You'll be in my heart, part 8, "MOURNING"
Note: I'm not sure of what Doug's mother's name is but I've read a few fics where the name "Sarah" is used so I decided to use that too. To whoever who owns her: I promise to return her as good as new.
I'm sorry it took so long, I've been on holiday but now I'm back. The next chapter of Unexpected Surprises will be out very soon:)
Doug and Carol continued listening to the show. When it was finished they just sat on the couch staring out in the living room, remembering their girls.
"I just can't believe that this actually has happened", Carol eventually said. "About three months ago Kate asked me how long I'd cry if she died".
"She did?"
Carol nodded while wiping away tears. She could remember that day so much and it felt like someone took a knife and ripped out of her heart when she thought about it.
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Kate came down the stairs and headed to her mother who was reading in a magazine. "Mummy?"
"What is it, sweetie?"
"How long would you have cried if I died?"
Carol was very shocked by her daughter's question. How on earth was her 9-year-old daughter thinking about that? "Come here", she said and Kate sat down on her lap. Carol kissed her on her cheek before she answered. "That's hard to tell, Katie, but I would always be crying in my heart. I can't imagine a life without you or Tess, and if something happened to you two, I'd be devastated".
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"It was like she knew something would happen".
The next day, 6 days since the fatal murders, Carol and Doug arranged a memorial service for the twins where only their closest family and friends participated. Doug and Carol's mothers, Sarah and Helen, Mark and Elizabeth were all there to say goodbye to Kate and Tess before the funeral. All goodbyes at the funeral the next Tuesday would be shared with thousands of unknown people. This crime had shaken millions and many of them wanted to show Carol and Doug their support.
After receiving the tragic news Sarah had been living Helen's house. The two women were trying to get through this together. When they arrived at the memorial Mark and Elizabeth already were there.
"Hi", Sarah said. "Mark, right?"
Mark nodded and shook Sarah's hand. "Yes, and this is my wife Elizabeth".
"Hello. How do you do?" Elizabeth said trying to smile.
Sarah smiled back at the woman with the British accent. "Not too good am I afraid, but who am? How are you two doing? Doug has told me a lot about you, Mark, and he's mentioned you too, Elizabeth".
Elizabeth looked at the two women. She could see the emptiness and sorrow in their eyes. "We're trying to deal with everything that has happened. It came as a terrible shock and it just hit me two days ago that everything we hear about as the "Pontague-murders" really is about Kate and Tess. We are okay, it's Doug and Carol we're worried about".
"So are we. We have tried to accept that we aren't grandmothers anymore. Someone stole our beautiful granddaughters away from us. All we've got left is the memories and the sorrow".
While Mark, Elizabeth, Helen and Sarah were talking outside, were Doug and Carol inside trying to psych themselves up to see their dead daughters. Carol took Doug's hand in hers and squeezed it. For the first time since Friday she wasn't crying. It was like she was empty for tears. "I'm scared, Doug".
Doug looked at Carol and took his arm around her. "What are you scared of?"
"Everything".
"Come here", Doug said and took both his arms around her. "There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. We used to be afraid for the girls all the time but they are gone now. Our little girls are in heaven now and they are safe there. They aren't in any pain anymore, it's just in our hearts it will hurt forever".
"I know. It's just that knowing that they, whoever who did this to my children, still are out there somewhere……What if they do it again? What if they take Ella or other children around here?"
"Taking another child would probably reveal them", he answered while touching her curly hair. "I think they're hiding".
"I'm scared anyway", Carol said while resting her head on Doug's chest.
"I know, Carol". Then silence followed before he said something again. "Are you ready?"
Carol nodded and wiped away a few tears. Doug opened the white door in front of them. When they entered the room, they could see the two gurneys.
"Oh my God", Carol whispered and squeezed Doug's hand harder. They walked towards the gurneys where their daughters were laying. Just by looking at the two children on the gurneys and knowing that they were their own daughters tore them apart inside.
"They are so pale", Carol said and took Tess' white and lifeless hand in to her hand. "and her hand is so cold".
"I can't believe that someone is capable to do this to two innocent children", Doug murmured whilst watching his two daughters. Everything became more real now that he'd seen the girls lying on the gurneys, all pale and cold. They weren't supposed to be like this. Kate and Tess should be outside laughing and playing with their friends like other 9-year-olds. They shouldn't be lying here dead.
"They are insane, Doug, and people who kill children should never come out in the society again. They've used their chance and they shouldn't get another one. Tess and Kate do not get any other chances. They were 9 ½ years old".
"I know, Carol, and I totally agree. But the police have to catch them first". He wiped away some of Carol's tears.
"They are so beautiful, Doug. I don't know if I see it through a mother's eyes, but they are beautiful".
