Previously 

“Now Kit and Alex went on to buy the Planet and there was talk of the pitter patter sound of tiny feet would definitely be on the way as soon as they got the restaurant up and running.  But unfortunately that plan was not to come to fruition.  About fifteen months ago, one night, a night that will be forever etched in my brain they were involved in a car accident.  They were on the way home one night from the restaurant.  They had just counted the day’s takings and were happy with the results.  They were literally minutes from home when a drunk driver crossed over onto their side of the road and went head on into their car.  The drunk driver survived however my sister wasn’t as lucky.  Kit initially survived and we thought everything was ok.  Meanwhile Alex was in a coma with brain damage.  Kit had several broken bones and a head injury although not a severe as Alex’s.  Maybe about five days after the accident, when I was visiting her she kept saying to me make sure no matter what that Alex is ok and no matter what to promise her that I would always be there if Alex needed me.  She didn’t quite know the extent of Alex’s injuries but she knew something was happening to her.  But neither the doctor’s nor I expected what happened next to happen.  I kept saying Kit don’t talk like this your fine and Alex will be fine and you’ll both get through this.  But just promise was all she said and remember I love you always, I’m sorry for leaving you.”

The tears were rolling down Bette’s face now and she was shaking.

“Sam that was the last breath she took.  She had an embolism in her lungs from a broken rib that the medical team did not detect.  She was doing well up to then, this should never have happened.  One thing I am glad she didn’t know how Alex ended up I know it would have broken her heart.”

“Oh my God Bette, I am so sorry I am really at a loss for words” spoke a shocked Sam.

“Alex didn’t come out of her coma for another two months.  Her family abandoned her when she told them she was gay many years before that so I was all she had.  The worst was still to come.  She was left permanently brain damaged and was now left with a childlike behaviour even though she is nearly forty.  She doesn’t remember Kit at all when she awake and conscious but every night I swear the image of the car crash goes through her brain and that’s why she wakes up screaming the name Kit.”