Father-In-Law

Today was the day of Lizzy's funeral, I done a lot of crying in the morning yesterday so I'll try to keep the tears at bay for Gray. He hasn't shown any emotion towards what happened to his mother, I don't think he's fully had time to absorb what's happened yet, whenever he does I'll be there. Late afternoon yesterday is when we announced her funeral, Gray stuck with the story that they had located her body after all this time and she was finally being put to rest. Honestly, a part of me thinks that statement isn't fully false, hear me out before you think I'm crazy. Before the awful killing of Matilda, Lizzy was a different person. From the stories Gray's told me and the pictures I've saw, but also the things I've heard from her old friends, she was this positive ball of light that you never saw frowning. She was always up to help people and would go out of her way to ensure everyone was safe, it's still unfortunate that she was mated to a man like Preston. But after what happened to Matilda happened she changed, she no longer smiled or went out of her way to make everyone feel safe, at any social gatherings in the ten years leading up to her "death" she was withdrawn and didn't speak. She would sit at the edge of a party or dinner and just stare out the window at nothing. Everyone missed the person she used to be but knew what kind of heartache she had gone through losing her baby, this gave Preston more opportunity to manipulate her when she was in that state. Throughout that time and the time after her "death" she wasn't Lizzy, she was the shell of the person she used to be, so in that fire where everyone believed she died, in a way she did. All the years she was in hiding she wasn't Lizzy, so in opinion we are finally putting Lizzy to rest after years of her being lost. I was just finishing up getting ready, I visited the doctor in the early morning to check over my hands before the funeral. My hands are doing fine but they still haven't found anything that could bring my wolf back, they did say that could try combining medicines to see if they work but Gray told them no. He didn't want any of the medications to harm me in anyway and nothing is coming near me until it's gone through many tests, so I'm still wolf-less. We also explained to the public last night about the accident but didn't go into full detail obviously, we told them an incident had took place involving Rupert Bynes, which resulted in me getting injured and Rupert passing away. Talking of Rupert, Gray finally came around to the idea of me planning his funeral, Erik thought we could do it today but I turned the funeral part down. This is the day to remember Lizzy and all the attention should be put on her out of respect, the same for Rupert, the day of his funeral should just be about him and all the memories people have about him. After Lizzy's funeral I do have something I need to do, I had Erik check what's happened to the house Preston ordered my father and Cyrus to burn down, the house which Ellie was killed in. According to Erik, nobody wants to live there, everyone knows what happened and feel like the place is tainted by the horrible accident. So I ended up purchasing it and we're building a memorial to remember Ellie and the amazing life she lived when she was able to. I'm opening it up today so her family have a place they can mourn her death, but also it's a way I can keep her memory alive like I promised Rupert. We'll have guards guarding the grounds 24/7 so we don't have anyone destroying it. I walk from the bathroom into the bedroom where Gray was trying to tie his tie, he gets annoyed and throws it at the wall. I smile walking over picking the tie up. "What's the tie ever done to you?" I joke with a little smile, he sends me a tiny one back as I start to tie his tie for him, Kyle never knew how to tie ties so I always did for him. "There are a lot of people attending her funeral toady, we have close friends and family given close access with the public a few feet away" he explains as I start to concentrate on tying the tie "Kyle and his mate are attending, they have seats beside you my love" he tells me which causes me to smile, I like whenever I can see Kyle as I don't as much as I used to. After we announced the accident last night, immediately my phone starts to ring from Kyle asking what really happened and if I was okay. I was allowed to explain what happened to him but he can't tell anybody, I'm glad I'll get to see him in person to prove to him that I'm okay but also, I didn't know back at the lake if I was gonna make it back out, all I could think about as I lay there alone was Gray, Kyle and the poor person who was going to find me there, I just need to give him a tight hug. "Is he coming?" I ask looking up at Gray after finishing his tie, he nods at me but I don't think he actually knew who I was talking about "not Kyle, the other person who should be here?" I ask hoping he'd now know who I was talking about, he looks confused for a second but then realises. "No" is all he says turning to put his jacket on, I just sigh also turning to grab my earrings "that man lost all the rights to attend her funeral after what he done" he growls slightly, yep he definitely knows who I was talking about. "Gray, she was his mate, yes he might have done some bad things but he still has some kind of right" I say but he just shakes his head once again "let's say if something bad were to happen to me-" I begin to say but he cuts me off. "Nothing will ever happen to you" he corrects me as I put my second earring in. "Okay but in the scenario where something did happen, how would you feel if someone was stopping you from attending?" I ask walking over to stand in front of him, he doesn't speak and just looks down at the ground "yes I know he didn't treat her well, but somewhere in that deep shell of a horrible man that he is, he cared and loved her like a mate is supposed to" I say holding his hands in mine, he still doesn't look up from the ground. "It won't only help him if he comes it will also help us, his trial is set for next week and as you know it's going to be a highly publicised trial, if he just shows up out of the blue to sit trial the public are going to be so shocked and start to ask questions, if they ask to many and someone slips up they'll found out that he's locked away from the world for years, people aren't going to like that" I say trying my hardest to persuade him, I didn't know if it was working yet "if they see him at the funeral today yeah they'll be shocked, but they'll have a week to get over the shock and then we can announce he's going to trial, this will be the last time he'll be allowed out before he's locked up for the rest of his life" I say which actually makes him turn to look at me this time, I could tell by his face that he was deep in thought. "Okay, I will give him permission to attend today but he is getting transported back to jail the second it is finished, guards will also be stationed everywhere so there is no chance he can escape" he says giving in, I smile knowing he's doing the right thing and something I think Lizzy would want "but I do not want to collect him from jail, the less time I spend with that man the better" he grumbles but I already had a plan for. "I can go, I mean I've been down in the dungeons so many times it's like a second home" I say but he gives me a look, he didn't want me down there "Erik and many guards will follow me down there" I say which makes him pause but eventually nod, I always get my way. "Fine, you have my permission to go and collect him" he says, I wrap my arms around his neck smiling. "Oh hun, I was going to anyway" I smile sweetly, placing a kiss on his nose before walking out the door leaving him stood by the bed. "You will be the death of me!" I hear him shout as I approach the stairs, I just laugh as I begin to make my way down the stairs. About to have my first interaction with my future father-in-law.