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The 57 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:42.279 stretcher crashed along the corridors of the hospital. Its tinny sounds, 58 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.439 fore warning its arrival many seconds before it actually entered 59 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:51.480 the emergency room. The tall, stute frame of doctor Phillips 60 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:55.240 hovered over the still body as the nurses cut through 61 00:05:55.240 --> 00:06:01.240 the leather, exposing the wounds to doctor Phillip's caze. Lisa 62 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:04.519 deliberately held back. She did not need to have a 63 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:07.839 flood of emotions at this very moment, even if it 64 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:13.199 was Chris on the stretcher that doctor bart commands. Lisa 65 00:06:13.319 --> 00:06:16.000 passed various impluments to the nurses who were on the 66 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.839 front line. After what felt like ours or maybe just minutes, 67 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:25.639 doctor Phillips announced, Okay, get him booked in. I think 68 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.800 he might have several broken bones and may need surgery. Now, 69 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.879 do we have a name? One nurse looked down at 70 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:37.480 the paperwork that had come in with the biker as 71 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:41.639 Lisa held her breath, waiting to have the air knocked 72 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:48.879 out of her. Yes, Trevor McMillan, the nurse replied. Lisa 73 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.279 was prepared for a shock, but not this. She gasped loudly, 74 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.480 making everyone else in the room turn to look at 75 00:06:56.480 --> 00:07:00.800 her and earning her a disapproving glare from doctor Phillips. 76 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:05.879 You know him? I presume, doctor Phillips asked, in his 77 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:11.639 haughty tone. Huh, I think so, she replied, Oh, don't 78 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.639 just stand there, girl, get over here and have a 79 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:19.680 good look. Do you know him or not? Doctor Phillips commanded, 80 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:25.040 his tone edged with irritation. The nurses around the stretcher 81 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:30.879 parted as Lisa nervously stepped forward. Could it really be? Her? 82 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.680 Eyes scanned up his body. His left arm was twisted 83 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:39.399 into some very painful looking position. Various gashes marked his 84 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:44.240 chest out together with what seemed like the tiniest butterfly stitches, 85 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.600 but his face, presumably the helmet had protected his head. 86 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:53.800 His beard now flecked with gray, making him look even 87 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:57.079 more attractive in Lisa's eyes than he did all those 88 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:01.759 years ago. Yes, I know him, or it did a 89 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:05.959 few years ago. Good. I'm glad we got that cleared up, 90 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:10.360 doctor Phillips said. Now let's get him where he needs 91 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:13.480 to be. Lisa watched as they moved him out of 92 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.879 the emergency room. Turning to the nurse with the paper, 93 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:22.720 she asked what happened? The nurse flicked nervously through the papers. 94 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:26.519 According to the witnesses, he was hit by another motorcyclist 95 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:30.480 who seemed to have been out of control and then 96 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:33.639 was hit by a car after he fell. What happened 97 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:38.480 to the other motorcyclist, Lisa asked, how apparently he fled 98 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:41.360 the scene. Probably didn't want to be talking to the police, 99 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:48.279 the nurse said, dryly, solemnly, watching the stretcher disappear up 100 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:55.679 the corridor towards surgery, she simply said. Fuck. To say 101 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.240 this shift passed in a blur was an understatement. Lisa 102 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.600 could not focus. She could not believe Trevor was laying 103 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:07.039 in the very same hospital she was working in after 104 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:12.240 all this time. Was this fate? She believed he'd been 105 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:14.639 in surgery most of the time she was on shift, 106 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:17.720 only coming out in the dying moments of her time 107 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:21.480 at the hospital. She looked at him from the doorway 108 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:26.960 as she was leaving. Was this a sign? She really 109 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:30.960 didn't believe in second chance romances? But watching him as 110 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:35.759 he lay unconscious, her heart really felt sickened. She had 111 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.480 walked away from him once, ignored his cause, his letters, 112 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:44.639 or for absolutely no reason. Maybe this was a chance 113 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.600 to put it right, at least beyond speaking terms with 114 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:51.440 the best friend she ever had. Maybe fate had given 115 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.480 her a way out. Over the years, she had started 116 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.519 to call him so many times just to hear his voice, 117 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.759 or she never completed the cause she had carried the 118 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:08.080 guilt of her stupidity for so many years. Right now 119 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:13.799 it weighed heavier than ever on her soul. Silently, she 120 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.919 walked into his room and pushed his long, graying hair 121 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:23.320 away from his face and kissed his brow gently. If 122 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:27.840 this was fate, then she was truly grateful for the opportunity. 