"Higher, Beck, higher!" Lily cried as Beck pushed her on the swing. "Are you sure you want me to go that high?" asked Beck. "Higher!" she giggled, and Beck chuckled to himself. Mrs. Oliver walked outside. "Guys, I need you to come in the house for a minute" she said. Beck and Lily walked in the house and saw their mother in the living room. "Mom, is everything ok?" Beck asked. She told them to just sit down and they did. "I just got off the phone with the doctor" she explained, "She said your father's not getting any better..They think it's best that they pull the plug".
"What's pull the plug?" Lily asked.
"It means that..Daddy has to go with the angels" Mrs. Oliver said. She broke down in to tears and Beck comforted his mother, and so did Lily. Beck tried his best not to cry in front of Lily, but he couldn't help, but let his tears fall. His father was one of the most important people in Beck's life. He was not only losing his father, he was losing his mentor and friend.
After Lily took a bath, Mrs. Oliver tucked her in to bed in the RV. "Are you enjoying staying here with Beck?" Mrs. Oliver asked. "uh-huh" Lily replied, "Mommy, why do you call me Bunny Rabbit?" "Well, when you were a baby," she began, "You would sometimes wiggle your nose and you grew two pairs of front teeth like a bunny rabbit". Mrs. Oliver tickled Lily and Lily laughed. "Mommy, is Daddy going to be up there with Dennis and Grandpa Mike?" Lily asked. Dennis was Lily's pet goldfish. "Yeah" Mrs. Oliver.
"Will he forget about us?"
"No" she said, "He's always going to remember his Silly Lily, right?".
Lily nodded her head. "Mommy, don't be sad all the time. Daddy's going to a better place now" said Lily. "Thank you, baby" Mrs. Oliver stroked her hair,"Goodnight". She kissed Lily's forehead and walked to the door. "Goodnight, Mommy" replied Lily. Beck walked up to her just as she was about to leave. "Are you ok?" Beck asked. "Yeah" nodded Mrs. Oliver, "What about you?"
"Yeah, I'm fine"
"Good" she replied, "Look, just please comfort your sister tonight,ok?"
"I will"
They said goodnight to each other. Beck hugged his mother and she walked out of the RV. Then, he climbed in to bed to lay next to Lily. Lily laid on his chest and he gently stroked her back. "Beck?" asked Lily.
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to miss Daddy"
"Me too" Beck replied.
"I'm going to miss him playing tea party with me"
"I'm going to miss him taking me out go carting" said Beck, "I remember when you were a baby, whenever Dad would pick you up and hold you up on his lap, you would grab his nose, his reading glasses, and would play with his beard...That's why he called you Silly Lily".
"Remember when we made a snow fort Mr. Jensen's dog jumped on it and it fell on us?" she giggled.
"I remember whenever we would play music in the car, "Bohemian Rhapsody" would play and he would just sing it at the top of his lungs, and we would sing it with him" he laughed.
Mr. Oliver walked into Lily's nursery. It had been just two days after Mrs. Oliver checked out of the hospital after giving birth to Lily. He walked over to Lily's crib and looked at the sleeping baby. She slowly opened her big brown eyes and looked up at him. "Hi,sweetie" he lifted her out of the crib and in to his arms, "I haven't seen you wake up in a while". Lily kept her eyes on her father and he stroked her silky black hair. Mr. Oliver sat on the rocking chair with his infant daughter. "You're so beautiful" he said softly, "My Lily Rowan". Then, he softly sang "You Are My Sunshine"
Lily quickly looked out the window and saw her father pull up the driveway. "Daddy's home!" she yelled as she raced down the stairs. She hid under the coffee table. Before Mrs. Oliver asked Lily why she was hiding, Mr. Oliver greeted his wife and Beck. Then, he noticed two little legs under the table and he smiled. "You know, Nancy, I could've sworn I saw a little girl around here and her name was Lily" he played around with Lily. Lily quietly giggled. "Could she be here? " he looked behind the counter island,"Nope, she's probably right under here!". He grabbed her from under the table and tickled her stomach. "Daddy, you found me!" she giggled. "I always know where to find my Silly Lily" he said.
"Dad can I ask you for advice?" Beck asked as he sat with his dad on his bed. "Sure" replied Mr. Oliver, "What is this about?". "Jade dumped me a couple of days ago and Tori's trying to get me to take her back" said Beck. "Well, do you want her back?" he asked.
"I don't know" Beck replied.
"Ok, you know me and your mom aren't really fond with Jade"
"I know"
"But you love Jade, right?"
"Yeah"
"Well, if you do want her back, whatever you think it's right, you should get her back because I bet she misses you a hell of a lot more than you miss her"
"Thanks, Dad"
"Sure thing" Mr. Oliver pats his son's shoulder.
At Ceders-Sinai Medical Center, Beck,Mrs. Oliver, and Lily arrived to say their last goodbyes to Mr. Oliver before they pull the plug. The doctor told them that they can enter his room. Once they walked in to his room, they stopped to look at him. His body was still hooked up to tubes and IVs, and he had scars on his arms and face. The doctor left the family alone and Mrs. Oliver let her kids say their goodbyes first. "Dad" Beck began, "I just wanted to say you have been the biggest part of my life, and I know that while you're gone, I promise to look after Lily more than I did, and I promise to look after Mom. I know I never said this often, But I love you". Beck sat Lily on the edge of the bed next to her father.
"Daddy," she began, "I'm really going to miss you. You've been a good daddy to me. Jade misses you too, she didn't mean to say those rude things that she says, she cared about you and she cares about me a lot. I love you Daddy, take care of Dennis for me in heaven".
Lily kissed her father on the cheek and Beck picked her up, and walked out in to the waiting room. Mrs. Oliver sat by her husband's bedside and squeezed his hand. "Steven, I'm so sorry" she choked out,"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for causing that fight. I've always loved you, even when we have stupid fights. I always loved you, Steven. This marriage with you and the kids has been a real journey for us, and now this journey is over, I just don't know what to do, but figure out how to start a new one. Beck is growing up to be a smart and strong young man, and I know it's because of you, and Lily's going to grow up and strong and independent as him".
Mrs. Oliver laid next to Mr. Oliver on the hospital bed and kissed his lips. "I'll love you forever" she said. She laid her head on his chest. A nurse walked towards the IV and asked calmly,"Would you like for us to do it now?". Mrs. Oliver just nodded her head. Then, the nurse took out a pair of scissors and cut the plug.
Mrs. Oliver sobbed. She couldn't bear to let go of him. The nurse calmly lead her outside to the waiting room so the doctors can unhook the tubes off of him. She broke down in the hallway.
Beck covered his face and started to cry. Lily slowly walked in front of him. "Beck?" she put her hand on his wrist and he looked up at her, "Is Daddy in heaven now?"
"Yeah" he hugged Lily and held her close to him.