MISSING: THE LAST FOSTER

Chapter 6

Militaries are marching all the way in the side while the 4 hearses that carries the coffin where the bodies of the President, the first lady and the presidential children were in line to the cemetery for their final resting place.

Mr. President was supposed to be buried in the Presidential cemetery. However, Shekinah refused that and decided to have her family buried in their land, their own property. For her, they were together when they lost their breath, they should be together, forever.

Some people were unhappy about her plan, but there are also many people that agreed. Besides, she's the one who is gonna be planning even if her father was the county's President. She's not a minor, she's the guardian of her family so she don't want their final rest be a part of political talk. Still, she wasn't able to control everything, some words were thrown unto her and that she chooses to ignore.

She even didn't bother to asked what was the cause of the accident. She was quite the whole time and just gave a word in her eulogy and that's all. Her eyes are swollen and lips are trembling. All the pain you can name was written in her eyes.

Raixen's driving the fully black tinted car next to the hearse that brings Jasmien's coffin. He was just giving a glance to Shekinah who didn't move a bit and didn't remove her eyes from the car. She was just crying in silence.

"Babe, you know you can talk to me, right?" He was trying to pull an attention from her. Even though he wanted to give her all the space, he's afraid, her silence is scary.

"What will gonna happen tomorrow? The next day? I don't have a family anymore. It seems like —yesterday. We were happy, Rex. We were happy," she said, crying hard.

"You have me, babe – you have me. You have Lizle, Felix and Hedeliza as well. You are not alone and you will never be alone. Babe, you can lean your head on my shoulder if you think it's heavy. You can cry in my shoulder. I know how much pain you have in your heart now and one thing I can promise, you will never be alone," he sweetly said and reach Shekinah's hand.

The hearse procession is slow for that is the only thing that Shekinah approved for not letting her dad buried in the presidential cemetery.

"I have no idea where and how to start a life, Raixen. I don't know. I want dad to strictly tell me again some lessons. I want mom to strictly teach me about life. I want Gio to get pissed because I let him do all of my editorials. I want Jasmien to be mad at me because I ate her spam. I miss my family, Rex. I want them all, I want them back. But I know, anytime today, I will be seeing them get buried 6ft under the ground. How ironic of a life I got," she said, laughing sarcastically while bunch of tears keeps on flowing in her cheeks.

"There's still a life tomorrow babe. We may not know what kind of life we are going to embrace but there is. It could be stormy or just ordinary plain life. I will be there, always, I will be there helping you to get up again. I can be your cane to walk if you are having a hard time of moving your feet, if you think your time and your life stopped and you weren't able to move again, use me, I can be your balancer and all, just don't give up." He seriously said.

Shekinah was not even moving her sight. She was looking at the car carrying her baby sister until the car stopped and they stopped as well. That, that was her qeue, her heart reacted and it was nearly came out from her ribcage.

She's afraid, she's shaking. Militaries were performing before they bring out the coffins of her entire family. Today, would be the last burial mass and she's going to bid a forever goodbye that she do not know if she can – no – she know she can't.

'Mommy, Daddy, Gio, Jasmien, can you see me? I miss you all. Please tell me how to let you guys go, because I have no single idea how. This is so hard.' she said in mind while looking at the caskets that in line in front of her.

Shekinah was hugging 4 picture frames where each of it was the picture of each of her family. The last burial mass was held in where they will get buried. Many people attended and bidding a goodbye to their beloved Foster Family.

"Hold on!" she said, shouting! They were about to put down the coffin of her baby sister into that 6ft hole under the ground. "Ca-can I see them first? Please?" she asked, begging.

Raixen didn't stop her when she started walking slowly unto the coffins of her family. There was never a day that her tears stopped. She still have rivers of it. She can still cry bunch of it.

While looking Shekinah hugging every coffin and saying goodbye breaks everyone's heart. Everyone got teary eyed. Raixen and friends walks towards Shekinah and comforted her. No one is able to remove the pain and burden she has in her heart, atleast let her know that she's not alone, that she still have more than two arms that is willing to embrace her.

Raixen mom's told Raixen to help Shekinah get off from hugging her little sister's coffin for it's time to let them rest. Shekinah was having a hard time to let go, she didn't want to let go and that made the people witnessing her agony cry in tears.

"It's okay, babe. We have to let them rest," Raixen said, trying to comfort the hurting Shekinah. When she turn around and hug him tight, Raixen mom's finally nodded to order that it's time.

Raixen smiled painfully to his mom that is also crying seeing Shekinah that seems so exhausted. Her eyes are lifeless while her tears keeps on flowing down her cheeks. Standing while hugging the four picture frames and watching how her family get buried 6ft under the ground until holes are gone.

"They're gone," Shekinah said, whispering in pain.

"They were never gone. They're still here, with us, with you. They will be looking and guiding you from above," Lizle said while having her knees down in front of Shekinah and holding her hands, beside her, there is Hedeliza that is trying to hold her tears while looking at their best friend wanted to give life up.

