{Author's note: Well, here it is: the end of "Long Road Home". I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Rest assured, there is a sequel (and possibly a prequel) in the works. Enjoy!}
"Beautiful service, wasn't it?" Anna commented, walking over to Greenlee. Trey's funeral had just ended, and people were beginning to leave the cemetery.
"Yeah." Greenlee replied with a nod, "Kendall, Maggie and Bianca really worked hard to put it together. Did you happen to see where Leo and David went to?"
"They're over there." Anna said, pointing to a fresh grave nearby, "Trey's not the only family member that they're burying today."
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"I'm not even sure what to say right now." David said, staring at the headstone in front of them.
"We should say something though." Leo replied, shifting in his wheelchair, "I mean, she was our mother after all."
"Right." David nodded, laying a single rose against the headstone, "Well, Vanessa, all I can say is that I hope you've found peace wherever it is you are."
"That goes double for me, mother." Leo added, before thinking about Vanessa's last words to him, "I also want you to know that I forgive you for everything."
As Leo laid his own rose next to David's, he sighed heavily. After a moment of quiet reflection upon memories of his mother, Leo turned back to his older brother.
"Come on, David." he said, turning his wheelchair around, "Let's get out of here."
The End.
"Beautiful service, wasn't it?" Anna commented, walking over to Greenlee. Trey's funeral had just ended, and people were beginning to leave the cemetery.
"Yeah." Greenlee replied with a nod, "Kendall, Maggie and Bianca really worked hard to put it together. Did you happen to see where Leo and David went to?"
"They're over there." Anna said, pointing to a fresh grave nearby, "Trey's not the only family member that they're burying today."
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"I'm not even sure what to say right now." David said, staring at the headstone in front of them.
"We should say something though." Leo replied, shifting in his wheelchair, "I mean, she was our mother after all."
"Right." David nodded, laying a single rose against the headstone, "Well, Vanessa, all I can say is that I hope you've found peace wherever it is you are."
"That goes double for me, mother." Leo added, before thinking about Vanessa's last words to him, "I also want you to know that I forgive you for everything."
As Leo laid his own rose next to David's, he sighed heavily. After a moment of quiet reflection upon memories of his mother, Leo turned back to his older brother.
"Come on, David." he said, turning his wheelchair around, "Let's get out of here."
The End.