Note: I'm not sure of what Doug's mother's name is but I've read a few fics where the name "Sarah" is used so I decided to use that too. To whoever who owns her: I promise to return her as good as new.
I'm sorry it took so long, I've been on holiday but now I'm back. The next chapter of Unexpected Surprises will be out very soon:)
Doug and Carol continued listening to the show. When it was finished they just sat on the couch staring out in the living room, remembering their girls.
"I just can't believe that this actually has happened", Carol eventually said. "About three months ago Kate asked me how long I'd cry if she died".
"She did?"
Carol nodded while wiping away tears. She could remember that day so much and it felt like someone took a knife and ripped out of her heart when she thought about it.
----------------------------Flashback--------------------------
Kate came down the stairs and headed to her mother who was reading in a magazine. "Mummy?"
"What is it, sweetie?"
"How long would you have cried if I died?"
Carol was very shocked by her daughter's question. How on earth was her 9-year-old daughter thinking about that? "Come here", she said and Kate sat down on her lap. Carol kissed her on her cheek before she answered. "That's hard to tell, Katie, but I would always be crying in my heart. I can't imagine a life without you or Tess, and if something happened to you two, I'd be devastated".
----------------------------End flashback-----------------------------
"It was like she knew something would happen".
The next day, 6 days since the fatal murders, Carol and Doug arranged a memorial service for the twins where only their closest family and friends participated. Doug and Carol's mothers, Sarah and Helen, Mark and Elizabeth were all there to say goodbye to Kate and Tess before the funeral. All goodbyes at the funeral the next Tuesday would be shared with thousands of unknown people. This crime had shaken millions and many of them wanted to show Carol and Doug their support.
After receiving the tragic news Sarah had been living Helen's house. The two women were trying to get through this together. When they arrived at the memorial Mark and Elizabeth already were there.
"Hi", Sarah said. "Mark, right?"
Mark nodded and shook Sarah's hand. "Yes, and this is my wife Elizabeth".
"Hello. How do you do?" Elizabeth said trying to smile.
Sarah smiled back at the woman with the British accent. "Not too good am I afraid, but who am? How are you two doing? Doug has told me a lot about you, Mark, and he's mentioned you too, Elizabeth".
Elizabeth looked at the two women. She could see the emptiness and sorrow in their eyes. "We're trying to deal with everything that has happened. It came as a terrible shock and it just hit me two days ago that everything we hear about as the "Pontague-murders" really is about Kate and Tess. We are okay, it's Doug and Carol we're worried about".
"So are we. We have tried to accept that we aren't grandmothers anymore. Someone stole our beautiful granddaughters away from us. All we've got left is the memories and the sorrow".
While Mark, Elizabeth, Helen and Sarah were talking outside, were Doug and Carol inside trying to psych themselves up to see their dead daughters. Carol took Doug's hand in hers and squeezed it. For the first time since Friday she wasn't crying. It was like she was empty for tears. "I'm scared, Doug".
Doug looked at Carol and took his arm around her. "What are you scared of?"
"Everything".
"Come here", Doug said and took both his arms around her. "There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. We used to be afraid for the girls all the time but they are gone now. Our little girls are in heaven now and they are safe there. They aren't in any pain anymore, it's just in our hearts it will hurt forever".
"I know. It's just that knowing that they, whoever who did this to my children, still are out there somewhere……What if they do it again? What if they take Ella or other children around here?"
"Taking another child would probably reveal them", he answered while touching her curly hair. "I think they're hiding".
"I'm scared anyway", Carol said while resting her head on Doug's chest.
"I know, Carol". Then silence followed before he said something again. "Are you ready?"
Carol nodded and wiped away a few tears. Doug opened the white door in front of them. When they entered the room, they could see the two gurneys.
"Oh my God", Carol whispered and squeezed Doug's hand harder. They walked towards the gurneys where their daughters were laying. Just by looking at the two children on the gurneys and knowing that they were their own daughters tore them apart inside.
"They are so pale", Carol said and took Tess' white and lifeless hand in to her hand. "and her hand is so cold".
"I can't believe that someone is capable to do this to two innocent children", Doug murmured whilst watching his two daughters. Everything became more real now that he'd seen the girls lying on the gurneys, all pale and cold. They weren't supposed to be like this. Kate and Tess should be outside laughing and playing with their friends like other 9-year-olds. They shouldn't be lying here dead.
"They are insane, Doug, and people who kill children should never come out in the society again. They've used their chance and they shouldn't get another one. Tess and Kate do not get any other chances. They were 9 ½ years old".
"I know, Carol, and I totally agree. But the police have to catch them first". He wiped away some of Carol's tears.
"They are so beautiful, Doug. I don't know if I see it through a mother's eyes, but they are beautiful".