Dear Diary, I don’t know exactly what I expected to find when I got home. One thing that surprised me was that the taxi cab brought me to Storybrook, not to Hidden Springs where I’d lived with my father, step-mother, step-sister and little half-brother.
Instead of the large estate I’d once lived in, I was dropped off at the front walk to my grandparents’ home.
Conflicting feelings overwhelmed me as I gazed up at the house where I’d spent some of my toddler years. A warm kind of fondness filled my heart as I recalled the many times I’d stayed here as a child, visiting Grandpa and Grandma Capra.
I’d spent countless hours, sitting outside with Grandpa, shucking corn or snapping beans and watching squirrels and birds play. At bedtime, Grandma would fluff my pillows so I could sit up in bed, sip hot chocolate out of a delicate little cup with saucer and listen to her tell me stories of my dad growing up there and the mischief he’d gotten into.
During the cab ride, I’d discovered another note from Mango that made tears roll down my cheeks and my heart ache. He had simply written that he’d wanted me to be prepared before I got home that my grandparents were gone. They had died. Aunt Keniesha was also gone. Just. Like. That. It had all happened while I was off in Winchester; I’d been oblivious and no one could even contact me to let me know. I hadn’t been there for my father even though he’d always been there for me.
It was hard for me to process the fact that I was back at this house but it was also so different. My grandma wasn’t going to run outside to hug me and tell me how glad she was I was visiting. I was never going to see her or my grandpa again.
My grandparents were so in love, I tried to imagine them dancing in heaven much like they had at Dad’s wedding when he married Leela. Yet, when I did imagine that, my heart squeezed painfully against my chest and I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
That was nothing, though, compared to the pain I felt when I realized that there had to be a reason Mango had wanted me to know this ahead of time. Did this mean there was worse news than that awaiting me? Why didn’t he just prepare me for that, too?
Before I could consider this any longer, the front door opened and Leela came down the walk to me. Her smile was tentative and she hesitated before giving me a light hug. I wanted to tell her how sorry I was and how I wished I hadn’t run off, but, as if reading my mind, she waved her hand at me, beckoning me to follw her to the back yard.
“I’m glad you’re here, Blue. It’s – ” She abruptly stopped talking and took a deep breath. Then, I realized, it was because she was desperately trying not to cry or be emotional. After clearing her throat, she continued, “Your timing couldn’t be better. We can speak later about the things we need to talk about. Right now, it’s important for you to be with him.”
Be with him? Shakily, I followed her gaze and realized my father was lying on one of the lounge chairs facing the pool. He was oddly still which made me think he was asleep, and he had a large sweater wrapped around him, even in the heat of the day.
“Is he sleeping?” I asked, worry building in me until I thought I would burst.
Leela shook her head. “These days, he likes to be outdoors. I think it’s comforting to him to have the fresh air and sunlight.”
An awful dread clenched hold of my stomach, filling my throat with the bitter taste of bile. I could barely speak, but I asked, “Leela, what’s happened?”
“He didn’t want you to know but you’re here now,” she uncertainly began. “He’s sick, Blue. Very sick.”
“H-how sick?”
Keeping my eyes on my father, who was completely unaware of my presence, I heard Leela take another deep breath before answering. When she spoke, it was as if she was choking on the words.
“He’s dying.”
I gasped as those two simple words assaulted my brain. “He can’t be!”
Leela touched my arm and squeezed slightly. “Please, try to stay calm. I know it’s an awful shock, but he doesn’t need the excitement. It will hurt him so badly to see you upset. You must think of what he needs now and put him first.”
While her words stung me, I knew she had the right to say them. I don’t think I had ever put him first – or anyone, actually, besides myself. It pained my heart so badly to face this truth about myself, so, instead of protesting that she was wrong or trying to defend myself, I simply nodded.
Slowly, I approached him, the hairs on my arms standing up and that now familiar dread turning my stomach. As I came near, his eyes locked onto mine but it seemed that a moment passed before it registered to him that I was there.
“Blue.”
I bit my lower lip, willing the tears to remain unshed and like Leela, I took a deep breath before I spoke. “Hi, Daddy.”
His face was gaunt and his eyes were almost lifeless but he managed a small smile. “I’ve missed you so much.”
