“Closure” by KMP

Rating: G.

Lana clutched the green stone close to her heart as she let her mother’s voice envelope her. She could put it away. For now. She didn’t need it anymore.

The tape clicked off. She had never felt closer to her mother, not even during her cemetery visits.

Nell called, her voice faint. Lana opened the door to the truck as she thought of her aunt, the rain drenching her instantly. She was little misguided sometimes. But well-intentioned. Lana realized how lucky she was. She had family. And a life. She smiled, the first real one in a while.

“Coming, Nell!”