Chapter 37 - Chapter Thirty-Six: Aiden

"It is hard to explain. I was young when he died. Now that I'm older, I know he intended to die that day. That was why he didn't want me in the car with him. Be better than me. For years I wondered what that meant. But after everything that has happened, I know. Aiden was great at everything he did. The last thing he did was hurt his family. The only way I can be better than him, is to protect mine from hurt. Yet, I let you down. I let your dad down. I let him down." When a tear slipped down his cheek, that was the end of my resolve. I scooted closer to him and wrapped my arms around his neck as he cried with me. I cried harder when he pulled me closer, basically squeezing the life out of me and let out a choked sob. I felt his pain immediately. It travelled from his body into mine, and I cried with him. As I heard him mutter how sorry he was to his big brother, it tugged at my heart strings and it broke my heart.