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To the right of the large ceremonial candle, which was the only lit one in the entire cemetery, stood Patrick O’Leary He had a microphone in his hand His brother Saht behind him

“We will never forget the plane crashing on that terrible September day,” Patrick said solemnly “The innocent ones we lost left an emptiness…”

As the speech continued, Dylan looked at the rest of the orphans The Stones stood by their parents’ graves Emmett had his arm around Aan was between Scott and Eric, ere next to the headstone of their parents

Erica hasn’t been here since that first service in 2001 The void that he felt in his heart for her absence was clearly felt by others, too He could live with that, but he couldn’t live with the agony she continued to carry

“…each person was a friend, a faht As has been our practice since that horrific day on this anniversary, let us light our candles and take a moment of silence to remember our fallen”

As was always the practice, the orphans were the only ones to light their candles from the center one They lit all the other candles

After Reed lit his candle, Dylanfor the one he’d asked the location of from the caretaker earlier A couple of rows frohting of the candles and silence continued, his plan to help the orphan who he was madly in love with came into focus

Erica sat in Caain this year, unable to face the monster buried near her parents

Although time had lessened the painful memories of that day twelve years before, it was still always hard for her Today had been somewhat easier than the ones before because Cam had stayed by her side

“Where are weDylan?”

“You’ll see” Ca the call fro was up, but she wasn’t sure what

They crossed over Silver Spoon Bridge, leaving the city li to tamp down her curiosity, she looked out at the moonlit peaks that had surrounded her all of her life Destiny was home to her now more than it had ever been Cam and Dylan were much like these mountains—tall, majestic, and beautiful

Ca Oaks Lane

That road led to only one destination She tensed, finding it odd that Ca him at the cemetery?”