Telling her I loved her would remove the final barricade I'd set up as a defensive shield to keep her from being able to totally take over my life. It...would be like giving her permission to start planning out our future. Marriage, kids, the whole ball of wax. Once I said the words to her, she'd have carte blanche to go ahead with everything else she wanted to plan for the two of us.I was thirty one years old, she was only twenty four. When I'd graduated high school, she'd been an eleven year. I called my uncle back that day and agreed.I caught a ride out there with a neighbor who was in the city because I knew my car would never make the journey. It was like coming home. I hadn't been there for about 6 months and I really missed the place and the people. When I got out of the car and walked down the drive way, every one came running out to meet me. Even the Collie Jessie tackled me and started licking me to death.I got up after rolling out from underneath the playing dog when I saw. Despite her exhaustion and frustration, Toni was in a cheery mood when she found Brandon. He glanced up from his video game momentarily. “Find anything?” he asked.Toni dropped down next to her husband and dumped out her bounty. “Dig in! Dinner is served,” she said, then grabbed the Danish. “This is mine! I almost had to blow a guy to get this!”“Do what?” Brandon asked, staring at his wife.“Just kidding, but a guy did offer to let me share his hotel room,” she admitted, “but, I would have had to. You must right this wrong." I can't. Don't you understand? I can't go back in time."You can visit your mother now. Take me to her grave. ~ooOoo~I drove to the cemetery and parked. Percy and I hadn't talked on the drive. Despite my reservations, I didn't want to risk upsetting him again, so I readily obeyed him when he told me to take him to her grave.I had to admit, it was easier this time to set foot on the gravesite, despite the nightfall. As luck would have it, a storm was rolling in too..