Once upon a Bryles story!

Chapter 54 - The last goodbye...

Myles POV
I wake up in a hospital bed I feel sore and swollen, I'm not gonna pretend like I don't know what happened because I do. I managed to escape the car, Briar didn't, I tried helping her out but she was stuck and couldn't. I was weak and didn't have he strength then boom... Everything went up in flames around her. I see my mom, Tamara, Alan, Kingsley, Sydney, Niamh, Emilia and Vic walk into the room.
"Daddy," Niamh shouts and tries to hug me.
"Where's Briar," I ask even though I think I know the answer
"Dad, Moms dead." Sydney says trying to stay strong.
My wife is dead...
My children have just lost their mother...
Emilia has just lost her hero...
Tamara and Alan have just lost their daughter
Abbey has just lost her sister...
Victoria has just lost her Bestfriend...
Can my life get worse?
I can feel tears rolling down my cheeks I hug Niamh tightly, what did she do to deserve that... My wife... My beautiful, stunning, gorgeous, talented wife is dead and I can't help but think this is my fault. Briar is my world and she always will be.
I sit up and just look at everyone.
"I'm sorry," is all I can say
And then everyone bursts into tears even if they are trying to stay strong.
Abbey walks into the room looking confused.
"What's the emergency?" She asks looking at us all with a blank expression
"Briar... She's gone." I cry
"Gone? Gone where?" She asks even though I can tell she knows what I mean
"To heaven, mommy is an angel and will be looking down on us." Niamh says and Abbey bursts into tears.
"My sister is dead." She cries and we nod.

Days go by and I'm allowed to leave hospital since my injuries weren't as bad as they thought. It's Briars Funeral today. I know Briar wouldn't want people to wear Black to her funeral so everyone is coming in light colours, since I know that's what Briar would of wanted. I'm wearing a light grey suit, white shirt and a sky blue tie (Briars favourite colour). Sydney and Niamh are wearing Sky blue dresses, necklaces Briar got them for Christmas one year and a white rose on the left hand side of their dresses. We arrive at the church and take a seat at the front, in front of the coffin. At the end it's speeches, I'm the last one to say mine.
"Briar, my gorgeous intelligent wife. I love you so much and trust me I will never forget about you. Your my rock, my girl and the one person that can make me smile at the most stupid of times. Without you I'm nothing. I can remember the first time we met, I was buying bed sheets with my brother and you were with your friends. I can remember when we found out you were pregnant and I stormed off, what a huge mistake, look at our gorgeous little girl now, Sydney Eliza Erlick. I remember you coming to my front door when I came home from Mexico and me seeing her for the first time, our little bundle of joy. Sydney's nearly 12 now. I've known your for 12 years, but feels like forever. I love you." I said crying hard then I heard the church door open and I saw a group of people walk in, they all looked familiar, wait they use to be Briars friends. They were the people Briar was with when I first met her. What are they doing here? Especially Brooklyn, she made it clear to Briar she hated her. Lucas, her ex, he called her a slag on the first day he saw Sydney.
They walked straight up to me and then hugged me. "I'm so sorry we're here but we've grown up with Briar and can't let her go without saying goodbye." Brooklyn said on the verge of tears I nodded and walked over to Briars open coffin. I looked down at her beautiful little body, she was wearing her favourite dress, the outfit I chose for her to be buried in. Her hair was straight by her sides. It doesn't feel real that she isn't here. I bent down and kissed her forehead and then kissed her lips. I stroked her hair and then held her delicate cold hand in mine. I'm pretty sure I was crying like a waterfall. I let go of her hand, looked at her, took a deep breath and closed her coffin and just walked out of the church and sat on a bench next to where she was about to be buried. Sydney came and sat next to me and Niamh sat next to her. I hugged them both crying into their hairs.
"What did I do to deserve such perfect daughters." I say and look at their faces, I just look and see Briar, nobody but Briar. They both look like her but with brown hair. Considering they both have different birth dads they are both identical, and both identical to Briar. I turn and look at the hole they are about to bury Briar in and then look at my wedding ring. I will never take it off I keep telling myself. I thought we would live to see our grand children together and maybe even our great-grandchildren but now I will face that on my own. Everyone crowds around the hole in the ground as they lower Briars coffin into it and cover it in soil. I grab the huge bouquet of flowers and place it on top of where she has just been buried. And then Sydney and Niamh place the flowers saying Briar down next to my bouquet. Im now left alone to look after Sydney and Niamh and I'm going to be the dad they deserve. For now and forever...

I cried writing this... But this isn't the end...