Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the characters (Except Dean, Linda, Lyndsaie, Lisa, Lenore, Lowden, and Lorianne); I'm not using this for money, yatsa, yatsa, and yatsa.
Prologue:
Lucy Knight's family is coming for a visit from Palm Beach, Florida. She's been really nervous – and surprised when her mother said they were coming a week earlier.
Also: I wrote this prior to Lucy's death. This is AU to any of the episodes about Lucy's death & her mother's visit to the ER.
Lucy's family:
Dean Xander Knight, age 48 – Lucy's father – brown hair, brown eyes, 6' 3", 204 Lbs.
Linda Joan Knight, age 47 – Lucy's mother – blonde hair, blue eyes, 5' 8", 152 Lbs.
(Lucy Avea Knight, age 23 – eldest knight child)
Lyndsaie Ruse Knight, age 16 – golden-brown hair, hazel-blue eyes, 5' 0", 110 Lbs.
Lisa Kloe Knight, age 11 – sandy blonde hair, brown eyes, 4' 6", 87 Lbs.
Lenore Mery Knight, age 7 – dark brown hair, blue eyes, 3' 10", 73 Lbs.
Lois Bobi Knight, age 5 ½ - dark brown hair, brown eyes, 3' 2", 46 Lbs.
Lowden Jett Knight, age 3 – sandy blonde hair, hazel-blue eyes, 2' 10", 32 Lbs.
Lorianne Juli Knight, age 11 mon. – reddish-brown hair, hazel-green eyes, 1' 11", 20 ¾ Lbs.
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To see Lucy
Part Four
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Saturday – 9:15 am
Lucy, Lyndsaie, Jon, Molly Lyn, and the staff sat and stood in the lounge. Lyndsaie was still holding her daughter and looking at Lucy, with a look of confusion on her face.
"When was she born?" Lucy asked, suddenly.
Lyndie gulped in some air and spoke, "Seven months ago." She paused, "She was born a month before those pains started."
Pieces fell together and Lucy understood, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Dad. He swore that if you found out, that you'd want a baby of your own and then he'd send Molly to an orphanage or something and I don't want to lose my baby girl. I love her too much."
"She's beautiful." Lucy said, taking the little girl and cooing at her.
"That she is." Lyndie said, leaning against Jon. She was soon out cold, and since everyone else was enthralled in the infant, no one noticed that she was, in fact, unconscious.
"Hey, Lyndie. You think we should tell Luce?" Jon nudged Lyndie, but she didn't wake up, "Lyndie? Lyndsaie, wake up." Jon was shaking her hard now, but she still wasn't waking up.
Doug looked over at Jon and Lyndie. He moved to them, and looked at her, "She's unconscious. Let's get her back in her room." He said, as calmly as he could manage – the look of pain on her face was something that went right through him.
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Saturday – 10:00 am
Lucy and Jon sat in the lounge, alone, except for the sleeping baby in the carrier. Both were nervous about Lyndsaie. Carter and Benton were in the OR with her at that moment, trying to remove everything, but neither Jon nor Lucy thought they could. So they were sitting in the room, looking at the photo album of the girls and Lowden.
Closing it, Jon looked at Lucy, "There's something we need to discuss."
"What?"
"Your father. After you left for med school, Dean started to hit and kick and punish your sisters and Lowden for nothing. Your mother has been trying to get a divorce, but he cuts her off at every point. My dad and I are working on getting a custody hearing for her."
"He hurts them?"
"Yes. Lucy, you know how Linda said that Lorianne was blind because of some disorder or something like that?"
"Uh huh."
"Well, that disorder is bleach. Lori was only a few months old, and your dad came home drunk. Lori started crying, and your father threw bleach in her face. Her eyes were damage irreparably."
Lucy gulped in air. She didn't care if he was her father anymore. He was definitely trying to kill her sisters and Lowden. She now realized she had a decision before her and it wasn't one she wanted to make. She decided for the moment she was going to change the subject, "So what were you talking about when she passed out?"
