FIFTY SHADES OF THEO JAMES

Epilogue

Black, a color that I normally wore on the average day, was a color I never wanted to have to wear again. Black was the color that people wore to funerals, it was the color of the suit I wore as I stood surrounded by my and Ellie's loved ones.

"I'm so sorry for your loss Teddy." My mother said as she wrapped her arms around me and held me close.

I didn't care who was watching me, I just broke down and began crying. The last few days had been nothing but a nightmare to me. Accepting what was, having to pick a coffin and decide where I wanted the body to be buried, the wake and now the funeral.

It was all too much for me, but it had to be done.

"Momma, it hurts so much." I sobbed as I held onto her like she was my lifeline.

"I know, my sweet boy. I know." She crooned through her tears as she ran her fingers through my hair like she used to do when I had fallen and hurt myself as a child. "I wish I could take all your pain away my sweet boy." And I believed her. She had never witnessed me in this kind of pain before.

I turned away from her and fell to my knees in front of the beautiful coffin and rested my head on it as I continued to cry.

"Come back to me. Please, just wake up and come back to me. I love you. I love you. Just wake up, for me." I cried over and over again.

My oldest sister came and brought me to my feet before wrapping her arms around me. "I love you." She said to me. "We are all here for you."

Wiping my eyes I glanced at the coffin once more and then it was being lowered into the ground. I couldn't look away knowing that a big chunk of my heart was being buried.

"Come, son." My father said as he placed his arm on my shoulder. "It's time to go." A numbness spread through my mind as I turned and walked with my father back to the car.

AUTHORS NOTE:

This is the end of the first book. The second will start soon, and will be added on to this book to keep it all nice and neat in one package.

Who do you think died? Was it Ellie or their unnamed son? Is this real or could it be just a nightmare brought on by something else?