97. IRL

                                    

                                          
"Hey, what's wrong?" Claire asked as she came out of the bathroom.

                          
Cece tried to say the words, but she couldn't. "We have to go, Becky and I."
                          
"Go? We just got here. Candice will kill you. What happened?" Claire asked nervously.
                          
"It's... my dad," she said, before dissolving into tears. Immediately, Claire thought she understood exactly what was going on. She knew how close Cece was to her father.
                          
She rushed through the casino and spotted Becky and Candice watching a game of Poker.
                          
"Becks," Claire tapped her. "Cece needs you."
                          
"Why? What's going on?"
                          
"Just come with me," Claire said. They walked out to find Cece exactly where she was before, standing outside the bathroom crying her eyes out.
                          
"Cee, what's wrong?" Becky asked.
                          
"It's dad," she said through her tears.
                          
"What happened?" 
                          
"Mum said he had a heart attack," Cece said, shaking.
                          
"What?" Becky asked. "Is he ok?"
                          
Cece shook her head, not allowing herself to speak. Becky held her own tears back wrapping her sister in a hug.
                          
"There's a taxi outside," Claire said. Neither of them had realized that she'd left. "I've already put your bags in. I'll take care of Candice and everyone, go to the airport."
                          
"Thanks Claire," Becky said, gently pulling Cece towards the entrance. "It'll be alright, everything will be ok," she whispered to her sister over and over again, hoping that Cece believed her words. 
                          
"How could this happen?" Cece asked. "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
                          
"I don't know," Becky said as the taxi started to drive away from the casino.
                          
"He didn't deserve this. He didn't deserve to go with only mum for company."
                          
"Let's not think about that right now," Becky said. 
                          
"It's all I can think about." Cece replied as another tear fell down her face.