123 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:32.320 Don't you go dying on me, Trevor McMullan, she whispered, 124 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:37.600 a tears stinging in her eyes. She turned and left 125 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.559 the room, with her heart feeling hope for the first 126 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:44.879 time in a very long time. It wasn't until she 127 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:49.320 was sat in the car that reality kicked in. This 128 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.960 was the man that she walked away from without saying 129 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.559 a word, a man that had supported her after the 130 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:00.559 death of her brother. Yet she decided he wasn't worth 131 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:04.159 a phone call. What the hell would you say to him? 132 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:08.799 How'd you excuse that? The rain at ease by the 133 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:13.240 time she reached Karen's house and the morning sun broke 134 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:17.720 its cover through the clouds. It only took one knock 135 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:21.000 on the door to ignite the sound of excited children 136 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:25.879 from behind the wood. The door swung open, and two 137 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:30.120 faces stared up at her, covered in an explosion of paint. 138 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:36.879 I'm a tiger, Clarice giggled. And she's a lion, she said, 139 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:42.559 pointing at Mandy. Of course you are, Lisa said, glad 140 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:47.159 she had no aspirations for her daughter's artistic talents. Get 141 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.000 your bag, we need to go home. There's something I 142 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.960 need to tell you, Lisa said, doubt still swarming her mind. 143 00:11:55.840 --> 00:12:00.600 She had always been vague about Clarice's father, particularly Carie. 144 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:05.960 Just another way she denied Trevor, she thought. With him 145 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.360 laying in hospital, she could feel nothing but guilt for 146 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.960 the way she had treated him, Whatever the consequences, she 147 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.519 had to make this right and acknowledge all that he 148 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:21.120 was in her life. What if he doesn't even like children, 149 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:26.000 she muttered to herself, not realizing the words had come 150 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:31.519 out through her mouth, What mummy, Clarice said, looking up 151 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:37.039 at her with those bright, innocent eyes of hers. Oh nothing, honey, 152 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:43.200 Mommy's just talking out loud, she replied, taking Clarice's back 153 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.720 back in one hand and grasping art's waiting hand with 154 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:50.360 the other squeezing it. A little tied to the normal. 155 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.559 Lost in her own world, she hadn't realized Karen was 156 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.559 stood in the doorway, shaking her head to clear her thoughts. 157 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:05.159 She thanked Karen Carranger smiled knowingly before saying good luck. 158 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:10.039 He's for the best. Lisa tried her best to fight 159 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:13.240 off the waves of doubt that crashed over her mind 160 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.960 as they drove home, tried her best to pay attention 161 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:20.919 to her daughter as she excitedly told her about their 162 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.759 adventures over the past couple of days. She just needed 163 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:29.799 to get home and tell clarsa truth. If he didn't 164 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:33.000 want to know her, he surely would know his daughter. 