Leaning over, I put my arms around him and kissed his cheek. His body felt thin and frail under my touch. “I’ve missed you so much, too, Daddy. But I’m here now and so glad to see you.”
He grimaced slightly as I let go of him and I realized that my embrace had caused him pain. Quickly, I wiped a tear away.
“No… now none of that,” he chided, his voice weak and quiet. “It’s enough that you’re here.” He paused and I wondered if it also hurt him to speak. “I’ve had a really good life.”
That was the end of me, I couldn’t take hearing him say that. “Please don’t talk like that.”
“It’s the truth,” he said. Then he closed his eyes.
I stood near him, hoping I could talk to him some more. Wishing I had told him how much I loved him and that I was so, so sorry for running away. I should have said those things first, as soon as I saw him.
Leela came out of the house with a blanket and put it over him, then felt his forehead. “He sleeps a lot lately. I’m going to sit with him out here and then see if he’ll go to bed. Leonardo is home from school now. I’m sure he’d like to see you.”
Reluctantly, I left them and went indoors. I wanted to spend more time with my dad, but I also needed a little bit to let everything sink in. As the news I learned swirled relentlessly around my head, I changed my clothes and put my small suitcase in my dad’s old room. It didn’t look as if anyone was staying in there.
Sitting for a moment on the bed, I looked at this room with different eyes. I’d of course stayed in this room before, plenty of times, but never before had I really thought about the things that filled the room. The things that had belonged to Dad. My eyes scanned over his old belongings… the ball glove on the shelf, the rock posters on the walls, the model airplane hanging from the ceiling, the large traffic sign I knew was there because he’d swiped it when he was a kid. Tentatively, I ran my fingers lightly over a notebook that was on the desk near the window. It was lying there just where it had been left years ago as if my dad was going to pick it up and continue working in it.
Opening the cover, I saw math equations which began rather neatly, but got sloppier as the page went on. At the top of the next page was the date and the math assignment written fairly neatly. But after the number one, instead of the first equation, there was a surprisingly detailed sketch of a guitar and amplifier with doodles all around it and on it. A little further down, he’d written what I recognized as a title for one of the songs that Accidental Therapy would later record.
Touching his handwriting made me feel a little bit closer to him. I smiled slightly as I realized that he had always known what he wanted and where he was going. Even having a kid too early hadn’t stopped him.
Then, I saw a different handwritten message partway down the page. It was in all caps… not as if the person was yelling, but in finely printed caps as if the person was really smart.
It said,
“DO YOUR HOMEWORK! – J”
I supposed his twin sister Jilly had penned that message and wondered when, in relation to the accident that took her life, this had been written. Dad had kept this notebook… or maybe Grandma had. Either way, it was here now and I was touching a small piece of our family history.
That’s when the tears began. And the sobbing. Oh, man, the sobbing. My heart was wrenched and I couldn’t believe I’d come all the way home only to find that I wasn’t going to have enough time with my dad because he was going to die. It wasn’t fair! And it wasn’t fair to him either that I had run off. How could I ever rectify this situation? How could I ever feel okay again when I knew now what I’d done to him?
It took a long time to even pull myself slightly together. I knew that my dad wouldn’t want to see me crying and Leela would definitely not appreciate me sobbing all over the place. Especially now that my little brother was home and would see. At this point, I wasn’t sure exactly what Leonardo knew or understood about what was going on.
He was in the foyer as if waiting for me when I came downstairs. He eyed me curiously with the Noble green eyes that both my dad and I had, then finally, he spoke.
“Hi.”
I tried to smile and it probably came off really lame, but I had to make an effort. “Hi. Do you know who I am?”
“You’re my sister Blue,” he answered.
“That’s right. I haven’t seen you since you were a baby.”
He nodded and told me then what he had obviously been told. “Yes, you’ve been away on an island. And you ride horses there and stuff.”
This time, my smile was genuine. “Yes, I sure do. Do you ride horses?”
My question was met with enthusiasm and I knew my little brother and I were kindred spirits, for sure. “You bet I do! I don’t have my own horse yet, but I take lessons. Someday, I’m going to have lots of horses.”
