Hmm it seems to me that the Delkos are always good for a nice discussion here.. ;D Well.. they will definitely play a very important role from here on.. it's just the question if it's a good or bad role...
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Jess
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Chapter 14.3Horatio didn’t know what to say, so he just shrugged. He felt like being interrogated and he already knew that he didn’t like that feeling at all.
“What Marta wants to tell you is that we’re family, Horatio. I already told you this almost a year ago. We care for each other and if one of us has a problem, we’ll do our best to solve it.”
“I know, Pavel,” Horatio nodded and if it had been a problem with Elena or anything else, he would have come to them. But how could he confide them in this particular problem? How could he tell them that he had cheated on Marisol by kissing Calleigh?
“So? Why don’t you tell us about it?” Marta went into it.
“That’s…that’s not so easy,” Horatio sighed and turned his head towards the window. Outside he could see Maria playing with his daughter and he would have given a lot to switch places with them right now.
Marta and Pavel exchanged glances and sighed in unison. Marisol had told them more than once, that Horatio could be very stubborn and withdrawn when he was asked to talk about his feelings by adults. He was pretty good at it when it came to children, though. “Horatio, you’re not our son by blood, but you still are a very important part of our family. It doesn’t take a genius to see that something is bothering you,” Marta tried to open him up.
“We won’t bite your head off,” Pavel joked lightly in the hope to lighten up the mood and make it easier for Horatio to talk.
“Don’t make promises that you can’t keep,” Horatio murmured and leaned back against the back of the couch. “I did a huge mistake.”
Well that was at least a start. It didn’t sound good of course, but it was a start indeed. “Okay?” Marta urged him to go on.
Horatio took a deep breath. Would they hate him if he told them? Of course they would. Would they throw him out off the family? Probably. Yet he shouldn’t keep it away from them any longer. They’d welcomed him into the family with open arms and so they deserved honesty. “I cheated on Marisol.”
Marta gasped and put a hand over her mouth in shock.
Pavel’s eyes narrowed and he tried his best to keep the anger out of his voice. “When? When did you cheat on our daughter??”
Horatio had seen that coming. He ducked his head and stared at his awfully interesting shoes. “A few weeks ago.”
Silence followed. This time it was Pavel and Marta who couldn’t follow their son-in-law. “A few weeks ago?” The confusion was evident in their voices.
“Yes,” Horatio nodded.
But Marisol hadn’t been alive a few weeks ago. This didn’t make any sense at all. Suddenly something occurred to Marta. “Do you mean the day when you went out with the team?”
“Yes,” Horatio nodded again.
This was interesting. Eric had told them, that they all had great fun that night, including Horatio. He had also told them, that Horatio’s change of behaviour had started right afterwards. So this meant that Horatio was telling the truth and something had happened on this day or better said in that night. And what ever this
this was, it was bothering Horatio greatly. “What happened that night, Horatio?” she asked gently.
Horatio took a deep breath and ran a hand through his hair. “I…I kissed another woman.”
Marta looked at her husband who seemed to be relieved in a way, but also not sure of what to say and she could absolutely understand that. This wasn’t an easy situation for none of them. There was a lot to talk about, but at first she needed to make one thing sure. “We’re not mad at you, Horatio. It’s okay, things happen.”
Hearing this was a surprise. Taken aback he looked at her and shook his head. “You should be mad at me. Such things don’t just
happen,” he declared. “My wife’s not been dead for a year and I’m kissing another woman.”
“Of course it’s a little bit early…maybe…I don’t know. I’ve never been in this kind of situation before, so it’s not me to judge of what is too early and what’s not. But what I know is that you can’t choose of who and when you fall in love. It’s God’s choice, not ours.”
“But what kind of man does that make me, Marta? What kind of husband? I loved Marisol and then... I just fall in love with another? I cheated on her, I broke the promise I gave her on our wedding day and on the day of her funeral. I promised her to be faithful,” he talked himself into a rage.
“Horatio…Horatio calm down”, Pavel put a hand on his shoulder.
“It’s just so... so wrong, you know?” he uttered. “That night…when I came home, I went into the bedroom and saw her smiling face on our wedding picture. I felt so bad for what I’ve done. Marisol didn’t deserve that. I mean… she’d always been so kind, almost innocent like…and I know she trusted me. She did so much for me and how am I repaying that?”
“In passing on the love between the two of you,” Pavel said matter-of-factly. “I know that you loved our daughter, Horatio and we also know that she loved you dearly. You have no idea how excited she’d been the day after your first official date. The first thing she’d said to me was ‘Papa, I know he’s the one and I don’t care about his age or if he’s Eric’s boss. And if you don’t like him, I’ll be very angry with you’,” Pavel smiled gently at this memory.
“Marisol always knew, that her cancer could come back and that she’d probably would never have the chance to grow old with you. She was so worried about it, because she didn’t want you to be alone again. That was her greatest fear – you being alone. Our daughter had a big heart, Horatio. She would never want you to stay alone for the rest of your life. That’s not her. She would want you to find someone else. Someone who can make you happy again.”
Horatio ran his hands over his face. “But why does it feel so bad then?”
tbc
And i can imagine it's difficult to see another woman where their daughter should be: beside H, but still, they have to realise he's too young to stay alone for the rest of his life. But let's not get ahead of things...just wait and see. Maybe they will tell him it's ok to move on...........(actually I don't believe myself here.... :
