The Melaswen Paradox (Read 329,346 times)

[tghca]

Tommy Horton, Tom Horton Jr the family patriarch dies in his sleep...at least he didn't suffer thank God...it was like the angels came down and took him. I'm literally crying right now as I read this.

I wonder how his daughters Sandy and Addie will react to their father's death? Or Lily since that was her grandfather who died

Only surviving children of Tom and Alice now are Bill and Marie. I wonder how they react to their brother's death?

I wonder how the rest of the Hortons will react like Doug, Julie, Hope, Shawn Douglas, Belle, Ciara, Claire, Chase, Jennifer, JJ, Abby, Will, Sonny, Ari, Lucas, Mike, Jeremy, etc will all react

[krw627]

So sad that Lily found her grandfather. What a shock.

Glad that Claire is doing better.

[Kpatch]

Did Lily find Bill dead??

Sounds like Claire will make a complete recovery!

[André DiMera]

I would think Tommy is the one Lily found, Kpatch, since he’s her grandfather, and she and Marie were talking about how he’s usually up before either of them and they hadn’t seen him yet. I totally get the confusion, though, as all three Horton siblings live together.

Glad you’re all enjoying the story!

[Kpatch]

Thanks André DiMera. I was thinking she was Bill's grandchild, but yes, now I remember the connection. Bill would be her great grandfather.

[tghca]

@kpatch Actually wrong since Lily is Tommy's granddaughter, Bill would be her great uncle but I could see how you would be confused. But at the same time André DiMera if Tommy's death impacts Salem, then it begs the question of how his death will affect Salem University Hospital especially since he was Chief of Staff when he died right? So who takes the reins of the job? Plus there is the matter of his funeral/memorial service.

[Kpatch]

tghca, that's right. Bill and Tommy are brothers. Thank you and sorry if I confused anyone.

[mae00]

Oh poor Lily. This is going to be so rough on her.

I'm so glad that Claire should make a full recovery and that Zach's liver wasn't badly damaged.

[André DiMera]

Wednesday - 4/13

HORTON HOUSE
Marie dialed a number on her cell phone.
MARIE: Addie, darling, it’s Aunt Marie. I’m sure you’re quite busy at work, but as soon as you can I’m going to need you to come home. It’s about your father. I’m going to try to have you paged. Please call me back and come home as soon as you can. I love you, dear.

Meanwhile, Lily was upstairs in her room. She had called in to work saying that she couldn’t make it and was still on the phone.
LILY: Thank you. Um, can you try to get my mom on the line, please? Sandy Horton. Okay, thank you. Yes, I’ll hold.
She sniffled and wiped her eyes.

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Sandy was coming out of a clinic room.
VOICE OVER P.A.: Dr. Sandy Horton, you have a call on line one. Dr. Sandy Horton, call on line one.
Sandy walked over to the check in desk at the clinic and picked up the phone.
SANDY: Dr. Horton. How can I help you?

SIDE-BY-SIDE: HORTON HOUSE/SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
LILY (voice breaking): Mom…
SANDY: Lillian. What’s going on, dear?
LILY: I, um…oh god…
SANDY: Darling, what’s wrong? You sound upset.
LILY: I…I need you to come over. It’s Grandpa.
SANDY: What about your grandfather?
LILY: He’s…Mom, Grandpa’s…he’s gone.
Sandy gasped. She held the phone to her chest for a moment to gather herself, then put it back to her ear.
SANDY: Stay right where you are, Lillian. I’ll be there as soon as I can. Just hang on.
LILY: Okay. Mom…I love you.

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
SANDY: I love you, too. I’ll be right there.
Sandy hung up the phone. Kayla walked in.
KAYLA: Dr. Horton, good morning. How’s everything in the clinic?
SANDY: I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I’ll need to leave early.
KAYLA: How early?
SANDY: Immediately, if possible. The sooner the better. There’s been an emergency and I need to be with my daughter.
KAYLA: All right, I’ll find someone to cover.
SANDY: Thank you, Kayla. Oh, and can you please let Addie know that she should come to our father’s house as soon as possible? She’s working in the ER today, I believe.
KAYLA: I’ll have someone down there as soon as I can. I hope whatever’s going on, that everything turns out alright.
SANDY: I appreciate the well wishes, but I have a feeling that it won’t be, at least not for some time. Thank you, either way. I must be going.
Sandy hurried out of the clinic.