“That sounds really nice. I think horses are about the best things ever.”
“They are!” he declared. “I’m never going to drive a car! I’m going to have a horse that takes me everywhere I want to go.”
“That’s pretty exciting,” I enthused. “Don’t you think you might like to drive a cool car or something, though?”
At this, his nose crinkled in disgust and he shook his head. “Oh no, never. Daddy doesn’t drive and he’s just fine. ‘Course, he doesn’t ride horses either. But maybe he never took lessons.”
Laughing a little, I said, “No, I can’t remember him ever being around horses very much.”
Abruptly, I stopped laughing. What was I thinking? How could I laugh or even smile at a time like this. It felt almost like a betrayal to think of anything bringing me joy when my father was so ill.
“Maybe we could go riding together sometime,” he suggested.
“I would like that very much.”
“Well,” said Ruby’s voice behind me, “look who decided to grace us with her presence?”
Leonardo, unaware of the rancor in Ruby’s voice, grinned and said, “She’s going to go riding with me!”
“And I wouldn’t hold onto that promise if I were you, kid,” she snapped. “Go upstairs and do your homework, then I’ll take you to Spaghetti Tower for dinner. The sooner you get done, the sooner we can go, so scoot.”
“Woot! Spaghetti Tower is my favorite!” he shouted as he ran upstairs, presumably to do his homework.
After I heard his bedroom door close upstairs, I turned to Ruby, my cheeks flaming red and my hands shaking.
“Ruby, I want to tell – ”
” – I don’t want to hear anything you have to say!” she spat. “You have some nerve showing up now.”
“I’m sorry. I understand why you’re angry with me – ”
” – You don’t understand anything! If you did, you never would have left! Or you would have come back way sooner than this! How could you do this to me? To your dad and my mom? It’s pretty sickening that this is the first time you’re meeting your little brother!”
“I know – I agree with you. I was terrible and immature – ”
” – Let me guess!” she hissed before I could finish. “You’ve changed, right? Well, I don’t believe it for a second! You are a selfish bitch! I just wish your dad could see that, but you watch, he’ll forgive you and it will all be hunky-dory. But not with me!”
Her words dug into me like a million knives, but I couldn’t help but think that I deserved her anger. I just wished so much that things could be the way they used to be. But even that wouldn’t be a fair thing to wish for because I wasn’t always the best to good-natured Ruby. I took advantage of the fact that she’d never call me out on anything.
Times had changed. And so had I. All I could do now was try to show my former best friend that I had changed for the better and would try very hard never to hurt her or anyone in my family again.
After a brief dinner of sandwiches, I told Leela I wanted to sit with my dad. With a gratefulness in her voice I’d never heard, she thanked me and said she had to pick some medications up for him at the pharmacy.
Slowly, I approached my father who was lying in bed, his eyes closed. Were it not for the redness around his eyes and sunken cheeks, I would have simply thought he was sleeping peacefully. But the grim way he looked was a shocking reminder that whatever was the matter, was very bad and real.
Carefully, I climbed onto the bed and scooted next to him, my hand on his.
When I was a child, if I climbed up on the bed, even if I hadn’t touched him, he always awakened immediately. He’d been such a light sleeper then. Now, he didn’t even stir when I curled my fingers around his thin, cold hand.
As darkness began to fall, Leela peeked in and said she would give me time with him and to come get her from Leonardo’s room if he needed her.
I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t bear to leave him. During the night, I sat on a chair by the bed and prayed, begging for his life. Pleading that if someone had to die, it should be me, not him.
Every so often, I would get up and check on him. Still, he slept deeply, not seeming to realize I was there.
After a time, I must have fallen asleep…
… When I opened my eyes, my body felt stiff and I realized that even though he was sleeping, his hand was tenderly resting on my head.
Finally, as the sun rose over Storybrook, he opened his eyes as I slowly sat up. Seeing him struggle to also sit up, I quickly put more pillows behind him and helped him into an upright position.
“You shouldn’t have to take care of me,” he weakly said, some of his words slurring.
“Of course I should,” I said, looking into his eyes, trying to show him just how much I meant what I said. “You took such good care of me all those years. Now, I’m here for you.”
“You’re a good girl, Blue.”
