Drop Fallen…!: You Are Not Alone…!

By Ananda Mohan.R

Kate is seemingly born with bad luck. Her sibling dies at a young age, and her parents are bankrupt. They end up getting divorced when Kate is four. With both parents unable financially and emotionally to support her, Kate ends up missing in the Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Soon after, she meets Max in a bakery.

Max finds Kate just as he wins the New York lottery. He moves Kate to Los Angeles, where she meets Julia. Julia becomes the mother Kate never had, but she still sometimes thinks of her parents in New York. Kate’s once unfortunate life becomes one of adventure when she meets Jason at the Taj Mahal in India.

When Julia dies, though, Kate feels the pullback to New York, where she now seeks her birth parents and some kind of reconciliation. However, matters of the heart are never simple, as Kate’s challenges have only just begun.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781480898387

Ananda Mohan.R

Research scholar Ananda Mohan. Rudramalla, Ph.D. burnt the proverbial midnight oil at his home in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, while the rest of the world slept. He has penned stories and scripts for Hollywood movies and novels of varying genres. He is a pet lover and takes care of dogs.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020921298

Archway Publishing rev. date: 12/18/2020

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 When Kate was born!

Chapter 2 We will go one day!

Chapter 3 Divorce - the talk show

Chapter 4 Redmatt Industries

Chapter 5 Two pigeons

Chapter 6 The divorce

Chapter 7 Fired

Chapter 8 Depression

Chapter 9 The pain of failure

Chapter 10 Childhood trauma

Chapter 11 Order of custody

Chapter 12 Missing Kate

Chapter 13 Tarot of Kate

Chapter 14 New home

Chapter 15 Kate’s foundation

Chapter 16 Whose fault?

Chapter 17 Pain and no gain

Chapter 18 Relocation

Chapter 19 New York to California

Chapter 20 Kate in the best elementary school

Chapter 21 President Kate

Chapter 22 Lonely soul

Chapter 23 Meet Warner Bros

Chapter 24 Missing you, Kate!

Chapter 25 Kate in fifth grade

Chapter 26 President Kate’s movie review

Chapter 27 Hudson meets Bob

Chapter 28 Teacher Linda

Chapter 29 The White House calls on Kate

Chapter 30 Side effects – RedMatt – SENaward

Chapter 31 Electra’s mom complex

Chapter 32 The role of the family

Chapter 33 Mena et manus

Chapter 34 University admission

Chapter 35 Peer pressure

Chapter 36 Going to Mexico

Chapter 37 Chichen Itza

Chapter 38 Heads fallen

Chapter 39 Christ and the colosseum

Chapter 40 Machu Pichu – Petr–wall

Chapter 41 Taj Mahal

Chapter 42 Emergency call

Chapter 43 Mother Julia

Chapter 44 The locket

Chapter 45 Julia’s funeral

Chapter 46 Brooding Resentment

Chapter 47 Masked Max

Chapter 48 The law of attraction

Chapter 49 Finding dad

Chapter 50 Guilty

Chapter 51 A golden haze of joy

Chapter 52 Ineffable happiness

Chapter 53 Acts of angels and demons

Chapter 54 Happy family

Chapter 55 Pandemic

Chapter 56 Julia’s foundation

Chapter 57 Romancing Kate

Chapter 58 Remarriage party

Chapter 59 Fear of pandemic

Chapter 60 Slumbering babe

Chapter 61 Till death part us!

Chapter 62 Her voice no more..!

Chapter 63 Unprecedented wedding!

Chapter 64 A couple in heaven

Chapter 65 Fate or coincidence

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Thanks for the story

1

When Kate was born!

God’s creation is amazing! The way He keeps seeds in fruits, the way He feeds babies in the womb, and the way He decides everyone’s fate even before they are born!

God doesn’t promise us anything; days without pain, laughter without sorrow, nor Sun without rain, but he did promise us strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way!