Meanwhile, Bill was in his office, talking on his phone.
BILL: And you’ve had someone make sure? All right. Yes, of course. As it happens, I’m just getting off of my shift now, but even if I wasn’t, I’d make arrangements. I’ll be there as soon as I can. Thank you for letting me know, Marie.
Bill hung up his phone. He looked at the picture on his computer’s desktop, which was a picture of the first Christmas that he, Marie and Tommy had spent together after all three of them had moved back into their parents' old house together. He sighed deeply, quickly packed his bag and walked out of the office.

[lumiforeverandalways]

That would off being hard for Lily to tell her Mom

Sandy's right things wont be alright for a while yet

Bill's coming home wish it was under better circumstances

Great Chapter as always André DiMera

[Kpatch]

The way the news spread feels very realistic. This will be hardest on Sandy because of her tenuous relationship with her father.

[tghca]

Yes this is going to hit Sandy the hardest given her estranged relationship with her father Tommy and they were estranged for decades until they made peace again and were able to rekindle their father/daughter relationship at the end. They were close again and then this happens.

Addie this is going to hit her hard too because Tommy was her father too as much as he was Sandy's.

Lily was close to her grandfather and had a relationship with him so no doubt this has to hurt.

Marie and Bill have to be going through hell. Tommy was their brother and he's gone now too. All Marie and Bill have left is each other. Their parents Tom and Alice are gone. Addie gone. Mickey gone. Now Tommy. They are the only surviving children left.


I wonder how the rest of the family will react like Hope, Julie, Doug, Shawn Douglas, Belle, Claire, Chase, Aiden, Ciara, Sarah, Melissa, Nathan, Maggie, Jeremy, Mike, Jennifer, JJ, Abby, Chad, etc will react

[heroicmuse]

This is so sad.

It has to be really hard for Lily to be the one bearing the news as well as missing her grandfather.

I'm glad everyone ie coming home. I wish Sandy had told Kayla what was going on.

Great chapter André DiMera

[André DiMera]

Thursday - 4/14

HORTON CENTER
ERIC: How’s the journaling going?
Jade shifted in her seat. She fidgeted with a squishy ball.
JADE: Okay, I guess. I’ve been trying to make my thoughts more coherent, but there’s so many things going on in my head right now that it’s really hard.
ERIC: The hearing ended in a way that you didn’t expect. It’s natural that you’d have a lot of emotions after that.
JADE: No kidding. More than anything, I’m scared of what Jan might do. What if she tries to come after me or tries to steal Emmy again? I know the judge gave her a court order that she can’t be alone with either of us, but let’s be real here, Jan doesn’t exactly follow what the law says.
ERIC: That is true. Have you considered the option of getting protection?
JADE: I don’t own a gun. I don’t want to, there’s too many things that could go wrong. Besides, I don’t think my apartment allows them. I have pepper spray in my purse.
ERIC: That’s a good start. What about other forms of protecting both yourself and Emmy?
JADE: I mean, I’ve told Emmy not to talk to strangers. The last time she saw Jan was when she was just over a year old, so I’m sure she doesn’t remember her, so at least there’s that.
ERIC: Very good. What about police protection, have you considered that?
JADE: Not really. I wouldn’t be against it, I just haven’t thought about it. Maybe I can talk to Mr. Brady about that…but I also don’t want to bug him while Claire’s in the hospital.
ERIC: It’s good that you trust Shawn, and that you recognize that this might not be the best time for you to bring it up to him. But Jade, Shawn is not the only police officer that you can trust. Many other members of his family are also officers, and if you are interested in talking to them, I have no doubt that they’d be willing to talk to you.
JADE: Okay, maybe I’ll give that a try.

