"Gina. Chic, can I come in?" Mimi called out quietly as she opened the bedroom door.
"Yeah, hey Mimi." she answered sitting up on the bed.
"How ya doin' chica?" she asked sitting on the bed.
"I'm fine, Mimi. Did Roger send you in because I really don't want to talk to him right now?" she told her quietly.
"I know. We heard you guys had a huge fight in Paris." Mimi said looking up at her.
"Did he tell you what a cold hearted bitch I am because I'm not mourning my parents the right way?"she asked angrily as she got off of the bed to pace the room.
"No he didn't. He told us how worried he is about you. He loves you Gina." Mimi told her turning around on the bed.
"Did he tell you I'm acting like an addict? He asked me if I was looking to start using again? What kind of question is that for my husband to ask?" Gina asked her pacing the room.
"Gina, he's worried about you. We all are. If you keep holding in your feelings, you are gonna wind up going back to using." Mimi told her getting up.
"Mimi, I've been clean for over 12 years. I'm not going back to it. I just don't like being forced to feel something." she said plopping down on the bed.
"He's only trying to help, you know? He's scared of losing you." Mimi said standing in front of her.
"He already lost me once and that was their fault. They broke us up and now look at us. He's dying and I have to watch him." Gina said looking down at the floor.
"Chica, these things happen. You can't blame them for that." Mimi said sitting next to her.
"But I do blame them. They screwed up our lives and I didn't even get the chance to tell them that. I just ran away and avoided talking to them and now look. They're dead. They're dead and I can't even tell them how angry I am at them for what they did to us. I just forgave them so my daughter would know her grandparents. I never talked to them. I never even tried." she said starting to cry.
"I know chica. They were really mean to you and Roger, weren't they?" she asked taking Gina in her arms.
"You have no idea." she told her in her shoulder.
"Mrs. Davis filled us in. I'm so sorry for the way they acted towards you and Roger and when you lost your baby. But you found Roger again and you have Lynda now. Don't you think it's time you let go? You don't have to forget what they did to you guys, but you just have to forgive yourself for not confronting them about it." Mimi told her quietly as Gina looked up at her
"They didn't know about Roger's HIV." she said wiping her eyes.
"I know chica. But would that have made anything better?" Mimi asked sweeping her hair out of her face.
"I don't know. I guess not. But I wish we had told them. Just so they would have known, you know?" she asked looking up at her.
"So they'd feel guilty for breaking you two up?" Mimi asked as Gina sat up.
"Maybe. They probably wouldn't have, but it would have been nice, you know. For them to feel responsible for something." Gina told her starting to cry again.
"Chica, you can't think that way. Just move on so you can mourn your parents. Give yourself some closure." she told her playing with Gina's hair.
"I know. I have to." she said cryig his her hands.
"Gina, I'm gonna go get Roger. Is that OK?" Mimi asked caressing her head.
"Does he hate me?" Gina asked looking up at her.
"No, of course not. He loves you. He's always loved you. Just because you get into a little fight doesn't mean he's gonna forget that." Mimi told her softly.
"Really?" she asked still crying.
"Yeah, so do you want me to get him?" she asked wrapping her arms around her shoulders.
"Yeah. I need Roger." she said crying harder.
"I'll get him." Mimi told her before kissing her head and leaving the room to get Roger.
"How is she Baby?" Mark asked looking up at her.
"She wants Roger." Mimi said looking around for Roger.
"He's still in with Lynda." Mrs. Davis said as Mimi went rushing to Lynda's room.
"Thanks." she said opening Lyndas bedroom door. Roger was laying on the bed and Lynda was sitting on the floor reading aloud from one of her books. "I'm sorry to interrupt you two, but Roger Gina needs you." she said smiling at them.
"OK. I'll be right back my girl." Roger said hopping off of the bed and leaving the bedroom.
"I think I got through to her." Mimi said as they left the bedroom.
"What do you mean?" he asked as they entered the main room.
"She started talking to me and she's crying and she asked for you." Mimi said pushing him to his room.
"Gina?" he called out opening the door. He rushed over to her when he heard her crying.
"Roger, I'm so sorry." she cried as he brought her into his arms.
"Shh Baby, it's OK. Let it out." he whispered holding her in his arms.
"I should have told them about your HIV. I should have made them culpable for what they did to us." she cried into his chest.
"You're right Baby." he whispered rocking her back and forth.
"But it's too late, isn't it?" she asked looking up at him.
"It's never too late. Just tell them in your heart. You need closure, Gina." he told her caressing her face.
"I know I need to move on." she told him as he wiped her tears.
"Yes you do." he told her leaning down to kiss her.
"I'm sorry about Paris. You didn't deserve that." she told him wrapping her arms around his neck and holding him close.
"I'm sorry for being an over protectively ass. I should have trusted you to deal with this in your own way." he told her caressing her hair.
"I shouldn't have shut you out. You had every right to worry about me. I would have used if I didn't deal with it eventually." she said pulling back to look at him.
"I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry." he told her caressing her face.
"No, you were right. I forget sometimes that I'm an addict and even though I've been clean all these years, I'll always be an addict. I have to be conscious of that." she said looking up at him.
"Gina, I only said that because I love you and I was worried about you." he told her leaning in to kiss her.
"I know. I'm OK. Really. I'm just sorry I shut you out. I love you too Roger." she told him pulling him into a deeper kiss.
"Do you want to lay down?" he asked smiling at her.
"Roger, your mom, Mimi, Mark and our daughter are out there." she said smiling up at him.
"I wasn't thinking about that. Well at least not right now. I just want to lay down and hold my wife. I haven't been able to do it for 3 days." he said nuzzling her neck.
"OK. I could use a nap. I'm exhausted." she told him running her fingers through his hair.
"I know. You haven't slept in 2 and a half weeks." he said kissing her neck.
"I love you Roger." she said as they slid back on the bed to lay down.
"I love you too Gina." he told her kissing her head as he pulled her closer and they fell asleep.