Ben's mournful, puffy brown eyes turn towards me. "Grandmother taught me how much I meant to her. She taught me so many things, cousin Loli." His statement weighed misery. His eyes change towards his fumbling fingers as tears spill over.
"She just never taught me to say goodbye." Accumulating tears run. "Why did she have to die? Why her? She was my grandmother Loli. I miss her terribly." Wrapping my arm across his broad shoulders, I drew his head into my chest. "Cousin" Crying with him,
Pounding footfalls, breaking the silence, abruptly halt. Uncle Reuben appeared in the doorway, swirling ripples of Emerald & Forest green eyes glowing ferociously. Till he saw where Ben sat crying. Immediately calming, silently, uncle Reuben left. Closing the door in his departure. After this, Ben never came inside again.
Since Gram's death, the weighted anguish of her loss has taken residence..... Yet, with the agony of death comes the road to recovery. Riddled with painful memories. But are they really painful? Or an aid to healing?
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Awaken Guardian Book #6
WerewolfBen's mournful puffy red eyes turn towards me. "Grandmother taught me how much I meant to her. She taught me so many things, cousin Loli." His voice changes laden with grief, his eyes look to his fumbling fingers as tears fall. "She just never taugh...
