{Brooke}
I made them book the first flight out to Canada for me. Of course, they objected and insisted on coming with me but I declined and told them I had to do this on my own. Just how it's always been. It's wouldn't change now, not even in these present moments where I stare at Lydia's. She had been buried more than five hours ago and the people present at her burial were long gone. Her son and college daughter were weeping uncontrollably so Lydia's mother whisked them away somewhere. Certainly not back to Lydia's home-that'll just bring on more memories.
Something in me told me that this wasn't right. That it hadn't been just a plane accident where everyone died but the authorities had blamed it on the lousy weather- a lightning bolt to be exact They're still investigating because e
