Chapter 21:
The next morning Seyia turned on the TV to the news. He had no idea that he had made the news or the police even knew his name. When he was done buttering a bagel he looked up at the TV to see what was new on the news. When he saw a police sketch of himself he nearly chocked. How in the world did they find out it was him? How in the world did they know what he looked like? There was no time to worry about that now. He had to leave.
Seyia quickly ran into his bedroom and packed his bags. He the grabbed a baseball cap and sun glasses and put them on before running. He didn't care where he was going he just needed to get out of the city.
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That afternoon Raye was at the airport. She wanted to tell Mina in person all she knew. "Raye," Mina called to the dark harried women. "What's going on?"
Raye looked at Mina and sighed. "I will tell you everything I know." Raye said to the two of them as she began to tell them everything the police told her. She told her that Darien was shot and died later at the hospital. Serena was in the room and she thought something had water in it. The police even said that it looked like water, but it was rubbing alcohol. She drank it and later died.
Mina stared at Raye in disbelief. Wouldn't they have smelled the rubbing alcohol? She didn't care. She knew that her twin sister was dead and that she was never going to see her again.
"Is there going to be funeral?" Jadeite asked.
Raye looked over at him and nodded. "Yeah, it's going to be here." She told them. "I didn't arrange it, the police station did. I'm sorry if you wanted it back in San Francisco."
Jadeite shook his head. "It's alright Raye. We don't know who we'd invite to the funeral anyway."
Raye gave a half smile as they took a Taxi to a church. On the way she told them that the funeral was that day and it would only be her, Derrick, and them. Mina then asked her if it was possible to get Serena's body back to California. Raye told her that she would have to talk to the funeral home.
Once they reached the church the three of them got out and went inside. Derrick was already sitting there. He turned around and saw them come inside. "Oh hello." He greeted them.
"Good afternoon." Mina greeted as they walked in and sat down in one of the pews.
Once the four of them were sitting the priest started the service. The service was two hours, an hour for each. After the service the four of them went back to the mansion. There they all sat around just talking about other things. After a while Mina called the police station and asked if they could get Serena's casket flow back to California. They said that they could have it out there in a week.
The next morning Raye drove Jadeite and Mina to the airport. That week they cleaned out Serena's apartment. They sold some of her paintings to a local museum. They rest of her stuff they sold in a yard sale; only keeping something that really reminds them of their sister.
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Back in New York Raye and Derrick did something similar. They also kept small things that reminded themselves of Darien, but they gave the other things to thrift stores. They all tried to get on with their lives, but it was difficult. No matter how hard they tried they never completely forgot what happened.
AN: This is the last chapter, but there is going to be an Epilogue. Please review.
Princess Cornelia