Wiping a tear that had escaped and was rolling down my cheek. I said, “But I’m not, Daddy. I’m a terrible person who left you without a word. I’m so sorry. I wish I could take it all back.”
“You shouldn’t have done that,” he admitted and I gulped back the tears that threatened to cascade down my face. “But you did and it’s over and done with now. What’s important is that you’re here. I didn’t want you to see me like this because I knew you’d feel guilty, but it is really good to see you.”
“I do feel guilty, but it’s because I did something so terrible, not because of you. I should never have gone off and left. You must have been beside yourself, not knowing where I was.”
He tried to reach up to touch my face and I knew if he could do it, he would wipe my tears away with his thumb like he always did when I was a child. But he couldn’t manage it. Weakly, he lowered his hand back down to rest on his chest. Gently, I took his hand in mine.
Even in his frailty, he still had a shadow of that lopsided grin everyone loved about him. “I knew where you were, though.”
My jaw dropped in astonishment. “You did?”
He started to laugh a little, but it came out as a strangled cough instead. After he’d caught his breath again, he said, “After I realized you were gone, I hired three different private investigators to find you. And one did. He traced you to Winchester and told me you were safe.”
“But – but why didn’t you pull the plug on me?”
“There were different reasons. The first one was that I had tried so hard to understand what you were going through and even so, I wasn’t able to help you. I thought I’d failed you. When the P.I. explained your new situation to me, I thought maybe it would be good for you.”
Wiping away more tears, I said, “You never failed me. I was just plain stupid.”
He smiled a little again. “Was it good for you? Did it help?”
“Yes. Being there taught me so much and it made me grow up. I went kicking and screaming the entire way, but Agathe and the others steered me in the right direction.”
“Good, I’m glad.” He closed his eyes again and I sat quietly for a while as he slept.
After a while, I felt his hand move and when I looked at him, he was awake and watching me. “The other reason,” he said, picking up where he’d left off, “was that I’d begun to get sick.”
“What’s wrong with you, Daddy?” I asked.
“Well, that’s just the thing. No one knows. I’ve been to every hospital and leading clinic in the world and no one has figured me out. I reckon if I’ve gotta go out, I might as well go big, though, right?”
Instead of his words making me cry with the knowledge of what was to come, I laughed. It was just like him to say something like that.
“Now, help me up, if you don’t mind. I want to spend the day with you, not lying around in bed.”
After I helped him up, I searched the closet for a clean shirt and pants for him. When I turned around, he had taken his shirt off and was waiting for the clean one.
I had to hold back a gasp when I saw how thin he was. His skin looked strange, too.
There were blotches of red all over him as if his skin was mottled.
“Let’s go!” he said with as much enthusiasm as he could muster. “And no long faces!”
I tried to smile as I helped him with his shirt but I didn’t know how long I could go on without completely breaking down again.
Author’s Note: I would like to thank Bee for making the wonderful “Don’t Die Daddy” poses for me. Not all of the poses in this chapter are in that pose pack, however, she did make all of the poses in the chapter. She has put the “Don’t Die Daddy” pose pack up on her site for download HERE! You can find all of her poses at her site: Poses by Bee.
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You broke my heart.
Is Leo’s condition somehow related to Mango’s? Will Mango save him? I can still hope, right?
Thank you so much. I’m sorry this broke your heart. I love Leo so much even though it looks like I don’t. lol
Those are excellent questions! 😀 I can’t wait till you see.
On geez!! This was so hard to take. 😩 My poor romantic heart is now my achingly devastated heart. I hate seeing Leo like this.
Ruby has a right to be pissed. I think she’s been meaning to get that out for a long, long time, and at least Blue had the grace not to argue with her.
So, so, so tragic!!!
BTW, where did you get the pillows that you put on the bed? I’ve been looking for just such a pillow and have come up short.
Thank you 🙂 I know what you mean. It was hard for me seeing Leo like that, too.
I think you’re right about Ruby and that she has a right to be pissed. It was probably good that she got to finally confront Blue.
Oh, those pillows! Lemme see…. I think these are they: Lena Pillows.
