Chapter 4. Interment

Phineas took a long deep breath as he looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a black suit while holding Candace's teddy bear in his hands. His face was puffy and swollen, the same as his eyes that held so much pain and resentment in them.

He was devastated his sister was brutally murdered or so he thought. Every single day he had been crying for her. She was the best older sister and brother could ever ask for and now she's gone.

Phineas held so much resentment towards the world he was angry at the universe. It was so unfair he had done so much for his age and made sure everyone around him was always included so he didn't understand how he had given so much.

How could the universe decide to take her away? To say he was devastated was an understatement; he was broken beyond words.

Ferb hadn't said a word to anyone not even Phineas who he would talk to throughout the day since he had found out she had been brutally murdered. He couldn't stop thinking about it.

Did she suffer? Was it quick and painless? Who did this? Why? Did she try fighting back? What happened before then? There were so many more questions he had that would never be answered. He just really hoped she didn't suffer.

"Hey, are you ready to go?" Phineas asked, snapping him out of his thoughts. He simply nodded and followed him out the door and made their way downstairs to the living room where their parents were also dressed up for the funeral service.

Linda was wearing a black body con dress with some black heels to go along with it while the three boys had on black suits.

"Alright it looks like we're all ready let's go" Lawrence says ushering everyone out of the house and to the family car. They all piled in and drove down to the funeral home.

The entire 10 minutes everyone in the car was silently crying. Linda was trying to control her sobs and be strong for her two kids but it was difficult she couldn't stop blaming herself for not going and picking her up.

She kept telling herself how she should have not listened to her and just picked her up. "We're here" Lawrence says with his voice hoarse as he turned off the car and they made their way inside.

As they walked inside they noticed there was a big picture of Candace smiling in the center of the stage with flowers all around it and an open casket with nobody inside.

Meanwhile...

Jeremy was seated in the front row along with Coltrane, Stacy, and Vanessa when he noticed her parents and two brothers walking inside. He was just as broken as they were, if not maybe even more.

He had gotten taken off as one of the suspects of Candace's murder case after his stroy matched up with the surveillance cameras in the mall.

He couldn't believe it had been a week since she had gotten taken away from him. He hated himself so much he blamed himself for her murder if he hadn't taken her to the mall she would still be here.

Or if he had just forced her to call her parents to pick her up and not taken no for an answer she would still be here.

Even though he hadn't told anyone about his self blame everyone could see it and kept trying to reassure him that it wasn't his fault.

"Are you going to speak?" Stacy asked, hiccuping every word and snapping him out of his thoughts. "Ummmm..no I don't think I'll be able to even get a sentence out without breaking down in front of everyone." He responded. "Yeah that's understandable." She said blowing her nose.

Just then the whole room went silent as they noticed a guy standing in front of the microphone to begin speaking. "Friends and family we are gathered here to pay our respects to the Flynn Fletcher family now if we could all give our undivided attention to Phineas and Ferb." He says stepping down and allowing them to step forward.

Phineas took a deep breath and unfolded the paper he had in his hand. "Ahem.." he cleared his throat and rapidly blinked his tears away.

"First of all I'd like to thank everyone for coming here today. As you all know Candace was our oldest sister and just the thought of her permanently being gone has left my heart shattered into a million pieces. When I heard the news a week ago that a monster took her away from us I instantly felt like someone literally ripped my heart out and stabbed it a thousand times. I still can't believe that she is really gone and I cannot see her ever again. If I had known that day was the last time to spend time together I would have spent the entire day with her. Now I'll never get another chance to spend time with her again..." "I'm sorry that's all I can say." He said breaking out into sobs.

Afterwards he stepped back and allowed for Ferb to stand in front of the microphone. He took a long deep breath and took a minute to gather himself so he wouldn't break down in tears. After a minute or so he blew out a breath and looked down at his paper.

"Before I start I'd like to thank everyone here for taking the time to be here and pay your respects. It means a lot to us so thank you..."

"...I never knew that last week was going to be the last time to spend time with Candace. Even though she was not my sister through blood she was never less than one. She was so young but I guess you never know what is coming your way. 15 is not at all an age to pass away. It breaks my heart into a million pieces whenever I think of her and then suddenly realize that she is no longer with us. She was like another best friend to me, we used to hang out late at night, watch movies, try all types of food and have late night conversations together. I never expected to say goodbye to her so soon. But there is nothing anyone can do beyond praying for her soul to get peace. She will always have a special place in my heart as long as I live..."

He took a deep breath and looked up at ceiling "Candace you can't even imagine how important you were to me I know you can't hear me, but I hope you know that from the bottom of my heart I will always keep loving you and there won't be any single moment when I will not miss you. I hope wherever you are you have peace and happiness. Rest in peace my big sister Candace Flynn."

After he stepped down with Phineas and continued to listen to everyone else and their memories with her, about two hours or so the service ended and Phineas and Ferb began going around thanking everyone for being here today. It wasn't until 30 minutes in they went and walked up to Albert to thank him for coming.

"Hey Albert, thanks for coming. It really means a lot to us." Phineas says. "Oh yeah of course I would never miss something like this..." "yeah thanks I still can't imagine someone took her life away."

"Yeah me neither I guess Danville isn't so safe afterwards." Albert says to Phineas.

"Yeah no kidding I really hope they find that monster and give him the death penalty." Ferb angrily says making Albert gulp and stiffen up.

"Um...yeah me too anyways I have to go but I hope you guys find justice." He nervously says walking backwards. "Okay bye" they both said and once he was out of sight they both turned to look at each other. "Was it just me or was he acting really strange?" Phineas asked.

"No yeah he was definitely acting strange...are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Ferb asked. "If what you're thinking is to investigate him then yeah let's do it." Ferb nodded and proceeded with moving on to the next person.

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Meanwhile...

Candace was dying of hunger and dehydration. It had been exactly a week since she had anything to eat or drink. She had lost at least 10 pounds now and her tongue was as white as the snow.

She was laying on the cold hard floor crying hysterically. Just then she jumped up hearing the door being unlocked and him coming downstairs with a piece of paper in his hands.

She automatically backed away till she was up against the wall. "Hello my red head, I got a present for you." She swallowed. "What?" She hesitatingly asked and watched as he handed her the pamphlet with her picture name and date of birth with the words.

''In loving memory'''''what?!...they think I'm dead!" "That's right and now I don't have to worry about anyone looking for you now." He says leaning in to kiss her.

She couldn't believe that everyone thought she was dead?! Why? What made them think this? And to make it worse she hated the way his lips felt on hers.

She was absolutely disgusted she was seriously contemplating ending it all right now but how? Guess she'd have time to think and plan it. She would rather kill herself than be stuck with him forever.

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