Before we get started, I need to
clear up one issue, and maybe update you on a few more stories from Jude's
crazy life.
- Jude only stayed with Nora at her house, and when Nora
moved he stayed there often. But didn't completely move in until a month
or two after the wedding. Thus the in-laws from his first wife lived at
his house with him until he finally moved out.
- Jude said he played professional soccer for Paris St.
Germain. (Yes *that* soccer team) But while playing for them and working
for the NSA he was captured and tortured. The captures ruined nerves in
his legs and he was unable to further play soccer.
- Jude was shot 6 times, with varies scars on his body.
Chest, foot, ankle, thigh, back, shoulder.
- Jude had spinal meningitis while in an Asian country.
Which he cured himself of at a hotel in this Asian country.
- He and Jerry were arrested and thrown into a Mexican
prison once and escaped somehow.
- Jude loaned Jerry $75,000, (even though Jerry's family
were millionaires)
So now that you have one thing
cleared up about Jude's living arrangements and a few more background stories
about Jude's life. (I can tell more as we get further into the story)
Let's continue.
Married, that's where we
left off the story.
Jude and Nora drove back
from Vegas. When they returned to their home city, Jude took Nora to her home.
He took her inside and said to the roommate, "Now time to find a place for
my wife and I to live". Laughed and kissed Nora goodbye. Nora, as sad as
she was to say goodbye to her new husband was just happy to be married
finally.
Life resumed as normal,
I mean, as normal as it can be when two newlyweds are not living together.
Working together and Jude staying with Nora as often as he could. One day Jude
came to Nora and stated he couldn't live with his ex-in-laws anymore. He was
going to move in with her and the roommate. (YAY) The moving-in began. Jude let
Nora know that if DD1 would be staying nights there from time to time that the
in-laws wanted to see the house. But Nora couldn't be around when that
happened, because the in-laws really didn't like what was happening.
So that day, Nora shut
herself in the upstairs bedroom until Jude came and gave her the all clear. It
was time to start our life on our own. Playing with DD1 on occasion and living
life.
But things were about to
get rocky...Jude came to Nora and said he was having some more medical issues
and would be going to see the doctor. He refused to have Nora join him and
he would tell her all about it afterwards. Nora waited not very patiently.
Nervous about what more they would have to take on top of his cancer already. Jude entered the room and started he had been diagnosed with Colon Cancer
on top of his brain tumor. Well Nora's heart collapsed. What was she going to do;
her husband had a brain tumor and colon cancer. But she knew what she had to
do, deal with it. Move forward, chemo, radiation, all of that! She would
support her man until the end.
Now since Jude was a bad
ass NSA agent, the government was so kindly taking care of his medical needs.
But that meant that poor Nora couldn't attend the secret underground facility
chemo treatments. But she could pay for the morphine Jude ordered from China to
help with his pain. Little vials of yellow oily substance. (Hoping more
medically inclined people will catch on to this part) $300 a month for this
helpful drug for her husband.
As the treatment went on
for his health issues, Jude began to lose his hair and eyebrows. He would have
regular episodes of seizures and blacking out. From time to time he would
strangely lose his hearing. They began to teach themselves sign language, so
they were still able to communicate with each other.
One day Nora was at home
and received a call from Jude at work. He was delirious and confused, asking
for his orange Audi TT. (One he claimed to have owned in the past) Nora rushed
to find him wandering aimlessly around the parking lot, and she took him home.
After some good decent rest he seemed to feel a little better.
Life went on this way for a while. More medicine, more sleepless nights, sickness, exhaustion. She was worn down and struggling to keep positive. Jude would be fine one day and then horribly sick the next day. It almost seemed too much, but she was determined to take care of her husband. Even if it was effecting her work.
One day while at work,
Nora, was waiting for Jude to contact her about a doctor’s appointment he said
he was going to. She was distracted all day at work and completely forgot to do
some work for a very important client. On the way out of the office she was
stopped by her boss. Obviously the boss wasn't pleased with the outcome of the
day. She explained she was distracted from waiting and apologized. She would
make sure to do the work tomorrow. With that she left and went home. The news
was grave. The colon cancer was worse and brain tumor had not shrunk at
all.
Life was at a standstill
for her.
The next day came
and seemed fine, work was going along. Before Nora left for lunch with Jude she
realized she was not able to log into her email. (We all know what is
happening, but Nora apparently was not that quick.) At lunch she mentioned it
to Jude, who was the IT Director for the company. Apparently Jude caught on
faster, but didn't mention anything to Nora. Nora headed back into the office,
happy and full from sushi. Her boss approached her and took her into a side
office. Where he explained he was upset about the report not being done and was
writing Nora up. This was heartbreaking for her, she never had been written up
in her three years with the company. She reluctantly signed the paper, but soon
realized that was not all. Nora was let go from her job.
Nora was unemployed, all
she did was worry about her poor sick husband and here she was without a
job.
To Be Continued......
