It was warm in the house, but she was shivering. He watched her from the doorway as she wrapped the blanket round her frail form tightly, before she cried into it, letting the tears run down her face. As she broke down, the elder man moved out of the room and left her alone, not knowing how to comfort her. He felt helpless, there was nothing he or anybody else could do to help her. Her life was in ruins and her heart had been shattered. It wouldn't be possible to put the pieces back together again, and that knowledge scared him more than anything else in the world.
Jack stretched out in bed, the sun was peeking through the ratty blinds. A strip of golden light ran over Gina's face, he traced it with his hand as he gently woke her . She woke with a smile and kissed him back, snuggling up against his bare chest.
"What do you wanna do today," she asked sleepily, knowing he had the day off.
"How about we stay in bed all day," he said seductively, a childish giggle erupted from Gina as she pulled the covers up.
"Wasn't last night good enough," she replied, a smile almost as mischievous as his.
"Erm…" Jack said, pretending to be lost in thought.
"Shhhh," Gina said, in mock seriousness, pulling Jacks hand to her bump as the child inside kicked. "Its awake," she said, emphasising 'it,' while smirking at him, "we don't want to raise a horny child do we?"
Sitting in the room adjacent to his daughters, the old man held his head in his hands, feeling every inch of her pain. This was no way to live, he knew, but she had no life now. She had lost everything, she was still free falling through a dark and bottomless pit of despair. For the first time in his life, James Heller had no hope.