Woo chapter 4!!!
Chapter 4: Empty…
"…NO MORE OF THIS!" the cry echoed through the empty band room, Anthony turned to look at the wall separating the office and the storage room. Sighing he left the storage room, Mr. Herrick hadn't been the same since the accident, none of them had but Mr. Herrick had it the worst.
Lorelei Herrick had been the band director at Fake City High School for the last 2 years, Sam, her husband, had been her co-director and it was obvious the band was meant for great things while they taught at the high school. The band had been huge before the accident; everyone wanted to be a part of the schools best performing art. After the accident, the band's numbers shrank, many students couldn't handle remembering everything, many students were pulled out of band by their parents, many students moved, and many were dead. And so, the band was no longer a band in any way shape or form. The numbers had dwindled from 200 down to 30. Sam tried to direct the band, but his passion was gone, gone like his wife's body.
*~*Flash back*~*
The church was deathly silent, how fitting, Sam stood, watching as the coffin bearers slowly brought in the coffin. Sam watched from the first pew, tears streamed down his cheeks, '…the worst thing in the world, is to be shut in a small space, like a box or closet…' Lorelei's voice echoed through Sam's mind, 'I'm sorry; your worst fear is your fate. I'm sorry…' Sam couldn't bear to think of his wife shut in a box for the rest of time. He had let Lorelei's family take care of planning the funeral, Lorelei's mother, after seeing her daughters body, had opted for a closed casket funeral.
The coffin bearers finally reached the front of the church and set the casket down, the preacher rose to say the prayers for Lorelei. "God's love and power extend over all creation. Every life, including our own, is precious to God…" the preacher began the prayers, Sam half listened, the other half was busy reliving all the times he had had with his wife.
The day he had told Lorelei she was section leader, the day he had asked her out for the first time, they day he had proposed to her, the day they were married, the day they were hired to work at their old high school…the list went on and on.
Sam looked up; the preacher was beckoning to him to come to the pulpit. Sam slowly stood up, unsure about what he was going to say, his wife had been everything, she had been perfect, she completed him, she was everything he wasn't. On shaky legs he approached the pulpit, he cleared his throat and tried to begin, "L...Lorelei, was my wife, she was everything I needed, I miss her so much…" Sam broke down into loud sobs, the entire church shifted uncomfortably, embarrassed for the sobbing man. Sam tried to go on but could not; the preacher gently said that if he was done he might go back to his seat. As Sam walked past the coffin, he turned, this was the last time he would ever see her, and he slowly walked towards it. The church shuffled about, unclear on what Sam was about to do. As he reached the coffin, Sam placed his hands on the lid and lifted.
Empty.
The coffin was empty.
*~*End flash back*~*
Before he left, Anthony decided he ought to check on Mr. Herrick. He found the man slumped over his desk, there was a wound on the man's head and blood trickled slowly, soaking all the papers on the desk. In the shredder looked to be thousands of dollars, checks and bills, Anthony realized that Mr. Herrick had shredded all the bands money. Shocked, he crept backwards and ran to the band phone to dial 911.
"Hello? I found m…!" A hand snatched the phone away from Anthony, a hand that had what looked like bits of metal imbedded in it…
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