Texas Tornado by Vale Lani Lynn

Author:Vale, Lani Lynn [Vale, Lani Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781500480059
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

I’m scared of walking out of this room, and never feeling the rest of my whole life, the way I feel when I’m with you.

-Dirty Dancing

Shiloh

“From what I’ve been told, Lyle was a gentle soul. He loved life, and lived it to the fullest. Now he’s home, where nothing will ever hurt him again. He’ll forever be remembered, and loved.” Reverend Justice preached solemnly.

My heart felt lighter today. It’d been a week since Lyle had passed. Originally, the state was going to bury Lyle and his mother together, side by side, in the plot awarded by the state in a cemetery on the outskirts of Jefferson, where they’d lived. Sadly, Nadia’s parents decided to bury her in their family plot, sans Lyle, and didn’t tell anyone of the service until after it was finished.

Throughout the entire process, James remained a rock. He held me through my crying jags. Offered help, suggestions, and his ear for me to rant about the injustices of it all. What he didn’t offer was judgment. He wasn’t mad that I’d taken off without him. Concerned for my safety, yes. Upset? No.

He’d shown up at the hospital an hour after me. I smiled at the Root Beer he’d offered me, and took it with silent thanks. He’d sat with me for around seventeen hours, only leaving for bathroom breaks and phone calls to Janie. At two in the afternoon the next day, Lyle took his final breath.

The nurse had been correct. The alarms all shrieked their warnings, scaring me half to death. Sadly, they weren’t able to bring him back, even after multiple measures to do so, as per state regulations.

Then commenced the drama, which led us to now. Lyle being buried in the tiny little coffin, in the tiny little hole. Alone.

He wasn’t sent away from this earth alone, however. The entirety of Sam’s Free Family, my coworkers who’d been on the case, my father, my brother, and the entire damn Dixie Wardens Motorcycle Club showed. Which surprised and shocked me. I’d never been a part of The Dixie Wardens Motorcycle Club. Although they were aware of me, they didn’t know my relation to my father and Sebastian. Well...they didn’t used to be.

They did now.

They also treated me like gold. Like I was someone precious to them, even though I’d met them all of three times before this last week.

My father had given me a little more insight on the why’s and how’s of his life. I’d had so many of the questions answered that have always lurked in the back of my mind, that it made me admire him all the more for doing what he’d done. After seeing child abuse at its finest, I respected a man that could forgo a relationship with his children in deference to their safety. Many parents I’ve come to see in my years on the job hadn’t, and those children had suffered all the more for it.

Lillian walked up to me as the last shovelful of dirt was placed in the whole.

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