Chapter 9
"Holding Back the Flood of Tears"
Two weeks after the avalanche Deanna again finds herself thinking of Wil. Something about that feeling she got caused her much worry. Lying in bed Deanna closed her eyes and thought of Wil.
The bond they share should reach him even at this distance. Lily came into her mother's room and climbed in bed with her. Deanna smiled as she opened her eyes.
"Hello Lily how did you sleep last night?"
"Good mommy what about you?"
"I had a good night."
Deanna hated to lie to her daughter but in order for Lily to not know the details she had to refrain from telling her the truth. She had lost so much already and the possibility of loosing yet another father Deanna knew she couldn't bear.
"Mommy when is daddy coming home?"
"As soon as he finds the missing people from the Enterprise. It could be a few days or it could be a few weeks we won't know for certain."
"Mommy am I the reason daddy left?"
"Of course not Lily your daddy really loves us he just was ordered to find the survivors of the shuttle crash on Phalanx Prime. He will be home before we know it."
Deanna stroked the child's cheek and they both got up and out of bed. Deanna headed to the kitchen to make Lily some breakfast as she went into her room to get dressed. Deanna herself got a glass of water and drank it down quickly. She let out a sigh as she placed the glass down on the ledge. Deanna bowed her head as pain rushed through her head. It had to be Wil there were no words just a sense of doom. Deanna took a deep breath in as the pain continued.; Lily soon came out of her room dressed in a blue dress and handed her mother a brush.
"Mommy can you put pig-tails in my hair today?"
"Sure honey come sit down while I bring your breakfast over."
Lily smiled and happily skipped over to the dining room table and took her seat. Deanna places Lily's breakfast on the table. It was Lily's favorite strawberry swirl oatmeal with a glass of orange juice. Deanna pushed Lily's chair in and sat down next to her with a fresh glass of water. Lily may have been four but she could tell her mommy was in pain.
"Mommy are you okay?"
Deanna nodded slowly as the pain in her head throbbed. She shielded her eyes from the light and rested her head in her hands. Trying to control her pain with breathing Deanna took her right hand away from her eyes.
"Mommy are you sure you are okay? Maybe you should stay home from work today. I can stay home with you Miss Gladstone doesn't need me I can take care of you."
"It's just a migraine I used to get them all the time when I was a child all I need is to take some aspirin. I'll be right back."
Lily nodded and finished her breakfast. Just as she took her last bit Deanna headed unsteadily to her bathroom using the furniture as her support. Soon she got to her bathroom and fell to her knees in agony. Lily heard a crash in her parent's room and rushed in after her mother.
"Mommy? Mommy are you okay?"
Deanna was on the ground nest to the sink Lily ran to her mother's aide she had fainted and hit her head on the sink. Blood poured from the open wound and Lily panicked. She ran to the bedroom and grabbed her mother communicator.
"Hello, hello is anyone there please my mommy fell down and she won't get up."
"Sickbay here what is the emergency?"
"My mommy fell down and hit her head and now she won't get up. I think she's dying please hurry."
"We're on our way."
A few minutes' later three med students came running into the room. Lily ran to them and dragged them into the bathroom.
"Please save her don't let my mommy die!"
TBC…Chapter 10
