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Chapter 2

3 Days Later

"In the loving memory of the late Dr. Cal Lightman we are gathered here today. Dr. Lightman was an inspiration, a mentor. He was loved and respected by many. He was a patient man who was a nurturing, caring soul," The pastor said with absolutely no feeling; he could be reading from a textbook. The pastor didn't know Cal; he didn't know how much Cal had meant to all of them.

Someone in the crowd snickered. Gillian agreed with them; had Cal been alive she would have suspected it was him. Cal would have never allowed someone to call him a patient, nurturing, caring soul. Whoever laughed was right; Gillian giggled quietly and Emily, who had been sitting next to her joined in. In between sobs they laughed in the memory of Cal and his hilarious personality until the pastor sent them a glare causing them to look down guiltily.

Later as everyone walked by setting a flower on the casket; Gillian watched in surprise at how many people truly had loved Cal. Or at least cared enough to come; he was a well liked man apparently, but she noticed more and more of the people here were women. She recognized most of the men and some of the women, but one person stood out against the rest.

It was a short man in an egg white turban. She walked towards him realizing his whole face was covered by the turban, except his eyes which were covered by sunglasses. "Hello, I'm Gillian Foster. I was Cal's business partner for The Lightman Group. That is, I was when I wasn't too busy being his best friend and saving sorry ass from the never ending trouble he got into," Gillian introduced herself, surprising him and herself at the last part.

"I'm Amal Dehbi. Don't worry; I am well aware of all the trouble Cal got himself into over the years. I was a mate of his in Morocco and we've stayed in touch. It is nice to meet you Gillian; I just wish it could have been under better circumstances," Amal said in a thickly accented baritone and Gillian nodded; she immediately took to the understanding compassionate man from Cal's past. "Cal sure was lucky to have such a beautiful lady as his partner; and knowing him and you both not having a rings on those fingers, you had to have been more than just friends. You can tell me, I mean who would I tell, seeing as my flight out of here leaves tomorrow morning."

Gillian felt herself blush, it bothered her that she couldn't see his face to tell if he was trustworthy. 'Oh well' she thought; he had a point, who could he tell who he would know him enough to believe him. "I would have liked to have been more, but by the time I knew finally knew how he felt it was too late," Gillian admitted; tears were now cascading down her cheeks. Amal reached out his arms and she sobbed into his embrace, "I loved him."


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