Thirteen

The Cruz cooperation was shut down momentarily. All the employees were asked to return home and mourn their deceased boss. A large portrait of Lily Cruz was placed at the gate of the company.

The Cruz castle where Lily and her husband lived was opened for as many as are interested to stop and leave their condolences.

Damian Cross was heart broken. The butler and Lily's chauffeur were the ones that held him down. Once he had hit his head against the wall and would have continued if it weren't for the quick intervention of the butler who stopped him by holding him in a tight hug.

Several times he had pleaded with them to let him be. He would stab himself to death so that he would be with his darling wife Lily. He can't live without her, she was his everything and the light that brightens his life.

Damian Cross' parents sat with the guests and sobbed. They said wonderful words about their daughter in law. She's such a pure, perfect and loving daughter in law anyone could ev