Last chapter...
The sun slowly disappeared behind the clouds as the wind picked up. Rain was predicted but hopefully would hold on for a few hours. It was a depressing day. And Shawn would never forget it. He wouldn't forget anything about this case. How could he? How could anyone? Times like these made Shawn wish he didn't have a photographic memory. Between seeing the end and being in the aftermath was too much for him to handle.
He would never forget the sound of the bullet ringing out. The rocks and sand piercing his skin as he impacted with the ground. The sight of Christopher's unmoving body.
Shawn opened his eyes. Not feeling any pain he looked next to him and screamed at what he saw. Chris's eyes were open and he lay unmoving. A bullet hole in his chest, and blood trickling down. Shawn froze as the scream left his throat. He didn't know what to do. None of his father's training had covered this. Shawn finally jumped into action when he heard shouting in the distance. He rushed over to the boy and felt for a pulse, there was one but it was weak. Shawn applied pressure to the open wound and tried to get Chris to speak.
"C'mon Chris! Say something!" Shawn shouted. Chris said nothing and didn't move. Shawn was oblivious as people started to surround him. He saw someone on the other side of the body as they applied CPR.
"He's not breathing!" A deep voice said.
"Take his stomach." Shawn said. Someone did as asked and Shawn continued the chest compressions. Every few seconds Shawn did mouth-to-mouth but nothing happened. Shawn backed up as he pressed on Chris's chest and blood spurted from his mouth.
"Shawn, Shawn stop." Somebody was calling to him. Shawn took one look at Chris's eyes and knew he was gone. "Shawn you have to stop." The person pulled him back away from the body. Everything else happened in a blur. Woody came down and bagged Chris's body as Shawn watched from the ambulance. He was sitting in the back, a blanket around his shoulder. Juliet was sitting next to him, her hand in his hair. She was mumbling to herself but Shawn didn't bother to listen. Christopher was dead.
"You okay?" Juliet appeared at his side. Shawn gave a slight nod and wrapped his arm around her. They were all dressed in black. Shawn and Juliet stood with the rest of the police department in the back. The priest was up front, speaking words that Shawn didn't listen to.
"What about you?" Shawn sniffled. "Are you okay?"
"As can be," Juliet rested her head against his shoulder. There was a pretty big turnout. Apparently Chris had been very well loved with his father's co-workers.
"Hey guys." Gus and Lassiter joined them.
"We got back the results on the plane crash. You were right Spencer, it was foul play. Joseph found out that Yasujiro was going to take all of Lily's money, so Yasujiro called a buddy and got him to tamper with the plane. Now that his whole family was dead, he was sure Chris knew and would tell. So he killed him." Lassiter reported. Shawn and Juliet nodded. "I really wish I would've put a bullet in his skull. What a waste of breath."
"Agreed." Henry grunted folding his arms.
"Maybe he's better off now." Shawn said surprising them all.
"What?" Juliet looked up at him.
"If he'd lived he would have gotten put into the system. And would have gone through hell for the rest of his life. Sometimes… It's better to be dead." Shawn finished and hugged Juliet closer to him. She rested her head on his chest and they all watched as the small black coffin was lowered into the ground.
Annnnnd scene. Thank you all very much for your support and reading. I'm to have it end like this. I hope you all don't hate me too much. Thank you all again and I wish you happy reading as you read other stories.