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In a strange way this has all taught me a valuable lesson, all be it too late now Words of advice froranted Make the most of every day with them and never be too busy to spend time with a loved one, because one day all you’ll be left with are your memories, and sometimes, like an

I read the note twice, h the note was fairly foruilt and pain behind the words She had barely known her son, and noas gone so she would never have the chance Again, I hated hioing to find out all of those horrible things about hi to deal with the horror of it on top of her grief and guilt for not being there?

I closed my eyes and tipped h, that wasn’t true I didn’t think I could ever truly hate hi in this situation, and he was the one that put ht occurred to me Did I really have to tell the truth? No one but ation had brought up nothing conclusive There was never anything to link Luke to the things he sent to me, or to Sandy’s murder Did I really have to break the hearts of so ht aboutI wished I didn’t know this infore together If I could erase the knowledge from my memory I would do it in an instant So as I about toon telling histhey could do about it noay? What good could coood in anything anyot

I read Luke’s mom’s note one more time, but this time with a fresh perspective She was so proud of him, she’d said so herself, but if she knew the truth would that take that away from her pride? Luke was dead, he had already been punished, and nothing else could co that he was behind it all However, deep down I knew that if the thoughts that were for in my mind were to cole person I loved, just to save the memory of the man I loved I wasn’t sure what to do for the best

"Knock, knock?"

I looked up quickly, seeing Alex peeking in through the door, obviously waiting for permission to enter

Seeing his face see horror that I’d seeped into A smile twitched at the corner of my mouth as I waved him in As he pushed the door open I saw my mom in full sob mode behind him She practically pushedthat I so desperately needed I wrapped my arms around her, put my head in the crook of her neck and felt myself relax into her as fresh tears started to fall

Doctors caularly No one really spoke about Luke or the car Mostly Alex blabbered about random stuff, made jokes about hospital food and how nice and quiet it was at home without me I almost believed him when he said that he didn’t want o of et tired there was a knock at the door and a doctor peered in Everyone looked up but he caught o outside Dad stood up "Maybe I have to settle the bill?" he joked, shrugging and winking at me as he walked out of the door

"What’s that about?" Alex asked, watching over his shoulder as if he could soged "Probably arranging a tiet your sister hoested

A ain Dad stepped back in, closing the door softly behind hiht He didn’t look too happy about whatever had gone on "Maisie, the police are here to ask you a few questions about the crash Do you feel up to it or should I ask the his head to the side and regarding ulped This was it Now I had to decide, and I still wasn’t sure what to do

"Um… I’m fine," I answered My palms started to sweat almost instantly so I dropped Alex’s hand and wiped theet co it open andsomeone inside DI Neeson stepped into the roo her here, causing pain to zap across ritted ripped my arm ide eyes