A/N: Okay, so I re-wrote this. I had at one point planned on writing some more, but I never completed it, and this has sat so long I decided to re-post the more original ending….or what I remember of it. If you're reading for the first time, or re-reading and you haven't already done so, please leave me some feedback. Thanks.

Chapter 15: Epilogue

Immediately after the shot that fell Sylvia rang out, another also rang out. A bullet smashed into Donavin, wounding him seriously, but not killing him. It was more than he deserved, but the world deserved to know what he had done. Killing everyone who might have cared for him.

Dimitrius was the one to pronounce Sylvia dead. There was a slightly sick and haunted look in his eyes as he said it. Everyone understood. She had died so that he could live. It was never easy to watch someone die, and it was even harder to see someone die for you. Nothing ever really takes away the guilt that it should have been you, but the knowledge that she had willingly sacrificed herself would hopefully lessen that burden.

Jack surveyed the scene, barely resisting the urge to walk over and kick Donavin. Hard. Very hard. He deserved to die after all the pain that he'd brought to this girl, barely out of school. Sill young enough that she could have had a life, if a sad one. Now she was gone in a moment. A candle snuffed out, making just a little difference, dimming the light just a little.

Sue sat in the front seat of the car, her legs hanging out, eyes staring at Sylvia, hand idly stroking Levi's head. Sylvia had deserved better than that. Tears formed in her eyes as she thought about Sylvia, her life, loss, and what she could have had. That man had taken it all from her. That man who dared to call himself her father. Sue struggled with that, not knowing how a man who was supposed to be a father could do that to his child. Fathers are supposed to raise their children, to protect them. Donavin was not fit to call himself a father.

Sylvia's funeral was held in a week, a somber event attended by those who knew her. The number, although small, was significant in its own way. She had reached out and touched people, even if she didn't know she had done so.

When the whole truth came out, people were outraged to hear that a father could do such a thing to his daughter. Donavin was sentenced to death. His sentence was never carried out. Even the other inmates found him repulsive and executed him of their own initiative.

rimshawsgirl: Thanks for the feedback. I had hoped that no one would get attached to Sylvia. :\

Pikados: Yes, the POV has changed. :D Glad you're still along for the ride.

Kate: Thanks. It's nice to hear that you like this. :D