Yay!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 😊😊😊😄😄😄😉
Happy to help! 😀 😀 😀
So tragic that Blue only truly appreciates Leo when he’s lying at death’s door.
I’m really missing his lopsided grin right about now.
When Leela gave birth to Leo Jr, i thought that marked a transition to the peaceful phase of Leo’s life. 🙁
Ruby aged up so nicely! She’d always been a bit of an ugly duckling next to Blue’s exotic beauty, but Ruby’s on fire now.
I’m glad she didn’t immediately forgive Blue. Ruby’s had a long time to build up that resentment and anger.
Well deserved, too.
What a great chapter, Kymber. My chest still aches.
Thank you so much. This chapter was really difficult to write. Blue really falls into that cliche of not knowing what she missed until it’s gone.
I think Ruby was a late bloomer but I’m so happy with how she turned out. She was always so easy going but I’m sure Blue’s running away without confiding in her hurt her deeply.
Oh wow. Leo looks terrible! This was a great chapter.
Thank you. 😀 I hated seeing him like that.
Uhm… uhm… Can Mango please have some magical powers to make Leo well again? I mean, it’s a long shot, but well… I can hope? This was tender and heartbreaking and very well-written. As expected, it was Ruby who’d have the hardest time bringing Blue back into the fold. I’m so amazed at your writing and story-telling skills. Love it
You called it on Ruby! She was the best friend, pushed aside. And while Blue has been gone, she has been there dealing with the things the two of them should have dealt with together.
You are so kind with your compliments. I really think the same things when I read your story. 🙂
Oh no, not Leo!! Poor boy, what has become of him? This is really devastating 🙁
And we lost Memphis, Liev… snd Keniesha!
Blue was really selfish. She could have called at least all this time. All those family members gone and she was nowhere to be seen…
At least Ruby said it like it was!
I know, I was a little miffed at Blue myself. I wish she’d been there to send our founders off properly.
You’re right about Ruby! She’s done holding back.
Hard not to cry during this one. I can’t believe Memphis, Liev and Keniesha are all gone. Now poor Leo is dying! I wonder if it’s that Deathbell Disorder that Mango was suppose to help find a cure for. I don’t know, but this is just so sad!
I’m so sorry to have made you sad. I had a difficult time writing this, too. That’s a good question about the Deathbell Disorder. Good thing is, you will find out very soon.
I knew Leo was sick! You had me in tears! While I’m glad Blue is there and that Leo had known where she was all this time it still doesn’t absolve her of what she did. I feel very much like Ruby. I’m glad she said out loud. Blue needed to hear it. I know she’s changed and in a way it’s a gift from her dad that he left her there to learn what she needed it still makes me upset that she lost so much time she will never be able to get back. No amount of changes in her life will ever make up for what she did. She will always have to live with that guilt.
I wonder though why Mango knows so much about them? I also wonder with all his strange abilities if he can help Leo? Or is this unknown disease related to Mangos condition?
Side note Leo was super young when Blue was born so his parents couldn’t have been all that old when they died. Do they come from a family with short lifespans or something? Or were they old when they had Leo? Sorry it just seems odd to me that they’re dead already when Leo isn’t that old.
Thank you, dandylion 🙂 I’m sorry I had you in tears. Believe me, I cried a few when I wrote this.
I can understand you feeling very much like Ruby does. It must have hurt her a great deal to have basically grown up with Blue as her best friend, wanting to be sisters, then being pushed away without a word. I agree that Blue needed to hear how Ruby felt. Just because Blue is sorry doesn’t mean she gets to skip the consequences of her decisions.
Those are really good questions about Mango. You will definitely find out very soon. 🙂
Those are also really good questions about the characters’ ages. Here’s the thing, and I hope it sheds a light on this: I messed up their aging. lol What happened was, I played Memphis for so long to get the story, I had to turn her aging off because she was almost an adult when she had Leo and Jilly. Liev was older than Keniesha. Then, in generation 2, aging was on and Liev became an elder almost immediately and died right away, so I had to exit without saving and stop aging again. In generation 3, aging was on again (I do a new save for each generation) and Liev died, then Keniesha, then Memphis and I just decided to let it happen this time. 🙂
Darn near did me in there! T_T Grandparents gone, sister/best friend ready to rip a new one, and Leo’s knocking on Death’s door! So many feels in this chapter… T_T I adore how Leo knew right where Blue was, but chose to give her time to find herself.