165 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:38.440 How could he not love her. Pulling the car into 166 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:42.679 her driveway, Lisa's shoulders slumped as she grew at the will. 167 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:48.360 This was it. The small house seemed larger in cavernous 168 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.840 as she put Clarice's backpack on the counter, trying to 169 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.799 delay the conversation she knew she needed to have. She 170 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:03.360 asked Clarie, Honey, have you eaten? Glorice just grinned bacon, 171 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:08.480 burgers and fries. Moy, there goes that excuse. Suddenly there 172 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.399 was a loud roar outside the house. As much as 173 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:16.000 Lisa wanted to avoid the inevitable, Chris was the one 174 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.320 reason she did not need to have around you. Wait here, honey, 175 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:24.720 Mammy's just got something to handle, she said, closing the 176 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:27.440 kitchen door behind her. As she walked to the front 177 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:31.039 door and opened it, she had to say Chris looked 178 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:35.480 more disheveled than normal, which was quite an achievement. As 179 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:38.519 he took his helmet off and looked her in the eyes, 180 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.440 the fear that glazed them burned with a ferocious temper. 181 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.240 Lisa wondered for a moment if he was going to 182 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:51.919 attack her, steal her purse, and fill himself with drugs. 183 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.600 All she could think of was keeping him away from Clarice. 184 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:59.679 Pulling the door to behind her, she asked him sternly, 185 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:04.639 why you here, Chris. This isn't what we agreed. I 186 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:09.480 killed him. I fucking killed him, he grooted out. Now 187 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.519 they will kill me, or I'll get arrested and do life. 188 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.720 His eyes flickered from side to side in a manic 189 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:22.279 movement as he raised his hand. Lisa flinched instinctively, waiting 190 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:26.399 for the first strike. Instead, Chris just grabbed her shoulder, 191 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:29.679 squeezing into the point of pain as he said, I 192 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.919 need to get away, jael bait. Now I need money 193 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:37.080 for fuel, something I can pawn. Lisa winced at the 194 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:40.519 way he said gel bait. It always sounded so seedy 195 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:45.679 when he used it, like it was wishful thinking. Taking 196 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:49.879 a breath, Lisa forced herself to think. This could be 197 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.360 an opportunity. She knew it. She just had to figure 198 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:58.080 out how hope sparked in her mind again dimly, but 199 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:02.559 it was there. Chris, what happened? She asked, trying to 200 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:05.919 assess how much of an opportunity this was. The old 201 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:08.480 fucker shouldn't have been on the road, let alone. A 202 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:12.480 fucking bike cut right across me, and I hit him. 203 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:17.720 Then a car hit him, he growled. Obviously he has 204 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:21.840 spent time thinking about that, enough to make himself sound innocent. 205 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:25.759 I only had a little weed at the clubhouse, and 206 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:29.320 I had to do that on credit, he said between 207 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:33.919 gritted teeth. From experience, she knew that a little weed 208 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.840 meant at least five lines of dope. And if he 209 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:41.559 owed the club money and he might do time, they 210 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:46.159 would want to pay him full with interest and she 211 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:48.639 really doubted he would be able to get his hands 212 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:55.200 on the money. For that, he was fucked from both ends. Chris, 213 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:58.279 I've got fifty bucks in cash and still waiting for 214 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:02.559 my wages to clear. She paused, her mind twisted with 215 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:07.279 guilt and doubt over what she was considering. Somewhere in 216 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.759 the back of her mind, a voice from her youth whispered, 217 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:15.240 do it. A strong man's voice was always there, just 218 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:19.000 on the edge of hearing. I also have Mark's watches. 219 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:22.839 I don't know how much they're worth, but he always 220 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:27.559 said they were expensive. The truth was, Lisa didn't even 221 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:31.400 know if they were real. Mark did work of sorts 222 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.119 and always seemed to have money, but she had been 223 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:38.519 too young to be cynical enough to challenge him about 224 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:44.039 the jobs he did. Focus returned to Chris's eyes and 225 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:49.400 to Lisa's satisfaction. More than a little surprise. Here, you bastard, 226 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:54.160 I had those, and you never knew that would be great, 227 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:59.400 he muttered. Wait here, Lisa said, as she moved back 228 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:04.079 inside the house. The kitchen door opened a little and 229 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.799 two bright eyes peered around the edge of the door. 230 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:13.000 Can I come out yet, mummy? Clarice whispered, Not yet, honey, 231 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:16.279 Mummy's just got to help this man and then I'll 232 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:21.079 be back, she said, as softly as she could manage. 