I'll Be Seeing You {RadioDust}

Chapter 33

Birthday in the server!

~Ab*rtion, miscarriage, and mentions of r*pe and murder~

Before we begin, watch for a divider that will tell you when to skip and when it is safe to keep reading just so you will bypass the very touchy subject of abortion.
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Thursday, April 28th, 1921
New Orleans
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Coming home from work later in the morning, Amélie had a fellow nurse with her to help with something she absolutely needed to have taken care of before the issue could progress even further.
The woman carried a rather large bag with her that was equipped with all of the necessary tools that would be needed.

Checking the mail before entering the home, still, nothing from New York, the two women made their way upstairs to get to work.
Unfortunately, this process was going to be incredibly painful and quite terrifying. She had performed these things a fair few times but never had it done on herself. She never had the need to.
Her first child miscarried due to unfortunate circumstances involving her husband, but that was far from the same as this.

Amélie could only hope that she would be finished by the time her son came home, not wanting him to know about any of what was really going on. She knew Alastor would return right back to square one with his anger and frustration because he was unable to protect her, even when he knew about the things that were happening with Batallier before he ceased to exist amongst the living.

As soon as she got inside, her friend provided her with some mild pain killers to start off with just to ease the beginnings of the journey that would slowly increase depending on how much pain she found herself to be in.

One beautiful April early afternoon, one where the warm sun had been shining all day, Alastor found himself walking home with a spring in his step, whistling a slight tune to himself as his and his mother's home came into view.
As of recently, Alastor had been quite concerned for his mother. Unfortunate falls, occasionally dizzy spells and being frequently unsteady on her feet were some of the few things that he had noted his mother suffering from over the last month or so, and while he was sure it was perhaps a deficiency thing or simply his mother's age, not to be rude of course, he would still be concerned for her health regardless.

Today was a good day though. And why? Well, as of Monday, Alastor had been expecting a letter back from Anthony. It had been around three days since then, so surely it was to come in that day? If not, then hopefully it would be there the next day, before the weekend. He simply put the lateness down to the postal system, nothing more.

Approaching the house, Alastor removed his shoes and then opened the door to his home, the slightly cooler temperature inside welcoming him as he stepped in, the man removing his hat and jacket before hanging them up, calling out to his mother as he did every time he arrived home.
"Mama! Are you home? A beautiful day is it not?"
He called out joyfully, beginning to walk up the stairs to his room to change from his day of work.

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The two women were located in Amélie's bedroom with the door closed, Amélie already in quite a bit of discomfort with her head pressed firmly back against her pillows as her co-worker was in the process of opening the woman's cervix, causing her to clench her teeth and try not to alert the neighbors that something may have been wrong. Amélie didn't want to use many pain killers for this, wanting to be up and back to normal as soon as possible; the use of drugs would have only impaired her longer.