"Dada." Amie chortled the next morning.
"Danny!" Alice grumbled sleepily.
All was silent in the room.
"Danny your daughter is shouting!" Alice said eyes closed.
"Dada!" Amie repeated.
"Danny." Alice turned over and noticed the bed empty. Then remembered that Danny was in Bristol. She was so tired she'd forgot. Daniel had woke up at 2 am and hadn't went back to sleep till 5. It was now 6 o'clock and she hadn't actually fell asleep till about one so all she had was 2 one hour naps. She was literally dead on her feet!
She rose from the bed and picked Amie up. Looked at Dee Jay in his cot beside Amie's. Still asleep. She flicked the monitor onto on and went to change Amie and give her morning bottle.
"Mama!" Amie sang.
"yeah baby mama."
She was staring into her coffee cup 30 minutes later while Amie was making a mess with her wheetabix when Lexi walked in.
"You took your remission pill this morning Lex?"
She nodded. Unwilling to tell a lie to her mum. She flushed them these days.
"Wow Lex you look terrible, they really are affecting you aren't they?"
"I'll be fine mum." Lexi said weakly. She didn't mention that she had spent the last 15 minutes resisting being sick in the bathroom. Hadn't worked.
Lexi poured herself some cheerio's and picked at it.
"Lex you ok baby?"
"yeah mum. It's just the medication. It makes me weak. And I wanna be sick all the time."
Seems she had given baby the name medication for now. She would tell them when her dad got back.
"Are you sure your ok?"
"Mum my cancer hasn't returned. I promise I'm fine." she handed Amie a cheerio which she put in her mouth with enthusiasm then spat straight back out when she tasted it. "I feel abit down about Ethan which can't be helping. He just left." her eyes filled. "Excuse me." she bolted from the table and slammed the door as she walked into her room.
Alice heard Dee jay stirring over the baby monitor. Amie was in her high chair. Nothing dangerous close so she quickly left her and went to get Daniel. She held his hand as he walked into the room. Lifted him in his booster seat and gave him breakfast. So the kids were eating/making a mess she was engrossed in her to do list for the hospital. Looked like the playpen for the kids for a little while anyway, she thought.
(X)
It was 10 o'clock and Danny hadn't phoned. He must of slept in and had to rush to the meeting. Alice was down in her surgery. The phone rang but she allowed the house to pick it up. She was busy.
The phone rang and Lexi picked up.
"Leopards den. Alexis Trevanion speaking."
"Hello." the caller said stiffly. He looked at his sheet. Alice Trevanion. Alexis Trevanion. Might be a misprint or funny pronunciation the caller decided.
"Hello it is my understanding you are the next of kin to Daniel Trevanion."
"Yeah I am." Lexi said confused. She supposed she was being his first born child and all. Anyway why the hell did this man wanna know that?
"I'm sorry to inform you that the plane he was flying in crash landed 2 miles outside of Bristol."
"Cr…cr…crash landed?" Lexi said. "Well how is he? Is he ok? In hospital?"
"Look miss there were no survivors."
"What do you mean no survivors, there has to be!" she screamed.
Alice walked in the house. Saw her daughter hysterical on the phone.
"Your wrong!" Lexi yelled.
"I'm sorry miss. His seat was at the front. There is no possible way he survived. The plane nose dived. The fire burned hottest at the front."
Lexi saw a graphic image in her head. Her dad burning. She gasped and fell to the floor. The phone clattered to the floor.
Alice knocked on Liv's door. "Watch the kids for me please Liv." then ran to Lexi.
"Lexi baby." she murmured.
Her eyes fluttered. "Dad….plane….phone." she sat up looking dazed.
Heard someone's voice at the other end of the phone.
Alice picked it up. "What the hell have you said to my daughter?" she demanded standing up.
"Who is speaking?" the caller asked.
"Alice Trevanion. Mother of the child who just passed out so tell me what you said."
"O God!" he muttered. "Look Mrs Trevanion are you wife and next of kin to Daniel Trevanion?"
