Chapter 48. Saying Goodbye Part 1

KIRA

I never thought this day would come. How was I supposed to come to terms with it? How?

And never had Hollow Peak seemed so sad and depressing. I always associated it with Christmas and the holidays and the place where I came to find refuge and feel loved. In the warmth of my family. Now that family was no longer whole.

Everyone was sad and barely talking to each other. My brother’s face was drawn, and the tears seemed to be uncontrollable.

“Mom, I can’t believe that grandma is gone. I keep thinking that I will wake up and this will all have been a bad dream,” I said to my Mom who was in the kitchen doing nothing. I was worried about her.

“I know, sweetheart. It’s a difficult time for all of us, but we have to remember the good times we shared with her and cherish those memories,” she answered me back with a strength I never thought she had. It was her mother that died.

“But I’ll never be able to see her again, or hear her voice. It feels like