Blue’s got some ground to cover if she wants to make things right.
I must say, Ruby grew up quite lovely! Spitting of her mother there! And Leonardo’s quite the cutey!
Thank you, fluffymao! 🙂 I think Ruby turned out lovely, too. I was pleased with Leonardo as well but I was especially glad he had the green eyes. He looks so much like Leo. 🙂
I’m glad you liked that Leo knew where Blue was but chose to step back instead of dragging her home. I couldn’t imagine him standing by, not knowing where she was.
I totally agree that Blue has some serious ground to cover. Hopefully, they’re on their way to becoming a family again.
So sad…. How long has she been gone?
Thank you, Kater. 🙂 It was terribly sad. In game, she died not long after the last chapter she appears in where Leo and Leela come home from their honeymoon. The generation was ending and I just couldn’t seem to fit it in at the time. Perhaps I was avoiding it. Liev died first, then Keniesha, then Memphis. <3
How long has Blue been gone?
Oh! LOL I’m sorry, I misunderstood what you said. 🙂 She’s been gone about a year and a half, I think.
It’s okay. I try go back and see how long she been gone before I ask.
Sad chapter. 🙁
🙂 I know, it is terribly sad. In the next two chapters, a lot will happen.
Noooo!!! 🙁
That was a hard chapter to get through. If it was tough for me I can only imagine what Blue must be feeling seeing her dad that way. I wonder what is exactly causing Leo’s illness. He didn’t seem like the stereotypical partying, drug loving rock star.
I figured that Blue’s grandparents were gone, just by how old they were at Leo’s wedding. I am like you, and I too get way too attached to my sims. Seeing my sim die is hard to watch, but the loss of your legacy founder is always hard to take. RIP Memphis.
I can totally emphasize with how Ruby feels, and why she yelled at her once best friend. Leo is not her biological father, and she feels like she has been more of a daughter to him than Blue has.
There was so much in this chapter, I can’t wait to see what happens next week!!
Thank you, socallucyfan. 🙂 You will find out what is causing Leo’s illness very soon. You’re totally right that he wasn’t the stereotypical kind of rock star.
You put that so well about seeing your founder go. It’s just so weird to think of Memphis being gone. I might start a new save and play her again, just for fun. 🙂 Keniesha and Liev, too.
You also put that well about Ruby’s feelings about Blue and Leo. <3
That is so sad .. we can always hope for an 11th hour medical miracle! I too struggle with wondering how her betrayal impacted his health .. holding my breath for the next chapters.
Thank you, Lisa. Yes, we can always hope. 🙂 You just never know what might happen. Hopefully, Blue will come to terms with what she’s done soon.
fingers crossed
… and toes…. and eyes 🙂
This was a great chapter Sweet Cheeks, but considering what is going on in my real life right now I was just a little to emotionally raw and this really hit hard.
So sad that Leo is so sick. So glad Ruby gave Blue a good what for. Can’t wait to see what comes next
Thank you, Lil. <3 I'm so sorry for your loss and the timing of this chapter. I wish you didn't have to go through that. :'( My thoughts are with you.
Oh my gosh Leo noooooo! He looks so frail and nothing like himself 😱 Please let there be some way to save him! And Memphis, Liev and Keneisha as well, this is such a sad chapter. I understand how Ruby is angry but it’s also sad seeing her act that way to her former best friend, I hope Blue can make it up for her past mistakes. I’m glad that Blue and Leo reconciled though, what a bittersweet situation….
Thank you, Lila 🙂 I totally agree with everything you said. It was definitely a bittersweet reunion.
I believe that eventually, Blue can heal her relationship with Ruby. Hopefully, it will happen sooner than later because I miss Ruby in the story.
