"Who's Bonnie?" was a question Scarlett never dreamed she would hear Cat
ask. Many times over the years she had thought of telling Cat about her
older sister but had decided not to. What good would it do to tell the
child of her big sister whom she would never meet?
Scarlett looked to Rhett; she could see the deep hurt lying in his eyes. Neither wanted to tell Cat, who Bonnie had been because in their hearts she would always be alive. If they told Cat then it became real that Bonnie was dead and, though they missed her dreadfully, they had moved on with their lives. Cat herself was proof of that, that they hadn't let Bonnie's death stop them from living on.
Wade walked over to his little sister and looked into her eyes that were so like their mother's and answered her question knowing his mother and stepfather couldn't or didn't know how to.
"Bonnie was our sister. She lives in heaven now."
Cat looked from Wade to her mommy. If that were true why hadn't she told her about Bonnie before now?
"Why does she live in heaven?" Cat asked, not looking at Wade but to her daddy instead.
Ella jumped in at this. She could still remember the day Bonnie had
Fallen, how her Uncle Rhett had went half mad and the pain that even she at the time that was nothing more then a child saw in his face.
"Because Bonnie had a accident, and God decided it was time for her to go be with him." Ella said this as she bent down next to Cat.
Cat looked at Ella then back to her parents she didn't understand why they hadn't answered her questions. Her mommy and daddy usually always answered all her questions.
"What was Bonnie like?" Cat asked this to Ella seeing as her parents weren't answering her questions
"She was allot like you " we're the words Rhett surprised everyone by
saying "Bonnie never sat still for a second. And just like with you ,Cat, your mother and I loved her dearly"
Cat nodded her head, Bonnie was different then Ella, and Wade. She had been her full sister. Cat only understood that because of her mommy explaining how Wade and Ella were her brother and sister but weren't her daddy's children. At first Cat hadn't understood but then her mommy had told her about Wade's father and then Ella's and how they hadn't been the same as hers. But Bonnie had been and she wasn't here any longer. That made Cat very sad.
"Mommy" Cat cried as she ran to Scarlett's legs holding her arms up tears running down both their faces.
Scarlett lift her youngest up and held her close, never wanting to let her go. Scarlett turned her head to look at Rhett and saw the tears he wouldn't allow to fall in his eyes. They hadn't really talked about Bonnie; it was a subject both felt was better left in the past. It hurt too much to think of their blue-eyed, curly headed daughter whose life was cut too short.
Rhett walked over to his wife and daughter and soon had his arms wrapped around the two most important people in his life.
Wade, being ever the older brother, pulled Ella into his arms. Whenever they talked of Bonnie she always cried. Bonnie's death had been harder on her then him, not that Wade hadn't loved Bonnie he had. It was just that Ella and Bonnie had been close to the same age and were both girls, sisters, playmates. To Ella, Bonnie would forever be her first friend and always her best.
As Wade held his sister he thought it did look as if Uncle Rhett was going to keep his word and not hurt his Mother again. But with Rhett Butler one could never tell. This was the same man that had promised to send him to college when Wade had been younger, yet left his Mother and seemingly forgot all about Ella and he.
It had hurt Wade deeply to have the one man he thought of as a father not only walk away from his mother but also turn his back on the children who Rhett had played father to for years.
Wade had never told Ella this but he had heard that Rhett had remarried and even was living in the house he had build for their mother. That was the final straw that made Wade hate Rhett. It was one thing to divorce his Mother and remarry. But to live in the house where they all had been a family went too far.
Now, though, it looked as if things had changed again. Rhett Butler had decided once again to love his mother, hopefully this time for the rest of their lives. Wade didn't want to see his mother or sisters hurt by Mr. Butler again.
That's why he was going to Atlanta, that and perhaps if he was wrong and Uncle Rhett meant what he said Wade hoped that Rhett could go back to being the closest thing he ever had to a Father.
Scarlett looked to Rhett; she could see the deep hurt lying in his eyes. Neither wanted to tell Cat, who Bonnie had been because in their hearts she would always be alive. If they told Cat then it became real that Bonnie was dead and, though they missed her dreadfully, they had moved on with their lives. Cat herself was proof of that, that they hadn't let Bonnie's death stop them from living on.
Wade walked over to his little sister and looked into her eyes that were so like their mother's and answered her question knowing his mother and stepfather couldn't or didn't know how to.
"Bonnie was our sister. She lives in heaven now."
Cat looked from Wade to her mommy. If that were true why hadn't she told her about Bonnie before now?
"Why does she live in heaven?" Cat asked, not looking at Wade but to her daddy instead.
Ella jumped in at this. She could still remember the day Bonnie had
Fallen, how her Uncle Rhett had went half mad and the pain that even she at the time that was nothing more then a child saw in his face.
"Because Bonnie had a accident, and God decided it was time for her to go be with him." Ella said this as she bent down next to Cat.
Cat looked at Ella then back to her parents she didn't understand why they hadn't answered her questions. Her mommy and daddy usually always answered all her questions.
"What was Bonnie like?" Cat asked this to Ella seeing as her parents weren't answering her questions
"She was allot like you " we're the words Rhett surprised everyone by
saying "Bonnie never sat still for a second. And just like with you ,Cat, your mother and I loved her dearly"
Cat nodded her head, Bonnie was different then Ella, and Wade. She had been her full sister. Cat only understood that because of her mommy explaining how Wade and Ella were her brother and sister but weren't her daddy's children. At first Cat hadn't understood but then her mommy had told her about Wade's father and then Ella's and how they hadn't been the same as hers. But Bonnie had been and she wasn't here any longer. That made Cat very sad.
"Mommy" Cat cried as she ran to Scarlett's legs holding her arms up tears running down both their faces.
Scarlett lift her youngest up and held her close, never wanting to let her go. Scarlett turned her head to look at Rhett and saw the tears he wouldn't allow to fall in his eyes. They hadn't really talked about Bonnie; it was a subject both felt was better left in the past. It hurt too much to think of their blue-eyed, curly headed daughter whose life was cut too short.
Rhett walked over to his wife and daughter and soon had his arms wrapped around the two most important people in his life.
Wade, being ever the older brother, pulled Ella into his arms. Whenever they talked of Bonnie she always cried. Bonnie's death had been harder on her then him, not that Wade hadn't loved Bonnie he had. It was just that Ella and Bonnie had been close to the same age and were both girls, sisters, playmates. To Ella, Bonnie would forever be her first friend and always her best.
As Wade held his sister he thought it did look as if Uncle Rhett was going to keep his word and not hurt his Mother again. But with Rhett Butler one could never tell. This was the same man that had promised to send him to college when Wade had been younger, yet left his Mother and seemingly forgot all about Ella and he.
It had hurt Wade deeply to have the one man he thought of as a father not only walk away from his mother but also turn his back on the children who Rhett had played father to for years.
Wade had never told Ella this but he had heard that Rhett had remarried and even was living in the house he had build for their mother. That was the final straw that made Wade hate Rhett. It was one thing to divorce his Mother and remarry. But to live in the house where they all had been a family went too far.
Now, though, it looked as if things had changed again. Rhett Butler had decided once again to love his mother, hopefully this time for the rest of their lives. Wade didn't want to see his mother or sisters hurt by Mr. Butler again.
That's why he was going to Atlanta, that and perhaps if he was wrong and Uncle Rhett meant what he said Wade hoped that Rhett could go back to being the closest thing he ever had to a Father.