"Hi, Misty!" Sookie exclaimed, holding her at arm's length after hugging her tight, "You're so thin. Do you want me to whip you up something, sweetie?"
Mystaya smiled, "No, Sookie, thank you anyway. I want you to meet my boyfriend, Brian O'Connor. Brian this is Sookie Melville, the inn's amazing chef and Mom's best friend."
Brian shook hands with Sookie, then Lorelai showed them to their room.
"Dinner at the Gilmore's is at seven so we're leaving at 6:15 so we can introduce Brian to my parents," Lorelai said. Mystaya checked her watch.
"Good, it gives me a chance to take a quick nap, cause someone woke me up at 4:30am," she said, shooting a pointed look at Brian, "Hon, wake me up at 5:15." She climbed into bed and quickly fell asleep. Lorelai left and Brian read for a while and when he needed to woke Mystaya. She changed and put on her makeup and got the things ready that she was going to give to Rory and her mom.
Lorelai knocked on the door and asked if they were ready to go. They left and arrived at the elder Gilmore's just a Rory pulled up. The twins hugged and then they rang the doorbell. The maid opened the door and the four stepped inside and went into the living room where Mystaya introduced Brian to Richard and Emily.
"Um, Mom, Rory can you please sit down I have something to tell you," Mystaya began, "This is really hard for me to tell you, but I have to."
"Misty, what is it?" Rory asked.
"Ok it's like this, about four months ago, Dad and I were standing outside at a race, talking and someone opened fire. Dad was shot and rushed to the hospital, where he died."
Lorelai began to shake, "Christopher is dead?" She and Rory began to cry. Mystaya looked at Emily and Richard who both looked heartbroken.
"We need to call Straub and Francine," Emily said.
"They know, Grandma," Mystaya said, "I called them right after it happened. They didn't care." She wiped the tears from her eyes and sat with her mother and sister.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Rory asked.
"I didn't know how to tell you something that horrible over the phone," Mystaya answered, hugging Rory. She stood up and picked up two bags, she handed one to Rory and one to Lorelai, "Dad wanted to to have these." She stepped back and put her head on Brian's shoulder and watched Lorelai and Rory open two jewel cases both containing lockets.
"Pretty," Rory said, holding it up.
The maid came and annouced dinner. Everyone went in and sat down. Richard turned to Brian and began talking to him.
"So Brian, what is it you that you do?"
"I'm a police officer with the LAPD," Brian answered.
"That's a vey dangerous career," Richard said.
"I know, but I'm cautious."
Brian and Richard talked as Emily began asking her youngest granddaughter questions about her life in California.