20th December 1963
Jackie Kennedy’s House, Georgetown, Washington DC
Jackie stood at the sink, with her hands in the hot soapy water. She was washing the breakfast dishes as she gazed out of her window at the hundred odd people standing outside her house. She sighed and looked back at what she was doing.
This was Jack’s fault. It was his fault she was now Washington’s newest tourist attraction and that she now belonged to the nation. She slammed the plate down and wiped the tears from her eyes. She was full of hate for that man. She was thinking when John ran in.
“Mummy?” John asked excitedly.
“What?”
“Why do we have to keep it a secret?”
“John I’ve told you before. Go ask Caroline.” Jackie replied harshly. John nodded and quickly left the room.
Jackie grabbed the plate and smashed it on the floor. She screamed in frustration. Her secret service agent Clint Hill came running in. “Mrs Kennedy is everything alright?”
Jackie looked up. She hesitated for a moment. “I….I’m fine.”
“Are you sure?”
She nodded. “When do we leave for the Appalachian Mountains?”
“Just after noon.”
“Okay.”
After Clint left, she peeled the rubber gloves off her hands. She didn’t have a life anymore. She couldn’t go outside without being stalked and it was all Jack’s fault. She was sick of living as the President’s widow, leading the nation in mourning and being an only parent.
Suddenly Caroline came in with her backpack. “Mum, John and I are ready.”
“Okay I’m just coming.”
Caroline smiled and skipped out of the room.
Jackie was sick of this; she hated living as the President’s widow, when he wasn’t even dead. It made her blood boil.
“Mummy let’s go!” John yelled. “I want to see Daddy.”
She grabbed her coat and headed for the car. For now and forever she was going to be President Kennedy’s widow.
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FanfictionIt's December 1963, Jackie is living in Georgetown with Caroline and John. Her every move is noted by the press outside her house. Just why was she left with this? In 1962 Marilyn Monroe died and in 1963 John F Kennedy died, or so we thought. Just m...