Jon smiled, "The week before she left, we decided on who would be her godmother." He reached into Molly Lyn's diaper bag and pulled out a jewelry box. He handed it to her and she opened it to see a flat heart pendant with the word Godmother written across the front.
"Me?"
"Yeah. Before she was even born, we decided. It was the one thing that we knew was right."
Lucy took off the necklace she was wearing and added the charm. She put it back on, and looked at Jon, "Tell me more."
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Saturday – 2:21 pm
Lucy opened her eyes and yawned. She'd fallen asleep around one, and since Jon didn't have the heart to wake her after all the information she'd gotten, she had a kink in her neck. She sat there massaging it for a minute, before seeing that John Carter was walking around the room holding a very fussy Molly Lyn.
"Good Afternoon." Carter said.
She looked at the clock, "I'm so sorry, Carter! I slept right through my shift."
"It's okay, Lucy. The way you've been running around, and worrying about Lyndie and Lowden and your sisters, I can cut you some slack." As if on cue, Molly Lyn burst into tears, "Doug says that she probably has colic. She started crying a half hour ago. You slept right through it." Carter said, over the baby's tears.
Lucy stood up and took Molly Lyn, "It's okay, Molly. It's okay. Momma's gonna be right back. Come on, Angel." To Carter's surprise, the infant was quieted by the sound of Lucy's voice. She looked up from Molly Lyn for a moment and smiled, "It's a Knight family thing. A lot of people think we have colic, but we just want to be talked to. I guess that's why we're all so talkative." Lucy looked around, "How's Lyndie?"
"She's okay. We almost lost her for a second, but she's a fighter – like you. We got rid of all that we could see, if there was anymore, it had to be invisible."
Lucy smiled and shifted the now sleeping Molly Lyn in her arms. She carefully placed the infant in the carrier, and picked it up, "Where's Lyndie?"
"In her room upstairs. We thought if Lowden and Lois were around her, she'd wake up faster."
Something suddenly hit Lucy, "Where's my father?"
"Not near her." Carter replied, "Kerry, umm, overheard the conversation between you and Jon. The police arrested him on six counts of Child abuse, seven counts of child neglect, and seven counts of child endangerment about twenty minutes ago. You slept through that too."
"Seven?"
"Seven – Lyndsaie, Molly Lyn, Lisa, Lenore, Lois, Lowden, and Lorianne."
Lucy put down the carrier on the couch, and looked at John. She hugged him, and tears fell.
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Saturday – 3:01 pm
Lyndie was the stillest that Lucy had ever seen. The teen's color was better, and she was breathing better then she had the last six months – and for that Lucy was gracious.
Carefully picking up Lyndie's hand, Lucy looked at the baby in her arms. She then let go off Lyndie's hand and put the baby in the bed, in the crook of the teenage mother's arm. Lyndie responded to the feel of her child by pulling the baby closer to her.
Lucy smiled at the sight, "She's so beautiful, Lyndie. I'm so sorry I didn't know about dad. I would've done something for you guys if I'd known."
Deep inside of Lyndie's mind, she heard every word that her older sister said.
I hear you, Lucy. Don't leave.
"Lyndie, they arrested him."
Thank you, God. Now if only we could do something about Mom.
"I wish I could get you guys away from Mom, so she can sort things out and realize what a bitch she's been, but I don't have a place that all sev…eight of us could live. Not mention if you wanted Jon to come."
I would never ask that of you, Lucy.
"I can't wait for you to wake up. I'm gonna take you all around Chicago. I'll take you on the EL and I know you love animals, so we could go to the zoo, and the sears tower, and we could go ice-skating, too."
"That would be great." Lyndie managed to say.
Lucy could only sit there and smile. This was it. They were finally free.
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The End.
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I was thinking of writing a bit more on Lucy & Lyndie and their family (Like Lyndie's wedding and stuff), but they'd all be AU, so Lucy never died or anything. Does that sound okay?
Dani Charlie