Chapter 14...b

LENOX POV

5 YEARS AGO

I walked back to stand beside my elder sister as others made their way to place their flowers and momentous on the gravesite.

Muffled cries, sniffs, and silent screams are heard as the casket is lowered to the ground.

With small drops, the rain drizzled and in a matter of seconds poured down and wept for the sad souls here, who couldn't let out the tears to cry.

I didn't bother with an umbrella as everyone hurriedly opened theirs. My sister pulled me close under the shelter of her black umbrella. I couldn't thank her but she knew my heart and I'm glad.

The crowd slowly dispersed leaving just me and my sister. Her husband and son had left after she decided to stay a bit longer with me.

"We should go home."

"You should go home. I'll be fine."

"It's pouring heavily." She drifts closer to me.

"I won't stay longer than five minutes."

"I'll just wait then."

"Go home. I don't need your husband worrying too much."

After a moment of reluctance, she nods and paths my