With the Last Goodbye (Thirty-Eight Book 6) by Len Webster

Author:Len Webster [Webster, Len]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Len Webster
Published: 2018-01-21T18:30:00+00:00

Josephine’s mother died on a bright sunny Saturday afternoon with her daughter by her side and surrounded by pink roses.

Max had stood with her father, her best friend, and her best friend’s boyfriend. They watched in awe and pain as the one person who had connected them cried in agony when the nurse turned off the heart rate monitor. It was as if all the hurt and emotions in her had exploded as she threw her arms around her mother’s lifeless body and wailed.

Hearing her cry was horrible.

He felt helpless.

Death had taken her mother from her.

And just as he was about to walk over to comfort her, Dr Frederickson approached her. He whispered his apologies, and Josie nodded. She finally stood and lost her strength in the doctor’s arms.

“Max,” Stella said next to him.

He turned away from Josie and glanced over at her best friend. “Yeah?”

“She’s gonna need you. We can’t offer her the kind of love you can,” she announced with tears in her eyes. “You should go to her first, okay?”

Max nodded and then turned to Josie’s father. “Is that okay, Jeff?”

Her father blinked away his tears. “Yes. More than okay. If I go to her too quickly, she might find that hate she had for me in her grief. We’ve already started building a connection, and I don’t want to lose it because she’s all I’ve got left of Emily.”

“All right,” Max said and then made his way towards her. He had no idea how she would handle her grief. He had no idea if she needed him, but he would be there for her. When Max reached Josie hugging the doctor, he said in a small voice, “Josephine.”

Josie pulled away from Dr Frederickson, stepping around him, and the heartbreak and devastation was so bright in her eyes that Max felt her turmoil in his own chest. He opened his mouth to say something that might comfort her, but she shook her head and walked to him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face into his chest, sobbing.

His heart broke for her.

Completely broke at the seams for her.

Max circled his arms around her and held her tight. “It’s okay,” he promised. “It’s okay.”

She nodded against his chest, and he felt her tears soak his shirt.

His eyes closed as he held her.

Because right now, his embrace was all he could offer her.

There were no words or actions to reverse death.

Just the offering of support to guide them back into life.

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