It was really hard for me to write about Leo being so ill. The next couple chapters, there may be some surprises. Let’s just hope they’re for the best. 🙂
Oh my. A strange disease. Maybe she can take him to Mango in Winchester? Could that be why he sent her? Leo is just too young to die yet. None of them were that old. They were still younger than I am and I’m still here. LOL
LOL! Thank you so much 🙂 That is an interesting idea that you pose. 🙂 I agree that Leo is too young to die. In the next two chapters, you will find out if your theory is right. 🙂
Looking forward to it, but I’ve not been right yet. LOL
Haha! I can tell you that I’ve already written the next two chapters as they are the end of this story arc. They are in the scheduler, ready to go. So, whatever the answer is, you will know soon. 😀
Can’t wait 😊
You said the end of this story arc, regarding Leo or what? I noticed other chapter titles left to do or are you ending it here? I want to know what happens to Mango.
Oh yes, I meant with Blue going home and that storyline. I do 30 chapters in each generation so we’re almost halfway through Blue’s story. 🙂
well, I’m ready for the next one!
Leo is far too young to be dying. I’m glad Blue is with him now, but still. I wonder if he is sick from natural causes or is there’s some foul play going on.
Thank you, Violincat. I agree that Leo is far too young. You pose an interesting thought there, though.
This was so emotional. I am bracing myself for the next few chapters.
Thank you so much, Audrey. I can understand wanting to brace yourself. I was really sad, having to write this.
Oh…. This chapter is so sad. I can’t believe Blue’s grandparents and Keneisha are just gone like that, but I guess that’s what happend when you stay away from home for so long. And Leo’s illness </3 Why?! It's so sad to see characters go, especially in such a painful, drawn out way
Thank you, Raymond. I had a hard time knowing Memphis, Liev and Keniesha won’t be in the story anymore. I tend to get really attached to my characters and sims. Leo’s illness has been difficult to write because it feels so emotional to me. I agree that it’s especially painful for a character’s life to end in such a drawn out way. The next two chapters will be very important to the story. Let’s hope that silver lining shows up soon!
So, I’ve got theories (that I’ll keep to myself so as not to spoil things.) And even when angry , Ruby is so beautiful ! And, yes. I wrote those first comments to distract myself from how touching and real the chapter feels. So well written .
Thank you so much, Cathy. It was really difficult to write. (I took a lot of breaks lol).
I love theories! But I understand why you can’t leave one in the comments.
As for Ruby, I really do love her. I guess I say that about all of them, but there’s something about her I just really like. 🙂
Is it Ruby’s eyes ? They seem to reveal such a thoughtful, perceptive person !
You know, I think you might be on to something. I think it is her eyes. It’s a similar feeling I get when I look at Dax’s eyes, too.
Well darn!! I cried, more for Leo than anything. It was sad to hear his parents and aunt were gone, but it is too early for him to leave us!! I am hoping that something can be found to help him with his mysterious illness. And I was happy to hear that he had, indeed, hired detectives to find out about Blue’s whereabouts and conditions. I couldn’t imagine him just letting her go like that, with knowing nothing about her safety, at least. He was so devoted to her!! It’s sad to see Ruby so bitter, but also very understandable. She and Blue had been so close, it had to really hurt when Blue just took off, and didn’t even contact her, of all people! Hopefully, they can make amends, or rather, Blue can make amends! I agree that Leonardo is the only happy light, right at the moment, and I think he will help Blue through this, whether he knows it or not. Poor Leo…hurts to see him so lifeless! =( Now I have to wait a week to see where this goes…cruel and unusual punishment, miss Kymber!! But a very good chapter, even though it is full of unexpected closures. I miss Memphis! ♥
Awwww, thank you, Marj. 🙂 I miss Memphis, too. And Keniesha. I hated to see them go. I really did.
I couldn’t imagine Leo just sitting by either and letting Blue go. It seemed to me that he’d do everything within his power to find her.
I agree with you about Ruby. Toward the end of Gen. 2, it seemed like Blue was pulling away from Ruby a little bit and while Ruby continued to act carefree and good-natured, I’m sure she had to notice that Blue was becoming distant. Then for Blue to run off without a word. I imagine Ruby would have been deeply hurt by that. Like you said, hopefully Blue can make amends in that situation.
Right now, I think Leonardo, in his innocence, is kind of holding things together. I am with you in that I think he will help Blue in this time.