Their family friends came into her, showing their sympathy, hugged her before leaving the place. Supporters of her Father – Mr. President, was also there, saying goodbye to the great President they have chosen.

Everyone said goodbye and all. Media's are still there, waiting to get a chance to talk and ask some questions to Shekinah but Felix handled them well and made them back off. Now that Shekinah isn't in the right state to speak with. She's still hurting, this is not the right time to ask her how is she feeling, because clearly, she's not okay.

3 cars left, and it's just the 5 of them here. Shekinah still not moving a bit. Sitting in the grass while looking at the tombstone of her family. "In loving memory".

"Rex, I think, we need to go. The wind is getting cold and it seems like it's going to rain anytime." Raixen heard Hedeliza said. He then look around and she's right, it's getting cloudy and nearly raining.

Raixen hugs Shekinah from behind and didn't get a reaction from his girlfriend. He looked at their friend and they all smiled painfully.

"Sheki, let's go," Lizle carefully said.

"Babe, we need to go home, you have to take a rest," Raixen said while caressing her hair.

"Home. Where? I don't have a home." They were all taken back to her words. Her tears are still nonstop. She has a lot of them.

Because they knew what she meant. She is not pertaining to the houses her family have. She was pertaining to the love and happiness their house had.

"That is not true. Babe, you have me, you have Lizle, Hiede and Felix. You have so many homes. Our home is your home because we loves you." Raixen retaliates.

The moment her mind processed what she heard from her boyfriend, Raixen, Shekinah felt the pain even more. She appreciated the fact that they didn't leave her but also, that explains that she really doesn't have a family anymore. No parents, no siblings.

Each tomb of her family was filled with white roses and lots of candles, there are thousands of it. She put the picture frames she have been holding the whole day in the center of their tombstone.

She once thought of having them cremated so she could just put their jar of ashes in their home but she did just changed her mind. She ended and decided to get them buried so people would never forget the Fosters like how her family didn't forget people.

Shekinah noticed some politicians came but she wasn't able to thank their presence for she was occupied by the thought that she is delivering her entire family into their final rest. That she would never hear their voices again.

She bowed her head and kissed the tomb of her dad, mom, Gio and Jasmien before holding Raixen's hand and inviting him to leave the place.

"Bring me to our house," she said, making Raixen's forehead knotted and stopped their friends.

"Maybe, we can go their tomorrow babe, just have some rest? How about that?" Raixen asked, afraid of letting Shekinah stay there by herself.

"I want to sleep, in my house."

Raixen looked at their friends and his eyes are telling them something that they all nodded.

"A-alright, let's go there." Raixen surrendered.

While in the car, Raixen didn't hear a word from Shekinah anymore until they reach her home. It was quite and dark. There was no one here, and that's new. The guard is in the guard house. Their house helpers also isn't there. They were in a vacation for a month.

When she went out from the car, she walks directly to the main door without even looking back at him. He followed her to tell her that they'll be back here. They're just going back to their own home to get some stuff.

"Don't." She said without looking at him.

Raixen frown and couldn't believe what she just said.

"What?"

"Don't come back here, just give me some time being alone, Rex. I'll call you," she weakly and lazily said. He was about to argue and tell her that she needed someone to be with but in her situation, he has to understand her.

Shekinah is very sensitive at this time. She didn't even asked what was the police and NBIs said about the investigation of her family's accident. Everyone said, it was an accident and also, authorities said the same.

He couldn't tell her that, he knew why she's not asking and seems like uninterested about such thing. Because she's sensitive and that would break her plus she telling her mind that it wasn't an accident.

Raixen don't want to open it up to her. Her mind was just in mess that's why she thought of such thing. He has to understand her and not add the burden she has to carry or carrying in her shoulder.

Hedeliza's car arrived followed by Felix'a car. They went out from their cars wondering why he is outside.

"What? Why are you here?" Lizle asked.

Raixen shaked his head. " She wanted to be alone," he said, pulling his hair of frustration and he is scared, scared of leaving her alone. Though, he wanted to understand how she feels but he couldn't just ignore his feelings about letting her alone in this mansion.

"What? But, what if... No, no, no, no! I know Shekinah won't go that far. She may be hurting and drowning in pain but I know she's still in sane," Hiede (Hedeliza) said, with her palms in prayer position that touches in her lips and two thumbs under her chin.

"Can we do something, Rex? I mean, maybe we can go inside. Let's just don't bother her relaxing and resting but let's just be attentive for her. Her state is getting me scared knowing and thinking she's alone. I know Shekinah won't do something bad but I just couldn't help it," Lizle said, making Raixen nod his head.

He was thinking the same thing too.

"We also have to cook food for her so she can eat." Felix added and they all agreed.

Shekinah went straight upstairs to her room leaving Raixen downstairs earlier. Maybe she was really letting them stay here but just leave her alone. They can do that.

"She didn't lock the door?" Hiede's eyes widened when she was able to push the door open.

"I didn't lock it." Raixen answered.

Hiede sigh in relief and Raixen was taken back in Lizle's question.

"Rex, what does she mean, it wasn't an accident?"