Sunday, 6/29, 1996: Linda was admitted to the hospital as her due date was 6/30 at 5:00 pm. Linda told Hudson, My baby is due on Tuesday but there is no sign of her presence yet. I’ve been thinking about how different this time is from when I was about to give birth to our son two and a half years ago, how to install the car seat, and whether I would get help for breastfeeding. And this time, I’m thinking a lot about whether I should be inducing labor so I can go in before the hospital gets too crowded. And I worry about whether you would even be allowed to come with me when I give birth.

Hudson touched Linda on her forehead and said, Please keep your worries aside. You’ll be fine, and our baby will be fine too.

Linda closed her eyes for a while and said, Last time, I walked around a lot to try to induce labor, but I know I’m not going to be able to do that this time around. Again, I don’t know if I will be able to induce labor if the baby isn’t born in the next few hours.

Hudson’s phone rang. He answered the call immediately, Hello…yes, this is Hudson…what? I’m coming right away. He hung the phone up and looked at Linda. Linda was curious. She looked at Hudson, expecting to hear some good news.

Hudson bent and whispered, I got a call from the school; Andrew has developed a fever. They called me immediately.

Linda panicked and feared for her son, Andrew’s, health. Please go to the school. I’ll be fine here.

Hudson kissed Linda’s hand and said, You take care of yourself. I’ll ask my secretary to come and assist you.

Linda said, Okay…fine, go to school, now.

Hudson said, Okay… ’ll see you soon, Linda. He left immediately.

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Monday, 6/30 - 3:00 pm: Linda is speaking with Hudson on the phone. …As you can see, I’ve delivered the baby. Things went fast and I’m just really happy that she came out. She is 7 lbs. 2 oz. She is now feeding and we’re touching skin to skin. This went about as well as I could have hoped. She’s healthy, I feel fine, and I just can’t quite believe it all happened.

Hudson was listening silently and then said, Everything will be alright.

Linda sensed something strange in Hudson’s voice; she wanted to ask what it was but she felt sleepy and couldn’t say a word.

He told himself, I will grieve for a lifetime, period. The end. There is no moving on, or getting over it. There is no bow, no fix, and no solution to my heartache. There is no end to the ways I will grieve and for how long I will grieve. There is no glue for my broken heart, no remedy for my pain, no going back in time. For as long as I breathe, I will grieve and ache and love my son with all my heart and soul. There will never come a time where I won’t think about who my son would be, what he would look like, and how he would be woven perfectly into the tapestry of my family. I wish people could understand that grief lasts forever because love lasts forever; that the loss of a child is not one finite event, it is a continuous loss that unfolds minute by minute throughout a lifetime. Every missed birthday, holiday, a milestone - the back-to-school school years and graduations, the wedding that will never be, the grandchildren that should have been but will never be born. An entire generation of people is irrevocably altered forever. This is why grief lasts forever. The bleeding never stops.

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Linda and Hudson were at Andrew’s funeral. Some friends and church elders were there to do the burial. Linda was standing still, and she couldn’t believe her son was no more.

Hudson said to Linda, The way each of us has learned (or not) to adapt to challenging situations and life transitions determines in good part the way we will process whatever happens to us in the future.

Linda cried and said, I lost my future with my son.

The church father approached Hudson and Linda. He read from the Holy Bible: Isaiah 41:10, So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Linda was sobbing continuously; Hudson took her into his hands and held them tightly. Church father told Linda, You are trying to find a new meaning for your life. Your loss has left a void as deep as the ocean. You are angry and ready for any battle to be thrown your way. The stages of grief warn you that these feelings will come.

He turned to Hudson and said, Your anger becomes your strength. Your loss becomes your passion. You find a voice you never knew existed. Your soul comes alive, fueling itself off your grief. Your pain pushes you toward a path that becomes your new purpose.

Hudson asked, Why can’t we bury our son… father?

Church’s father replied, The death of a child shatters the myth of how life is supposed to unfold. Parents are not supposed to bury their children. Parents expect to watch their children grow into adulthood, having given them what they’ll need to succeed. And then as life continues, parents expect to sit back and enjoy their children’s lives and the lives of their grandchildren. The death of a child cheats parents of this reward.

