| � I don�t know. She taking this really hard� They were really close,� � Well have you discussed anything?� Jane asked. � No.� Nick sighed. � She�s not talking. She�s completely shut down. I really thought that she�d open up more after a few days, but this is going on two weeks and she�s still not talking; and she�s just started sleeping all night again-� � What do you mean?� � Nightmares. Constant Nightmares� or daymares� whatever you want to call them-� � What about a grief counselor? Could you hire one of those?� � She�s not talking to me, why would she talk to a stranger? Well that�s not true, she does talk to me when I ask her a question or something, but that�s it. I really wasn�t expecting this.� � Where is she now?� � Upstairs. She still upstairs in her room. I don�t think she�s asleep, she wasn�t� but there was something I wanted to talk to you about. I was thinking I�d stay out here,� � For how much longer?� � Indefinitely. I want to come home and get some of my things-� � Well what does Heather say?� � I haven�t asked her yet. I�m sure she wouldn�t mind though, she�s� hardly ready to be alone in this house,� � Nick I don�t know if this is such a good idea, maybe what you think she�s not ready for is exactly what she needs.� � Mom, are you saying you think I should leave her alone now? When she needs me the most? I can�t leave her now,� � Yes you can. She needs space. She needs time to herself to grieve and after that if you want to still move in there, I�ll have no objections. A couple of weeks, Nickolas. Give her a couple of weeks,� Jane pleaded. � Nick you have been there for her since this whole this began, and you yourself said she doesn�t appear to be getting better, so why do you think moving in now is going to help?� � I just want her back to her normal self mom,� He said quietly. � I�ve been sitting here for the last week and a half watching my fianc�e whither away, and I don�t know how to stop it,� � I�ll tell you how�. Come home,� � You�re leaving?� Heather asked softly, lifting her eyes to Nick. � When?� � Tonight,� He said nervously. � Heather, I don�t; know what else to do for you right now. It seems like I�m only making things worse for you and I don�t want to do that. I was talking to mom, and she said that I should give you space to deal with this on your own, and I think she�s right.� � What time does your flight leave?� � Seven.� � Okay, I�ll be ready by then.� She said. � You don�t have to go. I�ll call a cab. I know the last thing you want to do is get behind the wheel of a car and I�d feel better if you didn�t. Its okay-� � I can�t lose you too,� She whispered. � You�re not losing me, Heather. I just-I want you to be okay again. I understand that you miss Brian, and I�m trying to help you through it, but we just keep going in circles, and I can�t see you like this anymore.� He kissed her gently on the forehead. � I�ll be back. This is not forever, this is only a few weeks, and there�s something I want to talk to you about, but now isn�t the time. I�ll come back out in a few weeks,� � Come back out,� She repeated. � You keep flying out here; you should have lots of frequent flyer miles,� � I do. I could probably get a free trip to Jamaica or something,� He smiled. � Can I come too?� � Absolutely. We�ll go together,� Next page |