“WHAT?” she yelled, Caroline was in complete and utter shock. By the end of Tara’s sentence numbness had shot throughout Caroline’s body, leaving her mind blank and her face emotionless. Walking out into the common room of the suite, Tim and Beth looked at Caroline and immediately asked what had gone wrong, her usually glowing blue eyes looked like nothing more than two empty holes. As Caroline relayed the news the same feeling of shock swept over both Tim and Beth, who had known Dan quite well. There was nothing the three of them could do but sit and sta

The wake and funeral came and went, seeing Dan’s body in peace was the hardest part. Caroline knew that for her own comfort she would love to have Dan right by her side cracking a joke and making her laugh until her stomach hurt but fate played its hand. As she gazed at Dan’s body she leaned over and whispered

re for the next few hours, occasionally sharing the information with those coming in and out of the room as a part of the regular, everyday routine. After the thought of Dan’s death had somewhat come to the surface, questions of disbelief ran throughout conversation. “How, why, is this really true?” As more and more people found out the information, the more possibilities for the cause of death came up. Dan had been using various hard drugs but was in a rehab program, this wasn’t supposed to happen. One by one people would come forth with different information, did he kill himself with a handgun, did he starting using Ecstasy again, was it fate’s working? As the night slowly passed and tears came and went, Caroline found herself emotionally drained with an excruciating headache like she had never experienced.

“Thank you Daniel, even in death you’ve shown me beauty and understanding. Your memory will always remain with me.”

The next morning arrived and as Caroline rose from her comfortable bed, she heard Bob Dylan playing in the background and suddenly, the reality set in. Dan was gone. As anyone would imagine, all one could do is sit and think.

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