Chapter 13
Audrey was resting comfortably in her bed surrounded by images of the past. Lucky sat on the side of her bed holding her hand. "You went to see her today, didn't you?" She prompted. Lucky was very handsome and wise, he had turned into the man she had hoped he'd become. He smiled softly, his eyes glowed at the mention of Elizabeth. "Yes, I did." His deep voice replied. "I know you wish you were going to see her instead of me." Lucky started to respond to this, but Audrey's frail, slightly trembling hand silenced him. "Cameron needs you, he counts on you. When I'm gone it will be your responsibility to help him remember us. He's young, time will pass, and he'll start to forget. I want my great grandson to always know how truly wonderful his mother was. She loved him with all of her heart. I want him to know how she tried to live life to the fullest, right or wrong. I, also, would like for him to remember me and know I loved him every much. I don't him going through life thinking this family didn't love him. Elizabeth suffered with that knowledge, but I don't want Cameron too. Promise me." Lucky looked at her with a startled expression. "I'm not every good at keeping promises. I broke every one I ever made to Elizabeth. I don't want to make the same mistakes with Cameron." He couldn't control himself from shaking. Audrey was truly in awe of the fine man Lucky had become. She took his large hand in her small frail one. "You still think you leave her behind, don't you?" It was more of a rhetorical question than one that demanded an answer. All Lucky could do was nod. "You carry a part of Elizabeth with you where ever you go. You always have. I think it's what saved you from Helena all those years ago. It's what helps you get up in the morning and survive each day. I know, I too carry a similar piece of my grand-daughter with me." Large tears streaked down Lucky's face at her words. She was the only one who understood the HELL he had actually lived the last five years, because she lived it too. He was losing a link to Elizabeth. Audrey had been there in the beginning and now she was slowly slipping away right before his eyes. Lucky felt the same rage as he had earlier, only now it was because of how helpless he was to stop her from dying. "You may not have married Elizabeth, but you are still my grandson." She patted his hand and smiled. Her eyes started to close and he knew she was too tired to continue visiting. Lucky sat with her for almost an hour, before he had to leave to pick Cameron up from Kindergarten.
Audrey was resting comfortably in her bed surrounded by images of the past. Lucky sat on the side of her bed holding her hand. "You went to see her today, didn't you?" She prompted. Lucky was very handsome and wise, he had turned into the man she had hoped he'd become. He smiled softly, his eyes glowed at the mention of Elizabeth. "Yes, I did." His deep voice replied. "I know you wish you were going to see her instead of me." Lucky started to respond to this, but Audrey's frail, slightly trembling hand silenced him. "Cameron needs you, he counts on you. When I'm gone it will be your responsibility to help him remember us. He's young, time will pass, and he'll start to forget. I want my great grandson to always know how truly wonderful his mother was. She loved him with all of her heart. I want him to know how she tried to live life to the fullest, right or wrong. I, also, would like for him to remember me and know I loved him every much. I don't him going through life thinking this family didn't love him. Elizabeth suffered with that knowledge, but I don't want Cameron too. Promise me." Lucky looked at her with a startled expression. "I'm not every good at keeping promises. I broke every one I ever made to Elizabeth. I don't want to make the same mistakes with Cameron." He couldn't control himself from shaking. Audrey was truly in awe of the fine man Lucky had become. She took his large hand in her small frail one. "You still think you leave her behind, don't you?" It was more of a rhetorical question than one that demanded an answer. All Lucky could do was nod. "You carry a part of Elizabeth with you where ever you go. You always have. I think it's what saved you from Helena all those years ago. It's what helps you get up in the morning and survive each day. I know, I too carry a similar piece of my grand-daughter with me." Large tears streaked down Lucky's face at her words. She was the only one who understood the HELL he had actually lived the last five years, because she lived it too. He was losing a link to Elizabeth. Audrey had been there in the beginning and now she was slowly slipping away right before his eyes. Lucky felt the same rage as he had earlier, only now it was because of how helpless he was to stop her from dying. "You may not have married Elizabeth, but you are still my grandson." She patted his hand and smiled. Her eyes started to close and he knew she was too tired to continue visiting. Lucky sat with her for almost an hour, before he had to leave to pick Cameron up from Kindergarten.
