"Can we talk about dad now?" Ella asked. She had just helped her mother
with getting her sisters into their beds.
"Ofcourse....I'm sorry I didn't have time for you sooner." Elizabeth said. "I need to lay down, my back's killing me." They both walked to Elizabeth's bedroom so she could lay down.
"Want me to rub your back?" Ella asked.
"That would be great." Elizabeth said. "About you dad...just ask and I'll see if I can answer. But can I ask one question to you first?"
"Sure."
"Why? Why this sudden interest?"
"Rachel."
"You've been reading the notebooks again?"
"Yeah...at least I get to know a little of her by reading the notebooks."
"Okay, I was just wondering. So go ahead." Elizabeth said as she rolled on her side so Ella could rub her back. "I can't even lay on my tummy anymore!"
"You've become fat! What did dad think of you being pregnant with me? It wasn't planned was it?"
"You're right, it wasn't planned, but you were só welcome. Dr. Chen told me I was pregnant and the same evening I told your dad. He was very happy, but also worried. He had just found out about his braintumour. He was very emotional about me being pregnant and he having a braintumour."
"How long have you been in love with him?"
"I still am in love with him...."
"Since?"
"Since....first time I saw him. 3 years before you were born."
"Were you with him when he died?"
"I wasn't. I was bringing him something to drink, when I arrived upstairs he had just passed away."
"Do you have pictures of him?"
"Ofcourse I do!" Elizabeth said, gave Ella a kiss and walked across the room to take a photobook.
"We made this photobook together. It's full of pictures of us. Take a look at it. By just looking you will learn something more about your dad and my love for him." Elizabeth walked towards Ella gave the book to her and walked to the door. "Oh my! The baby kicked!" She said on her way to the door.
"Cool!!!" Ella jumped of the bed and walked to her mom. "Can I feel and listen?"
"Go ahead." Elizabeth pulled a bit of her shirt up, so Ella could listen. "Ah man that so great! I can't wait to be pregnant!"
"Oh no, don't even think about getting pregnant at 16!"
"I can wait!"
"Sure you can. El, I wanna go downstairs, take a look at the book, okay?"
"I will." Ella said and she jumped on the bed again. "Mom, just one more thing."
Elizabeth turned around. "What is it?"
"How did Rachel die?"
"Ofcourse....I'm sorry I didn't have time for you sooner." Elizabeth said. "I need to lay down, my back's killing me." They both walked to Elizabeth's bedroom so she could lay down.
"Want me to rub your back?" Ella asked.
"That would be great." Elizabeth said. "About you dad...just ask and I'll see if I can answer. But can I ask one question to you first?"
"Sure."
"Why? Why this sudden interest?"
"Rachel."
"You've been reading the notebooks again?"
"Yeah...at least I get to know a little of her by reading the notebooks."
"Okay, I was just wondering. So go ahead." Elizabeth said as she rolled on her side so Ella could rub her back. "I can't even lay on my tummy anymore!"
"You've become fat! What did dad think of you being pregnant with me? It wasn't planned was it?"
"You're right, it wasn't planned, but you were só welcome. Dr. Chen told me I was pregnant and the same evening I told your dad. He was very happy, but also worried. He had just found out about his braintumour. He was very emotional about me being pregnant and he having a braintumour."
"How long have you been in love with him?"
"I still am in love with him...."
"Since?"
"Since....first time I saw him. 3 years before you were born."
"Were you with him when he died?"
"I wasn't. I was bringing him something to drink, when I arrived upstairs he had just passed away."
"Do you have pictures of him?"
"Ofcourse I do!" Elizabeth said, gave Ella a kiss and walked across the room to take a photobook.
"We made this photobook together. It's full of pictures of us. Take a look at it. By just looking you will learn something more about your dad and my love for him." Elizabeth walked towards Ella gave the book to her and walked to the door. "Oh my! The baby kicked!" She said on her way to the door.
"Cool!!!" Ella jumped of the bed and walked to her mom. "Can I feel and listen?"
"Go ahead." Elizabeth pulled a bit of her shirt up, so Ella could listen. "Ah man that so great! I can't wait to be pregnant!"
"Oh no, don't even think about getting pregnant at 16!"
"I can wait!"
"Sure you can. El, I wanna go downstairs, take a look at the book, okay?"
"I will." Ella said and she jumped on the bed again. "Mom, just one more thing."
Elizabeth turned around. "What is it?"
"How did Rachel die?"