It was a beautiful afternoon.Sunlight slipped through the leaves, spilling pale gold over the graves.I set two bouquets of white roses by the headstone and smiled."Mom, Dad. I'm here."The photo on the stone was from before everything went wrong.Mom still had that soft smile.Dad still looked serious as ever.I told them it was over.Finally.The Shannons' assets had been frozen and sold off.With Matt's help, most of what they stole was recovered.Chandler got twenty years.Julianna...At the wedding, she snapped. In all the chaos, no one stopped her. She jumped from an open window and died right there.And Vanessa...After seeing Julianna die, after everything that happened, she broke too.They sent her to a psych ward.I kept talking for a long time.By the time my throat went dry and I ran out of things to say, I gently rested my forehead against the headstone."Mom... Dad... I miss you guys so much."I stayed there all afternoon.Before I left, I took one
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