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By lunch, Natalie had grown increasingly more impatient waiting for her husband to call her. She had not heard from her husband, Leo, since late last Tuesday. Recently, Natalie’s father had called her to ask her to come visit him in Westchester, Virginia because Natalie’s mom was dying because of breast cancer. When Natalie got to Virginia, she knelt down next to her mother’s bed in tears praying. Natalie’s mom was still in a coma, but Natalie still whispered to her, “Get better, please get better mom.” Natalie stayed overnight lying on a cot next to her mother’s bed. The next morning, she awoke to the sunrise and her mother calling her name softly, but just loud enough to hear. The doctor came in and ran some standard tests to just see how Mrs. Rabelais was doing this morning, but the doctor was shocked when she started talking to Molly and she actually responded. The doctor went away to go get the hospital release form. When she came back, Molly was talking to Natalie and hugging and kissing was going on. Both of them were crying as well, when the doctor interrupted. She told Mrs. Rabelais that she would be released tomorrow morning at 10:30. Natalie’s flight back to Santa Barbara, California was tomorrow as well, but at 11:00. She had to say goodbye early to both of her parents and “jet” off to the airport. She said her goodbyes and left only to find another problem: Her husband had not even check up on her.
She had expected a call each night from her husband, but she had only heard from him that Tuesday. Leo was responsible which left Natalie very puzzled. But she couldn’t do anything at the airport, as she had no time to call him. So she flew all the way back and tried again at the SBMA (Santa Barbara Municipal Airport) but no one picked up her call. She drove briskly back to her house. When she got there, she discovered some shocking news.