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Rafe was gone...The three people he cared about most were hysterical. Evelyn never went out
with the girls anymore and spent most of her days crying. Grace spent less time with Danny, the
two men were too much alike. Danny avoided Grace because she looked a little like Rafe and t
he pain was still to near to him. All three walked around with a dark cloud above their heads.
Finally, Grace had enough of the distance between her and Danny. She knew that they would
have to deal with Rafe's death one way or another. She missed her brother terribly but she had
to save her relationship with Danny...with her fiancee. She went to his base and found him
working on a plane.
"Hey..." she says softly.
"Hi" he replied, not looking at her.
"What have you been up to?" She asks.
"I've been kinda busy...logged a lot of hours an-"
"And I've been avoiding you, too." Grace laughed slightly.
"It's-just so..." Danny started but couldn't find the words.
"So, what? Danny? Danny, look at me!" She cupped his face in her hands and saw all different
types of emotions swimming in his eyes.
"It's just so hard, Grace! God, I went from so happy to being engaged to you and finally having
Rafe's blessing to be with you and then it all blows up in my face when I find out he was dead!"
Danny blurted out.
"So...now that my brother passed away you aren't...happy to be with me? Is that it, Danny?"
Grace filled with rage and saddness.
"No, Grace-" Danny started but Grace was already fused and her slap echoed throught the large
room. Danny grabbed her hand and pulled her into him, letting her try to fight him off, letting her
release some of her anger and frustrations out on him. When she stopped fighting he heard her
soft, muffled sobs into his chest. "Gracie, listen to me. I am happy that I have you, so happy in
fact. I just...I just miss him, Grace...I miss having my best friend around." Danny finished, tears
filling his own eyes that he would never shed.
END FLASHBACK
"We started to get close, again, but it would never be the same without Rafe." Grace said.
"But grandma, isn't great uncle Rafe alive still?" questioned little Emily.
"Yes, sweetheart, but we had thought he was dead." Grace replied with a slight smile.
"So, when did you find out that he wasn't dead, mom?" asked Danny Jr.
"Well, it was December 6th, 1941 when we saw your uncle Rafe again. Your father and I had
just come back from dinner when we saw Evelyn..."
FLASHBACK
"Evelyn." Rafe whispers.
Evelyn's trembling, shaking.
"I saw you, I couldn't go in, I...just stood there wondering if you knew. You looked...sad, and I
had to sit down a minute"
"How did you..." Evelyn was fighting for words but her head swam with a million thoughts.
"...Survive? I jumped in a patch of fog, and nobody could see me. I hit the water hard. And it
was I don't know how long I was in the water. A Norwegian freighter picked me up." Rafe
explained but Evelyn still wasn't talking. "I've done a lot of talking. You haven't said anything."
Rafe said.
"I'm just...so amazed, so glad to know that you're okay. You are okay, aren't you?" She finally
found the right words.
"I'll be fine I guess. How are you?" Rafe asked.
"I'll be fine, now that your here." Evelyn says and clings to him as she sobs softly.
"I'm back. I'm not going to leave you again. Ever, you here me?" Rafe shook her lightly. Evelyn just nodded.
Suddenly the sound of laughter pulled the two apart.
"...I know, that was hilarious! Remember when he made those wings out of-" Grace stopped in
mid sentence and stopped walking.
"What? What is it, Grace? Is something wrong?" Danny asked concerned. Grace gasped and
covered her mouth. When she recovered, she ran over to embrace Rafe.
"Oh, my god! Is it really you?" Grace cried as her big brother held her close.
"It's really me. I told you I would come back." Rafe whispered.
Danny was still in the spot where Grace left him, like he was glued to the ground. His mouth
hung open and it looked like he wasn't blinking, either. Ev, Rafe, and Grace shared a laugh at
this and all three made there way over to him. Danny recovered and embraced Rafe as well.
Betty and some of the other nurses happened to be walking by when the 2 couples were
walking down by the beach, Rafe with his arm around Evelyn, and Danny holding Grace's hand.
"Is that who I think it is?" Martha asked.
"If Ev is holding on to anybody it has to be!" Exclaimed Sandra.
"Rafe's alive!" Betty yelled.