caitlinsnowqueen replied to your post: Belle French got to spend a decade of her life...
I have a hard time imagining Belle being okay with finishing her life off without her son and leaving him motherless. Sure, he’s an adult now and living on his own, but the point still stands.
The point does not stand at all. This is the large majority of parents and families ever. Humans. Animals. All over. The whole fucking universe of life. This is literally how it works. Parents are older than their kids. They grow old. They die. The kids keep living. Hopefully the kids are older, are adults, have lives of their own like Gideon does.
I honestly do not understand what you want me to say here. How the fuck else is it supposed to work???
Zero parents* want to out live their children. Zero.
*Assumes non-abusive, normal, loving parents.