It's been a year since Ray's death and this is when everybody let's Rita grieve in her own way at the prison Rita is in her office then Ruby stands in the doorway and Rita looks at her and smiles
'Hey' Rita says, Ruby smiles
'Hey' Ruby says, she walks in and Rita walks up to her and they hug
'How are you feeling?' Ruby asks
'You know what you're the first person to ask me that' Rita says
'Not even Linda?' Ruby asks
'No, she's been avoiding me all day' Rita says
'Well yeah because we want you to deal with his death the way you want to grieve' Ruby says
Rita sighs and walks over to the couch and sits down and Ruby turns around and looks at her
'I guess you don't want to grieve' Ruby says
'I already grieve enough already from Ray's death after he died, if I know I do he would want to be happy and be at peace and move on with my life, he wouldn't want to sit around and just drink my grieve away, trust me I do grieve every now and then, and if being happy with Linda is what my happiness is then I'm fine with that' Rita says
'You should tell Linda that, maybe that's why she's been avoiding you all day' Ruby says
'Yeah, I'll do that tonight when I get home' Rita says, Vera stands in the doorway
'Hey can one of you guys watch the H3 unit for a little bit until Linda gets back from visiting her dad's grave' Vera says
'I can do that, Linda's dad is dead?' Ruby asks
'Yeah, he died on the same day that Ray did unfortunately, she didn't tell you guys?' Vera asks
'No she didn't' Rita says, she gets up
'That's why she has been avoiding you all day' Ruby says
'She's in the women's locker room changing I think you can catch her before she leaves' Vera says
'Alright thanks Vera' Rita says, she leaves
'I'll walk you to H3' Vera says, Ruby smiles and they leave
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Linda is buttoning up her shirt facing her locker then Rita walks in and Linda doesn't have to turn around because she knows that it's Rita
'Did Vera tell you?' Linda asks
'Yeah she died, why didn't you tell me that your dad died?' Rita asks
She walks up to her and stands behind her, Linda smiles then stops smiling and turns around
'I just wanted you to grieve in your own way of your death experience, I didn't want to add more to it' Linda says
'I don't need just one day to grieve about Ray I can do that everyday, he's always going to be a place in my heart for him, just like Ruby, Vera and everybody else that I love including you, you take up most of my heart' Rita says, Linda smiles, Rita walks up closer to her
'Listen for now on we grieve together, ok?' Rita asks
'Yeah, we can do that, I'm just about to go visit him, are you allowed to go with me?' Linda asks
'Yeah, I can do that' Rita says, Linda smiles
'Good because I need you for this day' Linda says, Rita smiles
'So do I, come on let's go' Rita says
Linda shuts her locker door and Rita takes her hand and they leave to go visit Linda's dad's grave and Ray's grave
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Rita and Linda gets to the graveyard they get out of the car
'Ok so who wants to visit who first?' Linda asks, Rita chuckles
'I guess I will' Rita says
'I'll give you some privacy' Linda says, Rita smiles and kisses her
'Thank you, I appreciate that' Rita says
She leaves and walks towards Ray's grave, Linda leans up against the car and gets her phone out and calls someone
'Hey did you find anything?' Linda asks
Rita walks up to Ray's grave and she bends down and puts a rose down on his grave
'Just so you know that I will always love you, but I think you will understand that I have to move on with my life and I will see you again someday' Rita says
She puts her fingers to her lips kisses them and then puts her fingers on Ray's grave
'I'll never forget you, rest easy now' Rita says, she gets up and heads back to Linda
Linda looks up from her phone when she sees Rita walking towards her
'That was a fast visit' Linda says
'Our relationship was lovely but also complicated' Rita says, Linda chuckles
'So was mine and my dad's relationship' Linda says
'That's why you didn't say anything about him before?' Rita asks, Linda looks at her
'Yeah pretty much' Linda says
Rita can tell that Linda doesn't really want to talk about her dad yet and she gets the hint and let's it go
'Well now it's your turn, I'll be here waiting' Rita says
Linda nods and just leaves without saying a word, which makes Rita start thinking about what of relationship did they have together, Linda walks up to her dad's grave and puts a flower down for him
'I hope you're resting easy in hell for what you did to our family and you just had to die on the same day as someone who didn't need to share their death with, with someone like you, God rest your soul if he can find that is' Linda says, she spites beside the grave and just leaves without saying goodbye
Rita sees Linda walking back, they don't exchange a single word and Rita understands what is happening and just let's Linda get in the car and they leave
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Later that night at Rita's and Linda's house, Linda moved in a couple of months ago after the old prison blew up, Linda is sitting at the table holding her finger in a towel then Rita gets home and walks in the kitchen
'Hey' Rita says, Linda looks at her
'Hey' Linda says, Rita walks up to her and they kiss, Rita looks at her Linda's finger
'What happened to you?' Rita asks
'I was cutting a tomato and I accidentally cut my finger, I'm trying to stop the bleeding' Linda says
'May I take a look?' Rita asks
'Yeah, go ahead' Linda says, Rita looks at her finger
'Yeah, I would say you did cut it deep, keep putting pressure on it, I'll get the first aid-kit' Rita says
'Ok thank you' Linda says, Rita smiles and she gets the first aid-kit
Rita comes back with the first aid-kit and sits down beside her and the bleed finally stops and Rita fixing her finger up
'You must do this a lot for Ruby?' Linda asks, Rita looks at her and chuckles
'The stories that I could tell you and I will I due time' Rita says
'Ok sounds fair enough, listen thank you for not pushing me to tell you about my relationship with my dad' Linda says, Rita looks at her
'Only when you're ready to, ok' Rita says, Linda smiles
'Yes ma'am' Linda says
'Alright you're fix up' Rita says
'Thank you' Linda says
'You're welcome' Rita says, Linda kisses her
'For dinner tonight can you do the cutting and I'll do the cooking' Linda says
'I'll do you one better, I'll take you out for dinner and I'll pay, we both had a rough day but yours was more rougher than mine was, no pun intended' Rita says
'That's actually a better idea' Linda says, Rita chuckles
They clean up the kitchen then they go out for dinner, which is the better option because they don't want to eat something with Linda's blood on the food or in the food