HORTON HOUSE
Bill and Addie had arrived. Addie and Marie were sitting at the table in the dining room. Bill stood looking at the pictures of the five Horton children which hung on the wall.
ADDIE: They said it was peaceful?
MARIE: Yes, very peaceful.
Addie nodded and dabbed her eyes with a tissue.
BILL: Does Sandy know?
MARIE: She’s here. She arrived shortly before you did.
BILL: What about Lily? She and Tommy were close.
MARIE: Bill, Lily’s the one who found him.
Bill sighed.
BILL: That poor girl.
MARIE: Sandy’s upstairs trying to get her to come down. As you can imagine, she’s taking it quite hard.
Addie nodded. They looked up when they heard footsteps, and saw Sandy and Lily walking down the stairs. Sandy had an arm around her daughter.
BILL: Lily.
LILY: Uncle Bill…
Lily ran to Bill and started crying. Bill wrapped his arms around her.
BILL (whispering): I know, darling. I know.
ADDIE: Sandy.
SANDY: Adelaide.
The sisters hugged.
SANDY: I just…I don’t understand this. I saw Dad just the other day.
BILL: I know it’s hard to understand. I know he didn’t seem it, but Tommy was an old man.
SANDY: But he was in good health! He was still active, he was as sharp as ever! This doesn’t make any sense!
MARIE: No, it doesn’t. But sadly, nobody knows when our time will come. Yes, Tommy was in good health, but sometimes people pass suddenly. It’s sad, tragic even. But it’s important to remember that our brother, your father, grandfather…he had a good life.
There was a knock at the door. Sandy, who was closest to it, opened it.
SANDY: Aunt Maggie.
MAGGIE: Hello, my dear.
Maggie and Sandy hugged.
MAGGIE: I’m sorry. All of you, I’m so sorry.
ADDIE: Thanks for coming, Aunt Maggie.
MAGGIE: Of course. It’s at times like these, when we need family around us the most. I’m here for whatever any of you needs.
BILL: Thank you, Maggie.

SALEM PLACE
Joey and Alanis walked around the mall. Alanis’ phone went off.
JOEY: What’s up?
ALANIS: Chase says Claire’s well enough to have visitors!
JOEY: That’s good. You wanna go see her?
ALANIS: In a little bit, maybe. I’m sure Chase’ll want to spend as much time with her as he can. Much as I’d love to run right over there and see it, I don’t wanna tire her.
JOEY: I get that.
ALANIS: I do want to see her, though. Maybe later this afternoon we can go over.
JOEY: Sounds good to me.

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Claire was sitting up in bed. Chase sat in a chair by her bedside.
CHASE: How are you feeling?
CLAIRE: Okay. I…still have some…trouble talking. I…know the words…but, it takes…a long time to get them…out.
CHASE: Hey, that’s okay. You’ll get there. Whatever happens, we’re gonna get through this together, yeah?
CLAIRE: Yeah.
Chase squeezed Claire’s hand. It took a moment, but Claire lightly squeezed back.
CHASE: I love you.
CLAIRE: I…love you…too.
CHASE: Are you in any pain?
CLAIRE: A little. But…the doctors…gave me medicine.
CHASE: That’s good. Is there anything I can get you? Anything you need?
Claire shook her head, then considered.
CLAIRE: Will you…sing for me?
CHASE: Yeah, of course I will.
Chase moved so that he was sitting on the edge of the bed. He took Claire’s hand, and with his other hand stroked her hair.
CHASE (singing): For you, there’ll be no more crying. For you, the sun will be shining. And I feel that when I’m with you, it’s alright. I know it’s right.
Claire smiled.
CLAIRE: Our song.
CHASE: Yeah, our song.
He continued singing. CLICK HERE to listen to the song he’s singing. By the time he was finished, Claire had fallen asleep. Chase gently kissed her forehead, then got up quietly and walked out. Ciara walked over.
CIARA: Hey, how is she?
CHASE: She’s got a long way to go, but she’ll be okay. The important thing is, she came out of her coma and most of her physical injuries from the accident are mostly healed, apart from some broken ribs.
CIARA: Thank god! I’ve been so worried about her.
CHASE: Me too.
CIARA: I was gonna go see her, but it looks like she’s sleeping, so…
CHASE: You still could, if you want to. I’ve been sitting with her for a while, so I wanted to stretch my legs. Shawn and Belle went to get something to eat, but they should be back soon. Go on in, just be quiet.
CIARA: Sounds good.
Ciara and Chase hugged.
CIARA: Hey, I’m glad she’s hanging in there.
CHASE: Me too.

[lumiforeverandalways]

This can't be easy for Lily glad Bill could comfort her

This must be so hard for all The Horton's

Thank God Claire is hanging in there she is tough

Thank you for another great chapter André DiMera