell about Lincoln's location?"
"Lily" Lynn said
Lisa was a bit confused, "why her?" Lisa asked
"She's the only one Lincoln will have no anger toward," Lynn said "besides you of course"
Lisa nodded, "I'll let her know and only her. I'll pay for her hotel and her food" Lisa said "assuming you don't want mom to know"
"Don't let your mother know... I love her and I'm sure she wants to see her only son again but... not until he's ready... not until he's ready to forgive us..." Lynn said
Lisa nodded, "I promise," Lisa said
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I just wanna say sorry if the whole lung cancer thing didn't make sense, I just wanted to see what other ways someone could get Lung Cancer and I didn't want Lynn Sr. getting it because he suddenly decided to smoke as I felt that would seem dumb for him just to be smoking, so I looked up how people can get Lung Cancer and the Asbestos fibers seemed like the best bet as I had heard of it before.
Also I tried to make a more logical way Lily could find Lincoln, so Lisa taking her straight to him was something that to me was a great Idea, but Lily will have doubts about meeting Lincoln of course.