Finn by Cee Bowerman

Author:Cee Bowerman [Bowerman, Cee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

11.

“Naked naps have to become a thing now. I decree it.”

Lena to Finn

Lena

Finn squeezed my hand as we started down the aisle behind his brothers. The church was filled to capacity, with not a space left for anyone else to sit. There were people standing around the edges of the chapel, and as I glanced around, I saw quite a few men and women I knew.

I walked slowly next to Finn until he paused to let me go ahead of him to sit in the pew. I found myself between Finn and Royal, and I put a hand on each of their knees to lend them my strength. None of the brothers had said much since we rode together in the limousine to the church this morning, and I understood how solemn and heartbreaking this day was for them.

My gaze moved up to the front of the church, and I saw the huge pictures of the family members who had died in the accident. In front of each picture was a decorated urn holding the ashes of that family member.

Finn and his brothers had waited to hold the funeral until Bellamy could be commemorated with her husband, sister, and parents.

I bowed my head as the priest prayed over the family, wishing blessings on Finn and his brothers and the two little babies that were waiting for us in the nursery of the hospital. Once I raised my head, I turned to look down the row of Conner brothers and saw that all of them were stoic and dry eyed. Even Finn was staring straight ahead, barely showing any emotion at all.

I had silent tears running down my cheeks and I had never met the family they had lost. But the pictures up front and the song playing over the sound system had me bawling.

As the opening notes of the song ‘Will The Circle Be Unbroken’ played, I heard Finn’s breath hitch, so I leaned over to rest my head on his shoulder. Johnny Cash’s deep voice started out the song, and I turned when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. All six of the men to my right had their heads down now and were fighting tears as the song sang about a man saying goodbye to his Mother as the hearse took her away.

The priest, the same man who had prayed with the brothers in the hospital corridor just a few days ago started to talk about Lorna Conner, and how much she loved her husband and her children. He talked about how Lorna and Altus had met, and how they had stuck together through the births and even the deaths of some of their children. I listened as the priest talked about how Lorna and Altus had always been a team, whether it was in raising their children or working to build The Conner House so that other parents could be comfortable while their own children were in the hospital’s care.

The priest stepped back to sit down on a bench behind him, and the lights in the church went down.

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