Then the church father began the funeral service. His assistants and some elders of the church were getting ready to bury Andrew.

Linda and Hudson were in so much pain over watching Andrew’s burial.

A child was born and a child was gone!

2

We will go one day!

Hudson was a happy father, seeing Kate smiling and looking at him affectionately, but Linda wasn’t happy about Kate because she strongly believed that her birth consumed Andrew’s life.

As time went by, Kate was growing up and she was initially attached to her mother. Then, she realized Hudson will be the best choice for her. Because she wanted to sexually possess a parent, the touch and feel of a father are quite okay with her, but Linda’s touch was not so overwhelming. At this stage, she developed a subconscious infatuation toward her father. Most of the time, she became hostile toward her mother and fixated on her father. She would push her mother away or focus all her attention on her father. Eventually, she realized that she didn’t want to lose her mother’s love, so she became attached to her mother again, emulating her mother’s actions. By emulating her mother, she learned to follow traditional gender roles.

After four years, one morning, Kate asked Linda, Mommy, are you a fairy?

Linda laughed out loud.

Kate said, I am serious, Mother. You know everything.

Linda replied, My child, I will try to answer as best as I can. When you grow older, you will not need me.

Kate said, No, Mom. I will always need you. Nothing can change that.

Her words echoed in Hudson’s heart as he looked at the blue sky: Dear daughter, nothing remains the same except the vast blue sky.

Linda ran to Hudson and said, Mom is wrong about one thing: I still need her.

Hudson hugged Kate and said, Yes, indeed. We all need our mother!

Hudson sat up straight in a chair and smiled at Linda, and he grinned a big grin from his unshaven face. Kate has completely taken him from me—or so Linda thought until he spoke to her. Honey He almost seemed to sing the words. It’s time to go to the office. Kate said, Daddy, I love you, you know. Me too, honey, he whispered. Then still smiling, he got up and went to the restroom.

Linda was looking at Kate cynically.

Kate asked, Mummy, may I draw a picture this morning?

Linda replied, Yes, my dear.

Kate ran to her drawing-room and began drawing a picture with crayons. She was a very determined four-year-old. She was interested in everything, but drawing was her expertise. Linda bought her papers, crayons, brushes, and pencils, and it seemed that Kate had used them all in a day or two.

Kate quickly drew a detailed house. It was magnificent. She had drawn individual tiles and colored them one by one, carefully leaving white space between them. She had drawn curtains in the windows, and herself, Mom and Dad looking out of them. On the lawn was the puppy she so much wanted to have.

Kate showed her drawings to Linda. She especially wanted to impress her father. There is a time when daughters and dads bond strongly, and Kate sure loved her dad and wanted to bond. She wanted to bond very much, but dad always seemed to be busy. Linda watched with a heavy heart how a daughter and a dad very seldom played together, and how her father reacted to Kate’s attempts to show her drawings to him.

Look, Mom! Kate ran to show her drawing to her.

Linda looked at her vaguely and said, Oh, Kate, this is so beautiful!

Kate beamed. I’ll show this to Dad now! She ran down the hall to the closed door of her parent’s bedroom.

Dad…Dad! She tried to open the door. It was locked. Kate´s mom saw the expression of disappointment on her daughter’s face. She reached for the doorknob once again.

Dad… They could hear him talking on the phone with someone. Then the talking stopped.

DAD… Kate knocked on the door. I want you to see the house I made!

I´m sorry, Kate, I am busy, Came Hudson’s voice behind the door. Can’t you show it to your mom, please?

Kate’s hand fell to her side. She looked down on her magnificent drawing and her lower lip started to tremble. I showed it to Mom and I want to show it to you. You’re the only dad I have!

The last words were no more than a whisper, and yet they were left hanging in the air as if someone had shouted them. Linda’s mom felt such heaviness in her heart and she took a step towards her daughter, ready for a hug. But before she took another step, she heard a click. The door was unlocked and Hudson appeared. He looked embarrassed.

