A couple of hours later Zoey left with Alexia. Even though she could barely keep herself from falling apart she wasn’t going to leave her daughter, the person she loved the most, with a mentally ill sister. That would be very irresponsible.
And so Daphne was all alone now. She tried to comprehend the fact that Gerard had taken his own life. Hadn’t Daphne told Zoey to leave so she could be with her family?
It’s not my fault, Daphne defended herself in silence, I didn’t ask Zoey to live with me and abandon her family for three months.
Well, that’s rather ungrateful, a small voice in her head said. Be honest, would you have been fine without her?
And yet it’s not my fault, Daphne thought fierce, I let Zoey go. She should’ve tried harder saving her marriage.
Confident that she was indeed not to blame for Gerard’s death she stood up from the couch, when the bell rang. Daphne walked to the front door, but when she opened there was no one there. She looked down and noticed a small package. She picked it up and carried it inside. Daphne examined the box carefully, but there was no name or address on it. She walked to the kitchen drawer and took out a knife. She walked back to the kitchen table, where she’d left the package and opened it. The package contained a DVD copy. Daphne took the DVD and put it in her DVD player. She turned her television on and pressed play.
When the images appeared Daphne didn’t know how to react. She wanted to scream and throw her TV on the floor. She wanted to cry and drown in her own tears.
But she just sat there, staring shocked at the screen.
And so Daphne was all alone now. She tried to comprehend the fact that Gerard had taken his own life. Hadn’t Daphne told Zoey to leave so she could be with her family?
It’s not my fault, Daphne defended herself in silence, I didn’t ask Zoey to live with me and abandon her family for three months.
Well, that’s rather ungrateful, a small voice in her head said. Be honest, would you have been fine without her?
And yet it’s not my fault, Daphne thought fierce, I let Zoey go. She should’ve tried harder saving her marriage.
Confident that she was indeed not to blame for Gerard’s death she stood up from the couch, when the bell rang. Daphne walked to the front door, but when she opened there was no one there. She looked down and noticed a small package. She picked it up and carried it inside. Daphne examined the box carefully, but there was no name or address on it. She walked to the kitchen drawer and took out a knife. She walked back to the kitchen table, where she’d left the package and opened it. The package contained a DVD copy. Daphne took the DVD and put it in her DVD player. She turned her television on and pressed play.
When the images appeared Daphne didn’t know how to react. She wanted to scream and throw her TV on the floor. She wanted to cry and drown in her own tears.
But she just sat there, staring shocked at the screen.
Meg opened the door of a motel room and helped Cas inside. She guided him to the single bed and put him down. She gently pushed him down and he opened his eyes a little. She walked to the bathroom and dampened a towel.
She walked back into the room and sank down on the bed. Unlike Meg’s Cas’ clothes hadn’t been restored. Meg opened the ruined and bloodstained hospital shirt and dabbed his wounds with the towel.
Cas groaned from pain.
“You don’t have to do this” he said weak. “I will heal eventually”
“I know” Meg said absent-minded. She stared at Cas’ body. Even with all the cuts he still looked…jumpable.
“But thanks for the gesture” Cas said with a weak smile.
Meg continued nursing his injuries. “You know” she said. “If I was still human, I’d fall for you”
Cas gave her another weak smile, before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
She walked back into the room and sank down on the bed. Unlike Meg’s Cas’ clothes hadn’t been restored. Meg opened the ruined and bloodstained hospital shirt and dabbed his wounds with the towel.
Cas groaned from pain.
“You don’t have to do this” he said weak. “I will heal eventually”
“I know” Meg said absent-minded. She stared at Cas’ body. Even with all the cuts he still looked…jumpable.
“But thanks for the gesture” Cas said with a weak smile.
Meg continued nursing his injuries. “You know” she said. “If I was still human, I’d fall for you”
Cas gave her another weak smile, before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.