Chapter 48

I stood next to my dad, and Sterling as I watched the casket get lower into the hole. Sterling’s parents and other people were wailing but I did not make a sound. I had hope in my heart again. And I knew that no amount of crying or sobbing was going to bring the love of my life back.

So as I watched the casket get lower and lower into the hole, a small sad smile clung to my lips. I was going to vindicate Samuel, nothing was going to stop me from doing that. My mom was going to pay for what she did.

It would be over for her, and she would never in her life, try what she did to Samuel, to anybody again.

“You know, it’s okay to cry, right?” Sterling said to me.

“I know, I know.” I nodded slowly. “And you should take your advice too.” I locked eyes with him. There was it again, the very intense emotion that was once in his eyes. It was there for a few seconds and then faded away when he blinked a couple of times.

He smiled. “Yeah, but I can’t. It…just feels like I can’t. My mind won’