"Are you OK Baby?" Roger asked as they entered the neighborhood.
"Yeah, I'm fine." she said staring down the street at her old house.
"We have to go in Gina." he said parking the car in the driveway.
"I know." she said looking at him. Her eyes were blank and he could tell she was ready to cry.
"Hey, Gina. I love you." he said leaning over to her.
"I know. I love you too Roger." she said forcing a smile as they got out of the car and went to the house.
Mom, dad. What are you guys doing here?" Lynda asked looking up as Roger nad Gina walked into the Davis house.
"We have something to talk to you about my girl." Roger told her holding Gina'a hand.
"What's up guys?" she asked putting her book down as Roger and Gina sat in front of her.
"Sweetie, grandma and grandpa got into a car accident in Paris and I'm sorry. They died." Gina said holding her hands.
"Are you OK mommy?" she asked looking at Gina concerned.
"Yeah sweetie, I'm OK. Daddy and I just have to go to Paris to bring them home so we can bury them. Grandma is gonna bring you home and stay with you and everyone is gonna help. We'll be back as soon as we can, but with all the red tape over there, we have no idea how long it's gonna take to get them out of there." Gina told her as Roger rubbed her back and Lynda moved next to Gina to hug her.
"I'm sorry mommy." she said playing with Gina's hair.
"Are you OK sweetie?" she asked looking down at her.
"Yeah mommy, I'm fine. I'll be good for grandma and everyone else. You just go bring grandma and grandpa home, OK?" she said quietly looking at her.
"Thank you sweetie." Gina told her pushing her long golden blond hair behind her ear.
"We should go work on getting our passports." Roger told her as Mrs. Davis handed him a credit card.
"There is no spending limit on this. Anything you need, you put it on here and I'll give you some spending money." Mrs. Davis said standing over Roger.
"Thanks mom. Lynda, why don't you go upstairs for a little while so we can talk to grandma?" Roger said caressing her hand.
"But I wanna stay with mommy." she told him holding on to Gina.
"No, it's OK sweetie. I'm fine. You go. Me and daddy just need to talk to grandma for a little whil, OK?" she told her kissing her head.
"OK mommy." she said reluctantly as she went up to her room.
"Are you OK honey?" Mrs. Davis asked sitting next to Gina.
"Yeah, I'm fine." she said leaning to to her.
"I don't want you to worry about everything. Me and the gang'll take care of Lynda. You just concentrate on taking care of yourself, OK?" she said caressing her daughter in laws back.
"Thanks mom. Really. We really appreciate you lending us the money and taking care of Lynda. She has a science test on Tuesday and a math test on Thursday." she said breaking down in her arms.
"Oh honey, it's OK. You let it out." she said as Roger leaned on putting his head in his hands.
"I don't understand. I mean, how could they both be gone. Just like that." she asked as Roger reached out for her.
"I know Baby." he said as she sat up wiping her eyes.
"We have things to do. We have to get our passports and make the arrangements." she told them calming herself down.
"It's OK to mourn Baby." he told her caressing her back.
"I'm gonna have plenty of time to mourn when I get them home. Right now we have a lot to do." she said getting up to go upstairs.
"Where are you going Baby?" Roger asked standing up.
"I have to say goodbye to Lynda so we can go get things done." she told him as she went upstairs to Lynda's room, which used to be Roger's room. "Lynda, can I come in?" she asked knocking on the door.
"Yeah mom." she said looking up from her book.
"Hey, are you doing OK?" Gina asked sitting down on the bed.
"Yeah, I'm OK mommy. I'm sad about grandma and grandpa." she told her looking up at her.
"I know sweetie. You're allowed to cry, you know? It's OK." Gina told her pushing her hair behind her ear.
"I know. I don't feel like it right now." she said moving closer to her.
"Don't think you have to hold this in. Because you don't, you know. Not for me." she told her daughter caressing her face.
"I know mom. I'm OK." she told her trying to smile.
"I love you Lynda, you know that right?" she asked looking down at her.
"I know mom. I love you too." she told her reaching out to hug her.
"Me and daddy have to go and do some stuff. Grandma's gonna bring you home and stay with you, OK? Why don't you come down and say good bye?" she said kissing her head.
"OK mom." she told her smiling as they left the room.
"Hi my girl. How are you doing?" Roger asked getting up to hug Lynda.
"I'm OK daddy." she said as he kissed her head.
"You guys should be able to get expedited passports given the circumstances. You may need to show documentation, but you need to go down to a federal building down in the city. But you shouldn't have a problem." Mrs. Davis said as Roger kept his arms around Lynda.
"Maybe we can go to the UN and maybe they can get us temporary passports or something." Roger said caressing his daughters back.
"OK. We should be going then." Gina told him looking down at Lynda.
"I'll be OK guys. Grandma can take care of me." she told them looking up.
"You be good and don't forget about your science and Math tests this week, OK? You need to study." Roger said looking down at her.
"I will daddy. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." she said as he hugged her again.
"I love you my girl." he said hugging her tight.
"I love you too daddy." she said smiling up at him.
"OK. Here here little girl." Gina said as she held her arms out for Lynda.
"I love you mommy." she said hugging her tight.
"I know sweetie, I love you too. You be good for grandma and we'll see you before we leave, OK?" she said hugging her tight.
"I know mom. I will. Don't worry about me. You just do what you have to do." Lynda said looking up at her.
"You are one incredible kid, you know that?" Gina said smiling down at her.
"I know. Like daddy always says, I'm just like you." she said as Gina kissed her head.
"Thanks sweetie. I needed that." she said kissing her head again.
"Take care of what you need to take care of. Remember, use the credit card whenever you need it. I'll take care of everything here." Mrs. Davis said before hugging them.
"Thanks mom. We owe you." Roger said smiling at her.
"Nonesense. Just take care of your wife." she whispered hugging him.
"Always mom." he whispered back before Mrs. Davis hugged Gina.
"I'm so sorry sweetie." she told her caressing her hair.
"Thanks mom. We'll call you later. OK." she said hugging her tight.
"I'll see you later. I love you my sweetie." she said smiling at her.
"I know mom. I love you too." she said before they left.