Lies, hate but her

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"Freddie! Pack you things. We gotta go" I shout as I rush out my bedroom.

"Mum? What's going on" my son replied as he came out his room with a towel around his waist and wet hair.

"Get dressed. We are going back to New York" I say quickly before he can ask more questions.

"Why" he asked frowning in confusion.

"Regina's sick. We need to get home and see her" I say as I walked back into my room.

"Alright. I'll do it now" he replied quickly.

I started packing all my clothes into my suitcase. I'm so hungry I can feel the baby kicking and moving. I can smell breakfast cooked downstairs which makes me more hungry. I powered through and continued packing. I heard a knock at my door and looked up at it. My mum stood there looking confused at me.

"What you doing" she asked growing as she walked in.

"I have to go home. The woman I'm in love with is sick and I think will die. I have to get back to see her" I say rushing to pack all the clothes and panicking a little.

"Emma sweetie calm down"

"I can't. I need to get this done and go talk to her. I left on a bad situation. I'm sorry mum. I wish I could stay longer" I cut in as I felt tears starting to build up.

"I understand that Emma but calm down. Look at me" my mum says as she held my hands close to her to stop me.

I turned to face her. I thought about everything I'm going back to. The whole reason I left in the first place. My eyes filled with more tears until I could barely see. As I blinked a few left each eye.

"She hurt me. Really bad. How do I help her through this when all I hear is her saying it? If I don't I'll never forgive myself for letting her die without me" I say trying not to sob or cry.

"Emma I've known you for 3 months right and I can see how strong you are. Trust me when I say you can do this. Calm down and stop overthink. Pack your things and go help her through whatever it is she's going through. I'm sure she needs you. Whoever she is" mum replied as she held my hands close to her.

"Thanks mum" I say stepping forward to hug her. She hugged me back and rocked a little. "By the way. Her name is Regina"

"That's a beautiful name. Now get packing" she said as she pulled away and walked to the door.

As she left I finished packing everything in that room that was mine. I'm trying to stay calm but thinking about seeing her again hurts. She's not going to be happy to see I'm pregnant and didn't tell her. Once I had everything I took my bags downstairs and straight to the car.

"Here" Freddie says as he held out his bags to me.

"Thanks. When we're in the car I need to talk to you about Regina" I softly say knowing he doesn't know.

"Is she ok" he worriedly asked.

"Well talk in the car. We have to leave now though. Have you got everything? Phone? Charger? Belts? Jackets? Everything" I say as I head back towards the house.

"Yeah. I got it all" he replied following behind me.

"Ok good. Go say goodbye to everyone" I request as I gesture to the kitchen.

I went upstairs to my room and looked around. I wanted to check everything was out of her. I then made the bed and quickly left the room.

"Bye Emma" Elenor says as she hugged me tight.

"See ya little one. I'll come visit when all of this is over alright. Remember you need advice or anything just message" I say holding my younger half sister in my arms.

"Thanks. Good luck with Regina. I heard Freddie say she loves you" she says smiling softly up at me.

I smiled back and kissed her head. She's a sweet kid bless her. I'm going to miss her. I stepped back and walked over to my mums husband. I shook his hand and hugged him while patting his back.

"It was nice to meet you" the tall muscular man says with a smile at me.

"And you" I replied pulling away.

"Goodbye Emma" my mum says as she pulled me into her arms.

"Bye mum. Thank you for everything" I replied as I pulled away.

She smiled at me and kissed my cheek. I smiled back before taking my sons hand and walk towards the front door. While getting in the car I saw them all in the doorway watching. Me and Freddie waved at them one last time before getting into the car. I started driving fast toward the airport.

"Freddie did you get the tickets" I asked glancing at my son who was booking tickets on his laptop.

"No. All the flights are sold out today. The next free one is in a week" he replied looking angry at his laptop.

"Fuck. Alright we're driving" I sighed as I thought about how long it would take.

"So what's wrong with Regina" Freddie softly asked as he closed his laptop.

"She has Alzheimer's. She's forgetting everything slowly and eventually she will end up dying" I replied trying to be as gently as possible.

"No. She can't die"

"I know kid but she is. I'm sorry. We have to be there every step of the way for her though" I replied not sure if I'm telling him or me.

I drove for the next 3 and a half hours. Luckily there wasn't heavy traffic so the journey wasn't too long. I headed straight to Regina's house. I can feel my heart hurting as I got closer. It was going to be hard but I have to be here for her. I didn't even know Alzheimer's was possible for someone her age. We arrived at Regina's house. I got out with Freddie following.

"Does she remember us" he asked looking up at me a little worried.

"She should do. Monica said it was only early stages" I replied letting a breath put I didn't know I held.

I closed my door and walked down the path. Freddie followed close behind me. I knocked on the door three times. I then place my hands on my stomach since I can feel the baby is still kicking. Luckily I ate on the way. The door then opened. Regina looked up at me and her happy face turned into a confused one. Please say she hasn't forgot me.

"Regina" I softly say in hope she would speak.

"Emma? Your back" Regina says smiling a little at me.