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Because yes, that’s what Sam wanted

Because yes, she had fallen in love with the an had only intensified She needed hiain, he seemed to know that Elijah needed him too They’d become friends in the past feeeks Saan always offered to be an ear for Elijah should he need it And, possibly because of Logan, Elijah had been opening upwith theone to dinner several tih and Alex, once with Luke, Sierra and Cole They’d also gone to the club, spent so to Xander and Mercedes All of the them as three, not just two plus one And that made Sa left to do Because Elijah had sought Logan’s approval, Sam wanted to show Elijah that she understood what that

A gentle breeze was blowing

But other than that, time seemed to stand still as Elijah stood in front of Beth’s headstone, two dozen white roses – her favorite – now resting next to the inscription

Upon their arrival a short while ago, the three of theed froan had stayed back, offering him a few minutes alone with Beth

How they had known that he needed that, he wasn’t sure But he appreciated it nonetheless

“God, baby,” he whispered to Beth now, tears for in his eyes “I ainst hih that was Beth’s way of responding to hi him know she was there It only happened when he was out here with her though

“I brought soan and Samantha This was their idea For them to co, tears strea down his face and he couldn’t stop them

He’d been totally overcome with emotion since Sam asked him if the three of them could come to visit Beth At first he’d been shocked by the invitation but only because he had called her, simply to hear her voice For the last two days, he had been out of town and with as ether, he found that he h to call her just to hear her voice

Another breeze brushed against hi to see clouds, le cloud in the brilliant blue sky that went on for miles

He turned his attention back to Beth

“Sa that’s happened tohand landed on Elijah’s left shoulder and he felt Logan’s presence On his other side, Saured she was giving him space, but he didn’t want space Not froers as he continued to stare at his wife’s headstone

Elizabeth Michelle Penn

June 2nd, 1973 - January 17th, 2010

You will forever be in h I cannot touch your hand,

I know you are by my side

“That’s a lovely inscription,” Sa around his

“It’s true,” he told her now “She’s here with lad you are here with him, Beth He needs you… And we need hi to stop the tears, but he couldn’t seean, his watery gaze focused on the headstone Sam’s words echoed in his head, and we need him He needed them too but he was too scared to tell theh theers

If that wasn’t Beth, it was certainly an eerie coincidence And if it was, Elijah only prayed that was her blessing because… He was pretty sure he was not going to be able to let Saan reh he kept his hand on Elijah’s shoulder, letting hi to be an emotional reunion, and it was Especially now that Sae that the two of thean had done the sa to his parents after they died And when his grandfather had passed away, he’d done the sa and mended his heart with her love that he had stopped