Rook Cappellety our love

Chapter 24

A/N: So this is going to be like kind of a bonus chapter. It will be everything that happened just in Colson point of view.

                   I woke up to see my uncle Rick looking at me and Lannie "Get up" he said his voice sounding different than normal. I looked at Lannie as she went to look at the time on her phone and she showed me the time. It was only 7 in the morning "Dad, what's wrong" Lannie asked as we all started getting up. I being extremely careful not to wake my daughter who was still sleeping. "Get Cassie out of the room," he said as the tears started to form and his voice broke. Leaha was the first one to move she gently picked Cassie up and carried her upstairs. "Dad" before Lannie could say anything else my uncle fell on to the couch crying. "She has gone," my uncle said crying as my and Rook both jumped to our feet. I could see Lannie take a step back and Rook instantly went to her. "What? No" I said looking back and forth between them before I went to my aunt's bedside."She sleeping is all" I said looking down "Just wake up Aunt Emily, Just wake up!" I said shaking her but quickly took my hand back realizing how cold her touch was. "She just so cold," I said stepping away as I feel my knees buckle as I fell to the ground crying. I placed my elbows on to my knees as I put face in my hands as I begin to cry. I felt arms go around of me and pull them into them. "She wouldn't wake up" I cried "I know man" said to me and I gripped his arm tighter crying more.

               I needed some time with my daughter so I went upstairs to give Lannie and her dad some space. I walked into the room and seen Leaha sitting in a chair wiping the tears from her eyes. My beautiful daughter was still sleeping on Lannie's bed. "She been in and out of sleep" I heard Lannie say as she stood up from the chair. I looked at Leaha and could tell she wanted to cry but she still tried to give me a smile. I held my hands out for her and in an instant, she was in my arms. "I can't believe she is gone," Leaha said taking a shaky breath as she laid her head on my chest. "Me either," I say to her placing a kiss on her forehead before placing my chin on her head. She buried her face in my chest as she cried in my arms and I rubbed her back trying to comfort her. We stayed like that for a couple of minutes before I could hear the sirens from the ambulance getting closer. I felt Lee pull away from me "you should probably go downstairs" she said to me. "Yeah," I said and that's when I heard my uncle screaming for her to come back. I took a deep breath and walked towards the door opening it and then hand downstairs.

                 When I got downstairs I saw my uncle I seen Lannie holding on to her dad's arm trying to talk to him. "THEY CAN'T HAVE HER!" He screamed I watched Lannie knowing she had no clue what to do after that. I looked at Rook to signal him to keep the EMS people back for a minute. "Come on Uncle Rick," I said leaning beside him "We have to let them," Lannie said leaning on the other side of him. "What happened to forever, what happened to forever. It was supposed to be forever with her" my uncle said through tears as me and Lannie pulled him away but he wouldn't let go of her hand. "Forever not promised daddy" I could hear Lannie whisper as his hand dropped from aunt Emily's. We watched the EMS people prepare to take her out Uncle Rick did nothing. I thought he was okay until I had held him back from running after them taking her body out of the room.

July 6, 1:00 pm

                We had to go into the room to make sure everything was the way we wanted it. Lannie just stood outside the door I could tell she wanted to come in but she couldn't. Rook stayed out there with just being there in case she needed him. I finished fixing my daughter's dress before I picked her up to hold her. I watched my Uncle Rick stand there looking at my aunt's casket he wasn't making a sound he just stood there. Leaha stood beside me trying to distract herself by playing with Cassie. I noticed Lannie finally walking into the room and straight to her dad as he started to cry. Rook walked over to us to give them a minute "Hey" I whisper to rook as he nodded upward. "How is Lannie?" Leaha asked "Not good, but she trying to be strong and not show that she hurt." he whispered. "Has she even cried yet?" Leaha asked "Not around me," Rook said sadly. "She has been staying in the guest room with me and Cas and not once have I seen her cry" I answered seeing her let go of her dad.

            "Emily baker was a wonderful woman, Daughter, Friend, and mother. She left behind her Brother Richard Baker, Husband Rick and daughter Rylie-Lannie Baker. In death, she is met with her firstborn Landon, father Charles and Mother Maxine" The preacher read aloud as I sat in the front row holding onto my daughter. I saw Lannie look at me when he mentioned my fathers' name but I didn't show how disappointed I was in him not showing up. I mean I was angry to believe me I was angry. This was his sister's funeral after everything she did for us, she let us stay with her after my mom left us. She didn't have to but she loved her family she loved her brother and me enough to let us stay with her. And he can't even show up for his sister's funeral shows what type of man he is. I know Uncle rick and Lannie tried to get a hold of him they never told me if they did or not. Of course, if I would have seen him today I don't know what I would have done.

                   I looked over and noticed Leaha was crying she already had tissues in her hands so I gripped her leg gently with my free hand and gave her a soft smile. The preacher announced that Rylie was coming up to give her speech about her mom. I watched her go up there and look around at the people who were here to show love. I listened to her explain her name and that normal people call her Lannie. I noticed her hands got shaky as took a deep breath to calm her nerves. She talked about how good of a person her mom was and she never judged anyone. She described Aunt Emily perfect she never rude and always cared for everyone. It got quiet for a moment as she didn't know what else to say. She started to get angry with the words she spoke and I knew she was about to lose it all. Her voice broke and I sat closer to the edge of my seat and so did Rook she took a step back "I can't" she said as tears filled her eyes. "I can't do this," she said through tears before she ran off the stage and out the door. I looked at rook as I and he got up to go after her at the same time. Leaha got up behind us as we all made it quickly to the door.

          Before we ran outside I handed Cassie to slim. We went outside to see Rook trying to pull Lannie into a hug. She kept hitting him in his chest as he just tried to hold her closer to him. "IT'S NOT FAIR!" she shouted as Rook did his best to hold close. I saw Leaha jump when Lannie started yelling. I could hear Rook telling her to let it all out then her scream was muffled by his chest but you could still hear what she was asking for. She wanted her mom back who could blame her, I thought as her and Rook fell to the ground. Leaha placed her hands over her mouth as she started to cry worse I placed my hands around her. I saw Lannie look at us with tear-filled eyes before she pulled away from rook hold on her. She asked Rook a question but I didn't hear it as I was to busy making sure Leaha was okay. After a few minutes, Lannie decided it was about time to go back in I knew she wasn't ready but she wanted to be there for her dad.

              It was the end of the funeral and a lot of the guests went to talk to my uncle Rick about my Aunt. Nobody came to talk to me or Lannie maybe because of the way she reacted but no one blames her for reacting like that. My bandmates came to join Me Rook and the girls as we watched the pictures go buy on the Tv. I held my daughter in my lap and had my spare arm around Leaha to comfort her. Lannie was laid upon Rook while our bandmates sat on the floor. The screen turned black as words came across it. Christmas in July, Thank you. It read and the pictures from that night came on. Lannie was going to make a great photographer I thought when I saw the photo of Me and Lannie helping Cas with Aunt Emily watching us proud. I smiled sightly Looking down at my daughter watching it.

A/N: My heart!