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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:33 am
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Erin Joyce Lee
Erin held Ash gently and felt a couple tears slide down her face. She looked around the waiting room, but didn't see Rebekka, even though Sirrah had said she was here. Maybe they had let her in Brian's room, which would be a good sign. That would mean they were finished pumping his stomach of the drugs he'd taken. Who knew how long he would be out, though? Waiting like this didn't sit well with Erin...
She distracted herself from her anger with Brian by thinking over what she and Ash could do for food when Ash woke up later. The poor girl had been under so much stress lately, she was sure to be starving when she got up. Hospital food was pathetic and unacceptable... Perhaps they could order a pizza and sit in the cafeteria. Erin gnawed her lower lip as she thought of the shop guys. 'I wonder... Would it be a good idea to call them?' She knew they would be over in a second if she summoned them, probably Jorden and Aaron too since they felt like part of the family already. And they would all be angry if nobody told them about this. Within a few minutes, she'd sent out a text to all the shop guys. Trouble, Tank, Ronnie, and Pitt's phones would all be going off right about now.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:43 am
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:58 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:26 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:01 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:40 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:55 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:19 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:23 am
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Aaron Royce Lee
It broke Aaron's heart to see the deep pain in Ash's eyes, and in Erin's as well. The guilt the latter was feeling was obvious in more than just her eyes, though, he realized as he looked at her away from the others. Dark circles under her eyes, her shoulders hunched as if in defeat, body language that suggested she was trying to make herself smaller... Aaron sighed and pulled his female persona into a hug, feeling her stiffen at the contact. He held on, though, whispering into her ear. "Erin, you can't keep blaming yourself for everything. You are literally killing yourself, I can see it. None of this was your fault, you understand me?"
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:27 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:52 am
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Rebekka had been walking from Brian's room when she had heard the two Lees talking, and her motherly instinct took over. Erin needed tough love, and Rebekka was going to make her listen, not plead it. She walked over and snatched the girl up by her upper arm, draghing her along. "This is ending right now. If anyone has the tight to be your brand of guilty, it's the Old Man." She let her go and seemed to suddenly tower over her daughter in law, her blue etes stern. "What the hell is wrong with you? Do you have a head injury? I know that punch I gave your jaw wasn't yesterday. You listen to me little missy. Ashika is hurting. Brian is hurting. You are hurting. As shocking as it is to know I am human and have a soul, I am hurting. The boys are hurting. You think they don't blame themselves over this? That I don't? That Ash doesn't? You think all the guilt in the world belongs to you? I'm sorry, but you just lost the million dollar question. The correct answer should have been, 'Why no. The blame to all the world's problems is not mine. And I know that everyone makes mistakes'. Thank you for playing." Rebekka sighed and glared again. "Humans are only human. No one is perfect, and you can't be the world's whipping boy. Ash needs you and this guilt trip helps no one, and hurts everyone."
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:12 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:38 pm
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Rebekka scoffed at the girl, the anger at Erin's self pity growing. "And Brian could say the same thing. And Ash about fighting off an insanely dominant Brain. And if I had been smarter, than I would never have cheated on Brian. Now, if that had happened, Rafel would be alive, Kyukai as well. Askina likely would be different, you never would have met her, and you would not be her husband. Everything, even the s**t, happens for a reason. And you think holding it in makes it better?! You want to end up like my daughter, with a broken mind?! How much good does that do? You are only to blame for the mistakes you made. Your mind has nothing to do with the power of another, and this will only grow you both together, or break you both apart. I threw the blame on one person. Brain. I broke my marriage apart. Think about how yours is going, and you tell me which you are heading yours for."
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:58 pm
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Erin Joyce Lee
Erin covered her face with her hands, unable to hold back the crying any longer when she realized that her mother-in-law was right. The entire ordeal suddenly crashed down on Erin like a ton of bricks, the horror of the atrocities committed against her hitting her for the first time. She hadn't allowed herself to feel any pain of what had happened to her yet... Sure, she'd felt anger and killed Jayce over what had been done to Ash and Brian, but Erin hadn't allowed herself to really go through the grieving process over what had happened.
As she finally let herself cry, she began to feel the guilt leave, replaced by the desire to talk things out with Ash and Brian and finally put all this mess behind them. After a few more moments, Erin finally uncovered her face and wiped her now-soaked hands on her jeans, grabbing a Kleenex off a nearby table in the waiting area to mop the rest of her face up. "Sorry 'bout that," she mumbled to Rebekka, almost afraid to look at the woman. "You're right. I want to talk it out, put it behind us, and get on with our lives. I... I don't want to keep it inside anymore. It's not good for any of us."
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:14 pm
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