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Post by melindajo2000 on Sept 26, 2012 1:21:15 GMT -6
For my mother darlene i love you and want whats best for you
Beautiful
Miss Ellie had a secret, and Jock didn't like it. She was acting strangely, secretively, and it bothered him to know end. He knew what he was doing was wrong, but he had to get to the bottom of things. He started looking through her drawer, and was far from prepared for what he'd seen.
Breast cancer. So that was the secret she'd been hiding. He felt sick to his stomach, and he was a strong man that could handle anything. His wife was sick. How could she keep this a secret from him? His whole world had changed in an instant, and for the first time in his life he felt scared, truly scared. Never had he imagined his world without his wife in in it, and the thought truly terrified him. So he drunk, not enough to get tipsy, but enough to give him the courage to confront his wife.
"Ellie..we need to talk." He held out the doctor's orders and for a minute he thought she might deck him.
"YOu were looking through my things? Jock Ewing, how could you? How could you do this to me? You know I don't think much of a marriage without trust," she replied as calmly as she could.
"Trust? You want to talk trust? You have cancer and you didn't think enough of me to tell me. Ellie, what in God's name were you thinking?"
She looked down at the floor. "I was thinking that I didnt want to hurt you. I didn't want you to leave. I didn't want this to happen and if I didn't handle it the way you like me to then I'm sorry. I just didnt know what to do."
"You don't trust me Ellie,"he said softly but firmly.
"What? I never said that."
"You don't trust me enough to tell me you have cancer. For God's sake woman, don't you know how much I love you? I know I don't tell you every day but you're the most beautiful woman I have ever met, and you only get more beautiful with every passing year."
She teared up before coming up with a response. "They want to take a breast, Jock. Tell me how beautiful I will be to you then. You can't, can you?"
"I can tell you that I will always think that you are beautiful. Take what they need to. I just don't want to imagine a world without you as my wife. That wouldn't be fitting. You are my world, Ellie, don't you know that?"
She didn't know what to say, but took solace in his ever welcoming arms. She felt safe when she was with him, and for the first time in weeks she knew that she was going to be okay. Jock found her beautiful, and that was all she needed to know.
maybe to be continued
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Post by Sanda on Sept 26, 2012 11:38:29 GMT -6
Sweet but sad one shot Melinda. :'(Melinda, I hope that everything works out for you and your mom Darlene. You, your mom, and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Post by jessie on Sept 26, 2012 21:17:21 GMT -6
Beautiful, but sad one shot Melinda. I feel so bad for your family, I know you are going through a lot right now. Just know you, and your family, and your Mom are in my prayers. She will need you, and your family more than ever so take care of yourself, and try to be strong. I know that is easier said than done, but I know you will help her through this, and I pray she makes a full recovery after her treatments.
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Post by jennifer1983 on Sept 26, 2012 23:16:25 GMT -6
Great one shot Melinda.
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Post by melinda on May 19, 2013 11:08:08 GMT -6
ch 2
So Ellie had her surgery, and Jock stood by her side the entire time he was allowed to be with her. Even when she was asleep, Jock couldn't stop thinking of how much he loved his wife. True, he loved his kids and lived for Ewing Oil, but it was Ellie who was the true love of his life. They'd been together through thick and thin, and the thought of losing her was almost too much for him to bear.
Gary approached him, fresh off the plane from California. “Daddy, how's Mama?”
“They don't know yet, son. She's been asleep for awhile. If you ask me she's having a reaction to the anesthesia and those d**n fools don't know their heads from a hole in the wall!”
“Daddy, Mama's going to be all right. She's a fighter.”
“How would you know that? You ain't been around to know your mother, what she's like, who she is today!”
“Please let's not do this. I had my reasons for leaving, and you know better than anyone else what those reasons are,” Gary reasoned.
“I know. It's just this waiting...I hate waiting for anything, you know that, boy, don't you?”
Gary smiled. “I do.”
Just then JR and Bobby approached them. “Not yet,” Bobby cautioned his big brother.
“What the hell are you talking about? Have you lost your mind? Daddy needs us...”
Bobby held JR back. “Right now he needs Gary. Let them have this moment.”
So Gary and Jock talked for a little bit, with Jock showing Gary pictures of Lucy, and them talking business, mostly.
Finally the doctors came out. “Mr. Ewing. I'm pleased to tell you that the surgery was a success and she'll be just fine. You can see her in a few minutes.”
Jock looked at Gary, then finally noticed his other boys standing in the background. Motioning for them to join them, Jock stood up and hugged JR first, then Bobby. Reluctantly and awkwardly he hugged Gary, knowing that was what his wife would have wanted him to do.
“Can I see her?”
“In a minute. Take a few minutes to gather your thoughts and then I'll be right back to get you.”
Jock shook JR's shoulders. “You hear that? She's going to be okay! She's a fighter, I tell you.”
“She has to be, if she married you,” JR grinned with that wicked grin of his.
Jock smiled for the first time in days. Everything was going to be okay, he was sure of that.
TBC
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Post by Sanda on May 19, 2013 12:45:33 GMT -6
Great update Melinda. I LOVED the talk between Jock and Gary in this chapter. I am so glad that Miss Ellie is out of surgery and that she is going to be ok. Please update this awesome story again really soon.
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Post by jessie on May 20, 2013 0:37:28 GMT -6
It was a nice surprise to see you update this awesome story. I'm glad Gary came for his family, and that Jock and Gary had a nice talk. I hope Miss Ellie will be ok, but I love how Jock is right by her side this is one of my favourite stories of yours. Please update again soon.
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