I´m sorry, Kate, I was dressing for the office. He kissed Kate´s cheek and said, Come here and we’ll look at your drawing!

Hudson looked at Kate’s drawing keenly. She drew her mother on the far left, followed by the family dog, her father, herself, and her eight-year-old brother. The girl drew herself as larger than her parents — this typically reflects good self-esteem. It’s worth noting that she placed herself between her father and brother: when children are between four and six years old, they develop a sense of gender identity. As a part of this normal developmental process, young girls often get physically and emotionally closer to their fathers but the feelings are temporary.

Hudson and Linda looked at each other after seeing her drawing, especially Andrew’s sketch in the drawing. Linda didn’t notice Andrew’s presence in the drawing at first, but now she was so upset remembering her son.

Kate asked, What do you think of it, Daddy?

Hudson looked at Kate affectionately and said, It was so amazing! How did you remember to draw your brother?

Kate replied, One night, I overheard you talking with Mom about Andrew – he went to heaven. When will he come back?

Linda couldn’t control her sadness. So she sobbed.

Hudson looked at Kate and said, He won’t come back here, but we need to go there.

Kate said, Okay…we’ll go to Heaven one day.

3

Divorce - the talk show

Jacob Bradley is a renowned producer and TV personality. As host of a show, he and his experts offer straightforward advice on divorce and family law-related topics; the advice, opinions, or statements should not be considered individual or group legal advice or as a substitute or replacement for seeking outside legal advice.

The show begins.

Jacob Bradley began the show. Hello everyone…In America, one divorce happens every 13 seconds. That’s 6,646 divorces per day and 46,523 per week. Unfortunately, those numbers cut even deeper, as children, family, and friends are often indirectly linked to ‘collateral damage’ in a divorce, and the impact on all those lives continues long after the fact. Let’s get inside and outside of a divorce and the total picture from both sides and all angles. We will look at what causes divorce, how you could avoid it, and what factors, behaviors, and actions make them a failure or a success.

He looked at the guests. First, let me introduce our distinguished guests – renowned attorney, Mr. Adams, family psychotherapist, and marital expert, Mrs. Bryan Post, and philanthropist, Steve Crashaw.

All three greeted the audience.

Jacob looked at Steve. First, let’s learn from the great philanthropist, Steve… Please tell us how you feel about a divorce.

Steve began his analysis. Thank you for having me here. Sometimes a divorce can be a calm, mutual decision but most of the time it’s all about embattled couples with two very different points of view. All too often, there is at least one victim. On this talk show, I would like to put the focus on men and what all men talk about when they’re being honest, and then we’ll hear from women who only think they know all about men as they watch, learn, and sometimes burn.

Jacob added, We move beyond the breakup and the heat of the moment and deal with the long-term aftermath of the divorce. In a way that hopefully teaches couples to improve the ways they talk, listen, and identify with the real impact on their children and families as well as their hopes, dreams, health, finances, and futures. Now let’s ask Mr. Adams, who is a successful attorney and has also handled several divorce cases. He looked at Adams. Please tell us about your opinions on some of your subjects and about how they’ve fared since their ultimate breakup?

Adams took a long breath, It’s time for an honest conversation. If there’s a life event the majority of the population can relate to, it’s getting divorced. So why are TV shows and movies that accurately represent divorce and co-parenting so few and far between? After all, in the U.S., 40 to 50 out of 100 couples get divorced after their first marriage, and the rate is even higher for second and third marriages.

There are no social scripts for divorce, said certified divorce coach and licensed family psychotherapist, Mrs. Bryan Post. There are numerous socially accepted narratives for falling in love, getting your dream job, and having a baby — but none for divorce. Divorce is a messy journey riddled with self-doubt, anxiety, fear, and grief.

Steve added, People may isolate and feel shame that they are ‘winging’ it. They often don’t even have the words to communicate their feelings to other people."

Jacob looked a bit serious and said, This is when seeing divorce depicted — honestly, accurately, and sensitively — in movies and TV shows can be hugely reassuring and valuable.