Silent Words

Epologue

Just like a few paragraphs or so, but hey, it's something.

About a week later, a woman showed up at the door. "Are you Lilly Socrane?" She nodded at my wheelchair. I put on a fake smile, "Yes, that's me. I've never seen you before?" She looked at me, "Yeah... I work at a mental institution, one of my patients' names was Dylan Socraine. He gave his belongings to me... I went through the boxes and found a letter.."

I was trembling. Suddenly, I fell out of my wheelchair. Sitting up on the ground, I glared at my useless legs. "So it's for me?" She nodded, helping me into the wheelchair. I grabbed it with a sudden deathgrip. "Thank you." I couldn't open the letter yet. "Y-you knew him?" Looking down, she nodded, "Dr. Philips. I was his shrink for about half a year until..." I nodded, "Could you come inside? I-I have a few questions..."

"I'd love to talk about it... I mean, you've already physically spoken to me more than he has." That wasn't suprising. Until we were parted, he was a very quiet person. That's how we were taught. To stay under our parents radar, or ever when we were talking to them. And most of his words were to me, even his silent ones...

Addition: Dr. Lumena-

I was shaken still from a week ago. It seemed as if I had lost a family member, watched them die. They weren't even old enough to drive. I had two weeks off work. We had somewhere to go. Grabbing my coat, I called everyone to the car. Moments later, we were leaving the driveway. "Kids, Sara, remember Dylan?"

Sara looked down, "Yeah, he was a good kid..." Laura piped up, "Are we going to go see him again?" A tear slid down my face. "Not necissarily to see him, Laura." Oliver still remained silent. "Oliver?" I asked, tearing his gaze from his window. "I already see him every night. He stands among the stars."

I wiped the tear from my face and let out a deep breath. Stopping at the cemetary, I invited Dr. Philips and her family to join us. The kid never got a funeral. Soon after they arrived. Laura and Oliver were watching the gravestone. Then they left over to an open space. Sara and Dr. Philips' husband stood beside one another.

"He's the closest patient I've had to me before except for a long time ago..." I replied. Dr. Philips seemed troubled. "This isn't the first time I've lost one of my kids." We both thought of Dylan as our family, and he was a kid. "I know where he is most of the time.. He likes to keep Karren company.." She replied. "I also thing the kids found him." I looked over to my kids to see them running around an open area. "Looks like he's touched many people in the past four months."

So... Actually. That's the end of the book, but I wanna add something. For those of you who may have questions about Karren's POV of her backstory. I might write an extra little chapter for her. Maybe a few. Or another book altogether. Let me know if you would want that!