"Yes I am."
"Well I'm sorry to tell you that the plane your husband was flying on crash landed 2 miles outside of Bristol. There were no survivors."
"What?" Alice asked shocked. "I don't understand. What happened?"
"At this point we don't know how or why this happened. We believe the plane was struck by lightning. We believe it was on fire when it went down."
"I'm sorry but I really don't know what your trying to tell me!" Alice told him. The information hadn't penetrated her brain yet. Why would a plane crash affect her ad Danny?
"Miss, your husband Daniel Trevanion was killed in the crash."
"What?" she shouted. "Danny? No way!"
"On behalf of our company we are deeply sorry for your loss."
Only single words were recognised. Company, sorry, loss.
"No way!" she repeated. "This is wrong!"
She slammed the phone down. Then phoned his mobile. Have this cleared up in 2 seconds. Unable to connect the call. She felt fear. She shrugged she'd ring the solicitor. He's tell her that Danny was at the meeting this morning. The battery on his phone had died that's all.
"Hello Mr Briggs, is Danny there. Can I speak to him?"
"Mrs Trevanion Danny never made it to the meeting. I have been unable to get in contact with him. Without his contribution Mr Bell had been released."
Alice only heard that Danny hadn't arrived. The rest faded in obscurity. She slumped till she was sat on the floor beside her daughter. Danny hadn't made it. He would never have missed it unless… she started breathing heavily. Placed the phone back on the cradle.
"Mum they're wrong aren't they?" Lexi asked terrified.
Alice had her mouth covered with a hand. She was frowning. "I gotta see to the babies." she said calmly. She got up and walked to Liv's room.
"Thank you Olivia." she said. "Come on Daniel Amie."
She picked Amie up and walked into the kitchen. She got things wrong. Put Daniel in the high chair and Amie in the booster seat. it's a good thing the booster seat had straps. Gave Amie the beaker and Daniel the bottle. She mashed up too much banana and gave it to both of them instead of cut chunks. She was about to cut some apple when the knife sliced through her finger. She stood and watched the blood pour from her finger down her hand and trickle down her arm. Lexi walked in the kitchen eyes full of tears. Saw the blood flowing down her mum's hand.
"Mum what happened?" she ran over and thrust her hand under the running water.
"I cut my finger. I was bleeding." she said simply.
Lexi fetched the first aid kit. Sat her mum at the table.
"What we gonna do mum?" Lexi asked. Eyes filled as she opened the first aid kit.
"About what?"
"Dad. Him being…." Lexi face crumpled ad tears fell.
"Being what?" Alice repeated blankly.
"Dead." she whispered.
Alice jumped up. "Your father is not dead!" she shrieked., "He will be back tomorrow at one o'clock."
Alice felt tears fall and she swiped at them. Alice tears dried. "Why am I crying? Like I said he's FINE!" she said calmly. Stuck a plaster on her finger and methodically began clearing Daniels and Amie's trays. "You shouldn't cry either Lex. He's fine. You'll see!"
Lexi stared at her mother. Worried about her attitude. "Ok mum sure!" she practically ran to her room. Picked up her phone,.
"Nana it's Lexi. Can you come down here please?"
"What's the matter baby are you ill?" she asked panicked.
"I'm fine. But you know the plane that went down outside of Bristol?"
"Yeah baby it's a shame. The plane is gutted. A shell. It burned so hot and quick. They haven't been able to identify people by their dental records it was so bad!"
Lexi gasped loudly.
"Lexi?" Mrs Elliott asked.
"Dad was on the plane!"
"Oh God!"
"Nana my dad is dead!" she sobbed. "And mum. She's pretending like he's fine and gonna come home. She's scaring me!"
"I'll be there as soon as I can baby. Try not to worry. We'll sort this." she vowed.
A/N anyone see that cumin? i hope not i wanted it to be a surprise. sorry i killed him off :( poor trevanion family how r they gonna cope?