so, an update. 2nd day of my crazy days of posting. R&R.
She had woken up. She didn't really have much time left. Two days, three at the most. And, if she wasn't careful, maybe just a few hours. She thought back to when it all started. It was just 6 months ago. How could that be? It felt like this was going on for an eternity.
The day that turned everything around started like any other day. Well, not exactly, she woke up and proceeded to throw up next to the bed. He didn't go home last night, so he woke up too and asked her what was wrong. She thought she knew, but she wanted to wait to tell him until she knew for sure.
So, that day she left for work early and stopped at a drugstore on her way there. She bought a test and wanted to take it the moment she arrived, but she immediately got called to a scene. It was a burnt car with a body inside. She processed it, brought all the evidence to the lab and called the DA to make sure the man who killed Aiden was still locked up. He still was. It made the case a little harder, until a few hours later. She received a page from Adam, there was a hit on one of the samples she collected.
That was when the day started to become strange. The DNA, which came from the car door, came back Aiden's. She didn't understand, the woman had been dead for over 10 years, how could her DNA suddenly be at a crime scene? The first one she told was Danny, he had been Aiden's closest friend. There were rumours they had been more than that, but no one knew if it was true. She pushed that thought away and got to the ladies room to take the test.
When she came out, everything was different. The test had been positive and she couldn't wait to tell him. Just then she realized the change in light. When she had gone in, it had been around noon, the sun had been at its highest point. But now the lights in the lab were already on. When she thought about it she realized that wasn't true. The lights were still on. If the sun would set, she would have seen it's reflection in the windows of the building opposite to the lab. But she couldn't see anything. It freaked her out, but she had no time to think about it because she got called out to a scene.
When she arrived she got a feeling of déjà vu. It was the same scene she processed before. The same spot, the same car, hell, even the position of the body was exactly the same. So, she processed everything like she did before, only this time she ran the sample of the door by herself. She couldn't believe what she saw; the DNA was partly Aiden's, but also partly Danny's. So, she talked to him like she did before, but now she had two things she wanted to talk to him about.
He didn't react like she thought he would. He didn't react to the news his daughter was dead, not even surprised about having a daughter. And then she told him she was pregnant, hoping he would react differently to that. He had one, but it wasn't the one she had hoped for. No confusion. No happiness. No pride. In a matter of seconds she saw shock, realisation, defeat, sadness and finally anger pass through his eyes.
"It's time for this to end. Go to the house and get your stuff out."
She was shocked to hear him say that. She hoped she was wrong, that she was dreaming. She didn't have a response, so he continued.
"Go! I never want to see you again! Wasn't I enough for you? I can't have children! Now go and get your stuff out of MY house!"
She had done it. She had moved back to her old apartment. And that night she dreamt the dream that became familiar to her in a matter of days for the first time.
The dream of sadness.