Now I Can't See You Anymore

Chapter II

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Karl sat down on the chair that was on the right side of the bed, "Hey Perrie. I don't even know what to say. Mam's been heartbroken since you were admitted here. You know we consider you family. She considers you her daughter and I consider you my sister. I didn't know it would be this hard to say goodbye to you. But I promise you that I'll look after your girls and that little baby inside of Jade. I'll look after the other kids too, Jesy and Leigh-Anne, I mean," He chuckled. 

"Your friendship is something out of this world and it will be harder on them, I'm sure. I'll look after them okay? Thank you for making my sister so damn happy these past 12 years. Thank you for all the joy you brought in to our family and thank you for Amelia. I love you, Perrie." He got up, pressing a kiss to the forehead of the woman he considered his sister. He left the room and found his mom next to Jade, both silent, immersed in their thoughts. He called Norma and the woman looked up. "I'm done, mam. You can go," she nodded and taking one last look at her broken-hearted daughter she entered the room.

Norma walked slowly to Perrie's bedside, sitting down on the chair that Karl had previously sat on. She sighed, "Hey Perrie. I'm so terribly sad for being in this situation. It isn't fair is it? You had a full life ahead of you. Two little children to raise and love deeply and a happy future alongside my daughter. You know, I don't think I ever quite thanked you for everything. So, I'll do it now, no matter how late it may be." Norma stopped for a moment, trying to gather her thoughts. Now that she thought about it, there was a lot she had to thank the younger woman for.

"Thank you for loving my daughter the way you did. You were the best person to ever come into her life. She needed you and you never failed her. Like she says, you are her angel. You truly are, Perrie. You gave her so much happiness and that's all a mother wants for their children, isn't it? For them to be happy. So thank you for that. Thank you for my grandchildren, Amelia is so precious and I'm sure the baby will be too. They will always be a constant reminder of your amazing impact in all our lives and finally Perrie, thank you for saving my baby girl's life. I will be forever in debt to you." Norma had silent tears falling from her eyes. It pained her deeply to see a girl she felt as her own daughter in this state.

It pained her to think about how Debbie would feel when saying goodbye to her daughter, when Norma already felt so much anguish. But life had to go on, no matter how hard it would be and Norma was sure that Perrie, being the ray of sunshine, full of life as she had always been, wouldn't like it one bit to see everyone like this. As she got out of the room she met an endearing and at the same time deeply sad scene. Debbie and Jade were holding onto each other, each seeking support from the other woman. The two women who loved Perrie the most. She cleared her throat and both women looked up, Debbie nodding and getting up without saying a word. Time had come for her to do the most heart aching thing she'd ever have to do in her life.

"Hey, beautiful girl," Debbie didn't know what to say. Or she didn't want to say what she had to. She thought about saying the most mundane things such as speaking about the irony of the fact that today of all days it was the most beautiful day, the sun shone and the breeze was light. She smiled thinking how that weather defined Perrie so well. Her little bubbly girl. She sighed. "Your father isn't coming, pet. He says he won't say goodbye to you. I think he is in denial and I don't blame him. You'll always be his little girl and he has so much love for you, Perrie. Don't blame him for not coming, okay?" she gripped her daughter's left hand in her own, perhaps hoping for her daughter to grip back. She didn't.

"A mother should never have to say goodbye to her children. It's a cruel, cruel thing that it is happening to me. The way it happened was just so atrocious, wasn't it, pet? But I know you would have told me there would be no better reason to go than by saving your princess. I honestly think you were both put in this world to meet each other and to make each other as happy as you have done. You've created the most amazing love story and gave the world the most amazing little girl. That has to count for something right?" She smiled softly.