233 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:24.640 She waited a moment as Calorice closed the door before 234 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:29.039 going up to her bedroom and opening her closet. Pulling 235 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.799 her shoes out, she removed the wooden box that had 236 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:35.440 been secreted away and took out the selection of watches 237 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:39.319 before putting them in an old rucksack she had bought 238 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:43.559 for Jim but never quite made it there. I damn well, 239 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:48.319 hope you're right. I'm sorry for this, she whispered, not 240 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:51.480 stopping to look at the watches the fear of changing 241 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:55.759 her mind. Stopping at a nightstand, she took the fifty 242 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:59.759 dollars she kept in case of emergencies and moved quickly 243 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:04.839 through the house, grasping the money on rucksack tightly until 244 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:08.319 she faced Chris, once again, Grabbing both out of her 245 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.039 outstretched hands. He put his helmet back on put the 246 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:16.119 rucksack in his side bag, even without looking at the contents, 247 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:21.759 before starting his engine and leaving without a word of thanks. 248 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:25.400 Thanks Lisa for giving me the last possessions you have 249 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:29.839 of your dead brother, She whispered bitterly as she watched 250 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:34.039 him disappear, turning her back as a recent pass left, 251 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:37.480 she now had to face her past from a little 252 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:42.440 longer ago. Lifting her head, two sparkling eyes watched her 253 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:47.680 curiously from beside the door. Stealing herself, Lisa ran up 254 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:51.640 to the door, chasing Clarice back into the house, tickling 255 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:54.920 her as she caught up with her, ignoring her, Please 256 00:19:55.000 --> 00:20:00.480 for mercy, Who is that, mummy? She asked between pana 257 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:04.599 as they collapsed on the couch, kickling. Just a bad memory, honey, 258 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:09.440 she replied quietly. Is that what you wanted to tell 259 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:15.519 me about? Mummy? Clorice asked, her, face awash with innocence. No, no, 260 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:21.160 it isn't, Lisa's sighed. First, Mummy needs coffee. I have 261 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:24.640 been working all night, you know. Lisa returned to her 262 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:30.160 bedroom closet and retrieved a second box. Although smaller, it 263 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:34.559 felt infinitely heavier carrying the weight of her past. The 264 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:38.480 smell of freshly bruted coffee washed over the house as 265 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.039 she placed the box and her coffee on the occasional 266 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:46.119 table next to the sofa. The rainbow colour's hand painted 267 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:50.440 on the box when she was just ten reflected brightly 268 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:56.319 in Clarice's widening eyes, the colors somehow accentuating her growing excitement. 269 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:01.799 Just watching her filled her heart with joy. She had 270 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:07.240 such a magical enthusiasm for everything. Softly, Lisa said, this 271 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:10.559 is mum's memory box. I made it when I wasn't 272 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.279 much older than you. You will get to make one, 273 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.640 and it will be your special box to keep all 274 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:19.599 your best memories in the box could have been full 275 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:23.079 of gold treasure, and Clarice wouldn't have been more excited, 276 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.519 her face any more radiant as Lisa lifted the lid 277 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:33.200 on her past. Searching through the stacks of photos, Lisa 278 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.119 carefully selected three she thought would be suitable and passed 279 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:40.720 the first to Clarice, who looked at it full of wonder. 