"Where's Jess? Already 12!"George ran into the kitchen and sat down at the table to eat with everyone.

"Don't touch her, she feels bad!" Ann said strictly

"So, I go to her" Dorothy took off her apron and went upstairs to the bedroom.
She quietly went into the bedroom, the room was dark from the blackout curtains. Jessica slept, wrapped in a blanket and clutching a pillow.
Dorothy sat down beside her, gently stroking her hand.

"I'm not hungry" said Jess

"Oh, I thought you were asleep" answered Dorothy.
Jessica said nothing and her mother quietly got up and left.
Jessica buried in the pillow, clenching her harder and began to cry.

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"She needs to be alone" Dorothy sat at the table.

"Poor Jessica" Jane said sadly

"Wait, where is Jackson?" anxiously asked Anna
All blown out of their seats and went to look for him.
Jackson ran into the house with flowers

"Look what I brought it to my mom!"

"Oh, Jackson!"Dorothy hugged him"you scared us, baby"

"I'm sorry,....I was looking for flowers."

"Oh, Jack is the same as John" Jane began to cry

"Let's change them a bit" said Dorothy"that they were not in the ground."

"Okay"
Dorothy a little cut flowers and Jackson ran to the bedroom.

In the meantime.
Jessica sat on the bed and looking at a photo of her husband, she abruptly threw it on the floor and started to cry even more. She began to throw all the things from tables and mirrors. Tears flowed down her cheeks. She fell to the floor, cowering in pain.

"I can't live without you! I Can't! I CAN'T!" she cried

"Mommy!"Jackson ran into the room

"No, Jack, go away....go to grandma's!" Jess said crying

"No, mommy, don't cry!"

"Jackson! Go to grandma's!"she  yelled and began to cry again. Jackson cried, threw flowers on the floor and ran away.
Jessica sat next to the bed and broke the frame, she took a shard and held to the hand.

"I want to be with you!"she blinked tears and almost touched the vein.

"JESSICA, NO!" Al ran into the room and behind him the girls. He tried to take the shard but she grabbed it tight.

"Omg Jessie!"Dorothy began to cry, Jane caught Jackson and they were gone

"NO, DON'T TOUCH ME!"she cried, her hand beginning to bleed from the fact that she's squeezing a splinter "I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HIM!"

"Shh, Jess, look at me, look at me!" he touched foreheads with her "you don't have to do this...we need you, Jackson need you. Think about it, would be John glad that you want to do? Let go of the shard. Princess, please!" tears rolled down his cheeks

"I can't... Dad, I can't!" she whispered

"Yes, you can, darling! You're strong! Please"

Jessica let go of the shard, her body was shaking and she wouldn't stop crying. Albert hugged her, crying with her. He laid her on the bed and Jessica fell asleep while her mother was treated for her hand.
Everyone was shocked with this case. Jessica was always very strong, but after losing John she's changed so much.

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