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Post by Marius on Feb 28, 2008 0:37:48 GMT -5
"Already getting ideas, I see. "
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Post by galileo on Jun 8, 2008 20:40:51 GMT -5
**NEW DAY**
*Thérèse hadn't been feeling very well as of late. She wasn't sure what it was exactly, though she had a feeling it was the loss of her husband combined with the recent horrors that had befallen her daughter-in-law.
She was headed upstairs, to lie down for a bit and perhaps clear her head, when suddenly she felt a horrible pain in her chest. Gasping, she paused to lean on the bannister, trying to catch her breath. But it wasn't coming. She couldn't breathe, her chest felt heavy, and...
The world tilted, then turned fuzzy, and the last thing she saw was one of the housekeepers at the top of the stairs as she collapsed onto the carpeted stairs.*
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Post by Marius on Jun 8, 2008 20:47:14 GMT -5
*Marius had been restlessly wandering the house, agitated because of having fought with his wife and of all that had happened recently. When the housekeeper's scream came echoing down the halls to him, he didn't even stop to think--he immediately broke into a sprint, rushing through the house to the source of the sound.
There, on the stairs, lying unresponsive to the housekeeper's attempts to wake her: his mother.
Letting out a cry, he rushed over to the prone form and all but snatched her up into his arms.*
"Get a doctor!" He growled at the housekeeper, before rushing Thérèse upstairs to her bedroom
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Post by galileo on Jun 8, 2008 20:51:24 GMT -5
*At the feeling of soft mattress under her, Thérèse's eyes fluttered opened. Her brow furrowed in confusion a moment when she saw Marius leaning over her, his expression distraught*
"My darling...?"
*Then, it hit her, a wave of pain.*
"Oh, mon dieu..."
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Post by Marius on Jun 8, 2008 20:54:30 GMT -5
*He clasped her hand between both of his, feeling both desperation and panic rushing through him*
"Maman, what happened?"
*She took a slow breath before answering*
"I don't know...I was only going up the stairs..."
*Another gasp as yet another wave of pain went through her*
"Maman, it will be all right, the doctor is coming--"
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Post by galileo on Jun 8, 2008 20:57:01 GMT -5
*She shook her head, feeling as though she were sinking to somewhere far, far away. With some inner instinct, she knew what was happening*
"It's...time for me to go, my dear..."
"No!"
*She smiled at him weakly, darkness crowding the edges of her vision*
"Don't worry. I go to see your father again..."
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Post by Marius on Jun 8, 2008 21:00:35 GMT -5
" No!" He said, as though words could stop what was happening. "Please, maman, you have to hold on, you have to stay..." *Her eyes were glazed, staring off at some thing only she could see* "It's time...I love you, my dear boy, my only baby..." *And she was gone* "Maman? Maman! "
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