280 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.160 This is Mark. I've told you about him before. He 281 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:47.400 would have been your uncle, but he died before you 282 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:50.480 were born. As the last were his left her lips, 283 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:54.880 a wave of guilt washed over her. In her efforts 284 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:57.039 to make a new life and forget all the pain 285 00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:00.759 she had kept Clarice's family past her away from her. 286 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:04.680 Her parents had refused to speak to her after she 287 00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:08.119 went to college, and she only heard about their passing 288 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:12.640 from an old schoolfriend. But just because things didn't work 289 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:15.880 out between her and them, was it right to take 290 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:19.359 away the opportunity for the cariice to know more about 291 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:23.880 her past? This is Trevor, she said, nervously passing her 292 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:29.319 the next photo, waiting for her response. Although Trevor was attractive, 293 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:33.920 he hated having his photo taken and growled at anyone 294 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:38.440 brave enough to try. This particular photo was of him 295 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:42.279 when he didn't know he was being photographed, and wasn't 296 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:45.920 dressed in enough leather to give her herd of buffalo nightmares. 297 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:52.440 He almost looked human. Who's Trevor, mummy, Glarise asked curiously. 298 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.599 He was a very good friend of both Uncle Mark 299 00:22:55.680 --> 00:23:00.000 and me, she said, wiping a tear from her eye. 300 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:04.880 The past tense had never felt more painful. Is he alive, mummy? 301 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:11.759 The innocent question stung at Lisa's heart. Yes he is, honey, 302 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:14.799 but he's very ill, and mommy's looking after him in 303 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:19.680 the hospital, she said, feeling Clarice was the absolute truth 304 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:24.960 after all the vaguity. Can I see him, she asked, 305 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:29.480 staring at the photo. Not yet, honey, Not until he's better, 306 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.880 Lisa said, quietly cool. I'm going to paint him up 307 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:38.400 to look like a lion as well, Clorise said, excitement 308 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:42.160 dripping from every word. Lisa could only giggle quietly through 309 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:45.519 her tears. Damn, this girl could make her feel happy, 310 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:49.799 even at moments like this. Passing her the final voto, 311 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:55.240 Lisa hesitated for a moment, letting Clarice digest the image. 312 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:58.880 It had been taken at her going away party, well 313 00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:02.079 the dying moments of it by one of the other 314 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:06.200 bikers for a laugh. Lisa loved the photo so much, 315 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:09.480 and Trevor never found out it had ever been taken. 316 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:14.640 So was he your boyfriend, mummy, Chlorice asked, tracing her 317 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:18.880 finger softly over the photograph. The photo seemed a lot older, 318 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.119 having been cried over so many times in the past years. 319 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:26.720 Trevor and her were laying on the couch at the 320 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:31.920 clubhouse in each other's arms, obviously a little drunk. The 321 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:35.000 blanket he had given her draped across them as they kissed, 322 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:41.720 still crying. Lisa nodded, saying yes, he was honey. In fact, 323 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:46.200 Lisa paused, taking in her breath to steady her nerves 324 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:51.839 before continuing, he's your daddy. Wow, I have a daddy. 325 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.119 Make him better, mummy, so I can see him. Wiping 326 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:59.720 the tears away that now fell freely down her cheeks, 327 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:03.960 she simply said, I will, Honey, I've got her daddy, 328 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.599 Clorise said, slowly, her voice full of wonderment. Can I 329 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:12.920 call Mandy to tell her we found my daddy? Of course, sweetheart, 330 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:18.359 Lisa said quietly. Clorice jumped off the couch and ran 331 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:20.640 out of the room in search of her cell phone. 332 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:24.000 Her excited voice chimed through the house as she spoke 333 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:28.759 to Mandy. Within seconds, Lisa's phone deemed with a text 334 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:32.960 from Karen her daddy. Not the conversation I was expecting. 335 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:38.559 What about Chris Chris's history, Lisa tugged. She was sure 336 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:42.240 she could hear the cogs of Karen's brain working before 337 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:45.279 the next text appeared a minute or so later. The 338 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:50.440 backer that was brought in is Clarice's dad. Yes, Lisa responded, 339 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:54.119 Oh shit, girl, we'd better get him well. Then the 340 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:59.039 response came back almost immediately. Of course, Glorise wants to 341 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:04.000 meet him when he's better. Lisa replied, I'll check on 342 00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:08.839 him extra tonight when I'm on shift. Then, thanks, was 343 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:12.759 all Lisa could think to say. Karen didn't know their history, 344 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:16.319 and she didn't