This is just the reason why I can’t play a legacy!!! I just can’t stand my sims dying away! This is so sad! I knew that must be something with Leo but didn’t want him to die! I am gonna miss Memphis, Liev and Keniesha too. They were all so nice “people”. With Blue I am still not getting warm because I also thought she shouldn’t have stayed so long away from home. And if Mango hadn’t told her to go she would have missed the last time with Leo. She thinks she got better but wasn’t acting that way… she is lucky only Ruby isn’t making things easy for her. More luck than she deserved, till yet.
I wished also Leo could be saved… I don’t get what is the matter with the red stains on his skin?!… or maybe Mango could turn him to vampire? (You see, I am terrible in not letting my favourite sims disapper :D) … but I also know Leo wouldn’t like to see how his childer become older with him survying it… not his way. So I will have to brace my self and prepare for the worst, right? 🙁
Thank you, hafuhga. 🙂 I wish I could give you an answer on that, but you will know exactly how this is going to go in the next 2 chapters, I promise.
I have a hard time seeing my sims go, too. I get really attached to them.
I can understand why you feel the way you do about Blue. She still has a ways to go. But I also think that in facing what she’s missed and having so little time left with Leo, she’s beginning to realize even more how devastating the consequences of her decisions are.
I think you have a point! She will suffer more, for sure. Thank you for warning! 2 weeks bracing myself! Have a nice weekend 🙂
LOL You’re so welcome. <3 You have a nice weekend, too.
I almost cried. My grandparents are at our house at that moment and they both say that they’re going to die soon.
Leo doesn’t look at all like himself, there is only the hair color and the scar that can lead you to think it’s him. I am so sad that everything’s falling apart- not only Memphis, Liev and Keniesha died (sadly, I had predicted it before), but now Leo is dying, too and Ruby is mad at Blue and doesn’t want to speak. Little Leonardo is the only one who seems not to be that sad and full of anger and grief as are the others. Bless him for that.
I have to say, I didn’t at all think it’d be that bad when she arrives in here to meet with the family. Maybe it’d even be better if she just went to Winchester again? It’s like when she was there, she never saw it and she wouldn’t had she not go there. I don’t think her presence can do much now, Leo is bound to see Jilly again and tell her that he’s done the homework and became that musician- and that his dreams weren’t that juvenile as she had thought.
Thank you, Jowita. Your comment had my eyes welling up with tears. Especially what you said at then end about Leo being with Jilly again.
Honestly, I think that Little Leonardo’s innocence is kind of what is keeping everything together and moving forward. He still has to live his life despite what is going on and he doesn’t seem to fully understand how grave things are.
Let’s hope your grandparents are with you a long time from now. <3 <3 Sending you hugs and kisses.
Thank you, Bee 🙂 Blue not writing letters home is probably more of a short coming in me than in her. haha I should have had her do that, now that you mention it. I guess I’m the one that’s the jerk. 😛 :O
I was sad that the older generation is gone. I had so much fun playing them that I may have to start a new save where they are all young again and enjoy them once more. lol
As for Leo, I know what you mean. I had a really difficult time writing this chapter and the next couple as well.
No it is what makes the story REAL! This is a journey for Blue and you have portrayed that well. I think it would have been instinct now in this generation to do exactly that. Pick up a phone and start texting. But her not writing home, shows just how far Blue had to go to change herself and to grow up. I love Blue and you know that. My favourite character out of this whole story because I really identify with her. It would be wrong not to point out her short comings and only praise her. I want her to grow. Keep growing Blue!
LOL 🙂 Thank you. I know what you mean and I do appreciate everything you point out. You’re right in what you say.
Okay, as your editor, I have prior knowledge of all your chapters and still, this made me well up in tears. When you moved on to Blue, I was happy because I felt we were done with Leo, his story was done. But I would never have wanted this to happen to him! To hear that all those family members were now gone just did me in. What a moving chapter.
But! I will say this. Even though I am so fond of Blue, she was a bit of a jerk. Not just because she left the way she did, but she continued to leave every single day. She could have wrote letters home. Especially after that phone call to her father. But when she realized she was wrong, a way to start making it right, would have been to write letters. I understand a phone call may have been too hard.
I’m so sad we are losing Leo! Like the child says to a mother when finding a pet “Can we keep him?”