Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 431

Chapter 431: His Leilani.

Leilani.

The rest of the funeral felt rushed as one minute, I was watching the priest say the important prayers and complete the rites of passage for the dead, and the next minute, the large silver coffin was being lowered to the ground.

For some reason, Jarek had specifically asked that his coffin be never opened during the ceremony so that my last memory of him wouldn’t be that of him cold and stiff with cotton buds stuffed into his nostrils and ears, and even though I found that absurd, especially since I had seen him dead at the hospital, I didn’t complain.

I couldn’t.

Truthfully, I was even glad because this way, it would be easy for me to manipulate my mind into thinking that the last time I had seen him, he had been fast asleep.

That he was probably somewhere else now, somewhere better... somewhere he got all of his heart’s desires and—

"Leilani, we can go now," Maya’s voice slipped into my ears, snapping me out of the haze I had been lost in.

My head tilted upwards to meet her eyes and when this happened, I didn’t miss the sadness in her piercing gaze.

I shook my head. "No."

"He is already being buried. Everyone’s already leaving." She muttered worriedly, but still, I didn’t budge.

I wasn’t everyone.

I was Leilani. His Leilani.

My eyes stared into the vast space before me and I watched closely as the grave diggers continued to heap scattered soil over his half filled grave.

It was beginning to drizzle slightly, hence the reason many people had decided to seek shelter early. But I couldn’t move. Hell, I wasn’t even sure I still knew how to breathe probably.

My chest was the tightest it has ever been in my entire life. The corners of my eyes still stung painfully. And to top it all, for some reason, it felt as though I could hear his voice, complaining bitterly in my ears about the soil being thrown over him as they continued to cover his grave.

"This is wrong..." I muttered under my breath, earning myself a look from Maya.

"Baby,"

"He didn’t deserve to die like this... so suddenly. He was in so much pain in his final moments and it is all Keisha’s fault."

"Please..." Maya began to say but I cut her off abruptly by continuing;

"Now, I wasn’t even given a sign or something. And do you know what he did instead?"

"Huh?"

"He shoved responsibilities as big as Africa into my hands. Responsibilities that I was satisfied with letting him take care of while I helped in the shadows. God, I am not mad that he’s made me CEO without telling me first about it, I am mad however at the fact that he is gone. He is my best friend. He was supposed to be my best friend, but now, he’s gone! Just like that!"

I hiccuped when tears streamed down my face, but deciding that I didn’t want to wipe them off this time, and hide like I have been doing, I continued;

"Tomorrow, I will wake up and I won’t be able to call him on the phone. I won’t be able to go to his house to ’help out’ and my friend who is always and has always been there for me when I need it the most won’t be there when things get tough."

"Lani..."

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