want her to say anything until Lisa 345 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:20.640 was ready. Don't say anything about Clarice until I've had 346 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:27.240 a chance to talk to him, she typed, understood Lisa's 347 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:30.680 sighed in relief as she read the last reply. At Lise, 348 00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:34.640 that was one potential problem out of the way. Clarice 349 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:38.319 came bouncing back into the room, excitement exuding from every 350 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:42.119 Poor me and Mandy are going to do a daddy 351 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:46.480 party when he gets better. The image of Trevor in 352 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:49.799 all his leathers, having his face painted like a lion 353 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:55.240 and eating kid's food filled Lisa's mind. She could not 354 00:26:55.440 --> 00:26:59.000 help but giggle at the thought. That would be lovely. Honey, 355 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:05.440 he'll enjoy that, she said, lying tell me everything about daddy, Mummy, 356 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:10.519 Clarice pleaded as she sat back on the sofa, pushing 357 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:15.799 herself under Lisa's arms. Initially, Lisa struggled to remember family 358 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:21.079 friendly stories about Trevor, but once they started flowing, they 359 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:25.119 did not stop until well into the evening. Several had 360 00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:29.599 to be repeated at length because Clarice found them so funny. 361 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:33.839 Her and Trevor had only been together a couple of months, 362 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:37.240 but they had managed to fill every day as if 363 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:41.720 it were their last, despite her lack of sleep. It 364 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:46.079 was beyond dusk when the stories drifted into silence, and 365 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:51.920 Clarice's questions were replaced by the gentle breathing announcing she 366 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:57.039 had finally fallen asleep. Suddenly, Lisa felt the tiredness of 367 00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:01.160 the day gripper and realized she was fighting to keep 368 00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:05.920 her eyes open, removing the several chip packets that decorated them. 369 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:10.279 Having forgone a normal mill, she carried her daughter to bed, 370 00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:14.519 before collapsing on her own bed and wrapping herself in 371 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:19.839 the blanket. His arms around me, she thought, as she 372 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:24.240 slid into her dreams of tomorrow. The morning came all 373 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:29.079 too quickly. Well, it wasn't really morning, moor mid afternoon. 374 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:33.000 At some point in time in the night, Clarice had 375 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:35.680 moved into the bed to join her. As she was 376 00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:40.039 sleeping gently in her arms, the blanket wrapped around the 377 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:44.759 both of them. Enjoying the tranquility of the moment, Elisa 378 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:48.839 sank into the fantasy of having Trevor's arms around them, 379 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:53.200 both protecting them. Just a thought of it spread a 380 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:58.720 warm glow over her body, a familiar tingle returning between 381 00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:02.680 her thighs. Why did Clarice have to be here now? 382 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:07.920 Diverting her thoughts, she focused on tonight. In just a 383 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:11.960 couple of hours, she would be at work, at work 384 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:17.079 in the hospital where Trevor was being treated. Granted, he 385 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:19.920 was in a different wing to her, away from the 386 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:24.680 chaos of the emergency room. His area was quiet and peaceful, 387 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:29.920 designed for people to have privacy and recuperate. But she 388 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:32.880 had to see him. Damn it, What would she say? 389 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:36.519 How the hell would she even introduce the idea of Clorise. 390 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:40.119 Karen always had all the answers she would have to 391 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:44.039 ask her, She decided and squeezed Clarisse, a little tired 392 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:51.599 her waking her accidentally, ma'am Clorise complained sleepily, is daddy here? 393 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:56.599 Not yet, honey, but real soon, Lisa whispered as she 394 00:29:56.640 --> 00:30:00.319 stroked her daughter's long hair. Damn, she would find a 395 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.559 way to make him forgive her, if not for her sake, 396 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:08.359 then for Clorice's. Having dropped Calorice at Karen's early knowing 397 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:10.680 Karen would have already gone into work as she was 398 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:14.599 on an earlier shift. These shift patterns could be a bitch. 399 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.519 She drove the rest of the journey to work in 400 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.000 a trance, her mind wrestling with ideas of how to 401 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:28.079