The Unforgettable

( Narrator's POV on Damien )

Staring at the coffin he seemed lost in his memories but suddenly coming back to reality, he noticed his mother's name  engraved on the coffin which read " Loving Wife - Mother - Friend gone to soon ... Ann Scott born 10 May 1974 - Passed 02 August 2011 "

He felt his feet drag on the ground as he decided to go and leave the white Tulip's he held so tightly in his hands that the petals of the flower's had eventually crumbled up on each other. He left the flower on the box as it was slowly being released into the ground. Dani joined him shortly with Aunt Sarah following behind. He felt a warm hand on his shoulder and looking up he saw Aunt Sarah's friendly smile trying to comfort him.

For many years he tried so hard so suppress the anger he'd felt towards his mother but suddenly it all just re-surfaced, "Why aunt Sarah ...  I saw her the other day and she told me she will be coming back for us". Hugging Damien closely Sarah said "Honey I can't answer that, sometimes we just don't know the answers for every question , you know how much your mom loved and Dani and so do we. You do understand that, don't you?

Slowly picking his chin up with her finger to look into his eyes, Damien never doubted for a minute that they were not cared for and loved by his amazing Aunt and Uncle. He realized his own father did not even have that amount of time for them as Sarah and Kevin had for them. "Yeah, I guess so" said Damien "Don't  ever worry about what's going  or what's going to happen  to you two, you two will be well taken care off, you know we love you guys don't you ?" Holding him tightly Damien knew they would always have a home in the farm that Uncle Kevin owned.

Kevin O'Donnell owned a fairly large vegetable farm not far away from Damien's home. Being the only child, Kevin spent his entire life on that farm that now belonged to him after both his parents had past on. The farm produced fresh vegetables that the local communities supported in Boundary Lane. There were several other farms in that area, some of which were vegetable farms and other were cattle farmers. Living on this farm there was just so many things to do and this would definitely take the kids minds of from their current situation.

Damien and Dani loved to spend time with their Aunt and Uncle here on this farm that they owned. Living here for most part of their lives was one of the highlights of these two children's lives. Helping out and just spending time here was something they so looked forward to during their holiday season and when their mom was not doing well.

Jonathan and Casey O'Donnell were quite close to Damien and Dani but now Casey was ready to go to college to study Cosmetology. Jonathan, in his early twenties employed as an Automotive Technician was living on his own and doing quite well for himself. Every so often in a week he would usually show up to check up on his parents Sarah and Kevin.

"You guys are my baby sisters kids and no one will ever hurt you guys and we will be there for you as long as the Good Lord allows ... Damien honey I think we need to leave before it starts to rain" said Sarah.

Looking around one last time he noticed a few people that he did not seem to recognize that attended his mom's funeral . He assumed that some people were his mom's friends from work. His mother worked for many years as a nurse in the Community Hospital close to where they lived in which was a small area in beautiful  Riverside.

"Uncle Kevin has already taken Dani to the car and we need to leave now, sweetheart" said Sarah. Holding her hands Damien noticed how warm her hand was even though the weather was really cold. His Aunt Sarah shivered at the thought of her sister dying in such a horrible way.

They choose not to tell Damien and Dani all the details of the accident. Her little niece and nephew didn't need to know that while coming to pick her two kids up Ann had crushed her car and it had exploded in an instant eventually bringing everything to ash, there wasn't even a body to bury.

Damien knew his mom loved them very much
but these last few years had being tough on everyone in his family including  himself  because of the tragedy that took place many years ago.

It wasn't to long from that night that things changed drastically in their once-loving home. It wasn't to long after that night that their dad, David moved out of their home and moved in with Katherine his girlfriend. This was such a sudden move that Damien could not fully understand what really happened between his parents.

That was the last time he'd seen his father. Still wondering how his Dad suddenly changed from being a devoted father to someone who could just forget his family.

Within a few minutes they reached the farm and rushing out to meet "his long-lost family" Buster their beige Labrador came running out to meet them with wet kisses running straight to Dani. Buster was especially close to her and Uncle Kevin. Dani chuckled with delight as Buster smothered her with wet kisses. Damien watching this felt good hearing his little sister laugh so hard and this obviously gave him some sort of joy. Just for a second their hurt and pain seemed small. Senceing her nephew's pain, his Aunt placed her hand on Damien's shoulders and bekoned for him to come inside their house.

After spending a few hour's settling down Damien decided to go and lay down in his room. He did not want to seem rude but he just wanted to be alone for awhile. Casey was with them for a short while and then her dad drove her to the college that she was recently  accepted in. It was already late in the evening and after having very little to eat Damien went back to bed as Aunt Sarah was holding  Dany, rocking her gently as she fell asleep on her lap.

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So guys what did you think about Buster the dog's relationship with Dani ? ... Being a Animal-love myself i have a dog and his name is Busterrrr and when I'm sad he always lifts me up so if you ever had those moments with your pets please don't hesitate to and vote and comment about it. ❤🦋