If You See Her
“What was it about rain and funerals?
Off in the distance, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed. Some of the mourners cast nervous looks at the clouds, but those standing closest to the graveside ignored the weather.
They’d come to say good-bye and a hurricane wouldn’t have pulled them away.
Nia stood at the graveside, a white rose in her hand as she stared at the pale pink coffin.
Bryson, Joely’s fiancé, stood at her side.
He stank of whiskey, but he was sober, his dark brown eyes ravaged by g...rief, his face gaunt.
He had loved Joely, Nia knew. Maybe he hadn’t been able to be there for one of the last things he could have done for Joely—standing at Nia’s side when it came time to claim the body—but Bryson had loved Joely.
As much as all of this hurt, she was happy her cousin had had the guy, even if it was just for a while. Nia suspected it was the first time he’d been sober since he’d learned about Joely’s death.
Distantly, she felt kind of sorry for him. But it was distant.MoreLess
Off in the distance, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed. Some of the mourners cast nervous looks at the clouds, but those standing closest to the graveside ignored the weather.
They’d come to say good-bye and a hurricane wouldn’t have pulled them away.
Nia stood at the graveside, a white rose in her hand as she stared at the pale pink coffin.
Bryson, Joely’s fiancé, stood at her side.
He stank of whiskey, but he was sober, his dark brown eyes ravaged by g...rief, his face gaunt.
He had loved Joely, Nia knew. Maybe he hadn’t been able to be there for one of the last things he could have done for Joely—standing at Nia’s side when it came time to claim the body—but Bryson had loved Joely.
As much as all of this hurt, she was happy her cousin had had the guy, even if it was just for a while. Nia suspected it was the first time he’d been sober since he’d learned about Joely’s death.
Distantly, she felt kind of sorry for him. But it was distant.MoreLess
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