Lavinia Littleton had 3 jobs. She worked in two different food service positions, but the best job she had was a position as a nurse's assistant at a hospital in Bristol. It was an hour trip to and from her home, but it paid better than her other jobs, and she could take night shifts. She had three teenage boys, who here getting bigger every day ( Read more... )

When Bernard Littleton opened the door, he was not expecting to find his four remaining children there. But that's who he found, all standing side by side, staring at him with expressions ranging from indifference to anger on their faces. "Whu...?" He asked, rather dumbly while staring right back at them. His face and hand were still bruised ( Read more... )

When Joe arrived at Thomas and Abby's house, late in the evening, they were all there. All together. All the Littleton siblings in one room for the first time in 14 years. And it was as if no time or death had occurred the second they settled in. Being together, for them, was like riding a bicycle. Second nature. And not even Adam was weirded ( Read more... )

Lavinia had been through a lot in her 77 years. She'd fallen in love. Three times to be exact. And each time it had ended in heart break, but she was always thankful for what she'd had before that end. Yes, even with Bernard Littleton who had left her high and dry with five children to take care of. That had been her biggest obstacle. Five ( Read more... )

The party was beautiful. Peter was surrounded by the people he loved, and he couldn't think of anything better than that. After the year he'd had, finding he had terminal cancer, losing the battle and his memories along with it, his death, the Templar...everything. It meant so much just to be here. Just to be with them.

( Everyone has a place to go )

Even as it was happening, Peter's funeral seemed so beyond surreal. The chapel at the hospital was full fit to burst with people who had come to mourn the loss of Peter Kemp. Stuart was officiating and despite his years in the clergy, he found that it was impossible to come up with the right words to say. So instead he borrowed Peter's words, ( Read more... )