Chris hugged him when he reached for him.
“I have you, my boy. We have you.”
That’s when he began sobbing.
“I loved her so much,” he said. “With each day, I only would have loved her more. I wanted a life with her, desperately.”
Chris knew what that was like.
The love of a woman was something that changed you. At some point, the pain would dull. Memories would fade. Time would pass.
Unfortunately.
“I know, Son. I know that she felt the same for you.”
Chris sat there and let him mourn, and he did the job of ME and Dad. When Caspian was out of tears, he held his hand.
“She’ll get Rayna justice. Elizabeth is tenacious, and while he didn’t hurt her, she’ll make him pay for what he did to your heart. Moms are the wickedest avengers of her children’s hearts. Trust in that.”
He closed his eyes.
“I know,” he said. “I need to find her and tell her I’m sorry,” he stated. “I shouldn’t have shoved her. I was lost in grief. I thought he did horrible things to Rayna.”
Oh, he absolutely did.
Only, Chris wasn’t going to kick a man while he was down, or be angry.
“She knows. Give her some time to handle this, and when it’s over, she’ll have time to hear you out. Knowing Elizabeth for as long as I have, I know for certain, she’ll never be angry over this.”
Caspian kissed Chris on the cheek.
“Thank you for this. Thank you for taking care of her until she could be given back to her people. That would matter to her. She once told me she wanted to be placed by her mother. I hope Lance does that.”
He did too.
Only, they had a million other problems now. Lance still didn’t know his daughter was dead.
When he found out…
Holy fuck.
Hell was opening up all around them. They might have to send Caspian back to DC to isolate him from this.
Time would tell.
“You don’t need to thank me. I’m sorry that you lost someone you love. If you need to see the video again, or you need to just talk, Caspian, I am here for you. You can come here and find me.”
He knew he would likely need to talk to someone, and he appreciated that Chris would listen. His own father would have laughed at his weakness and tears.
Chris was a good man.
“I think I’m going to go back to the lounge and close my eyes for a while,” he said. “I need to dream about her. I need to just remember our last moments, and work through the rest of this pain.”
Honestly, that would be for the best. Deep down, he was contemplating how to cover up what had happened to Rayna. At that point, getting her cremated and then having it be an‘accident’due to paperwork, was looking better and better.
Oh, he absolutely owed Doctor Legend an apology for busting his balls over speculating when Chris was burning the rule book, and dancing around it like a lunatic.
Because he was stronger now, Chris set him free.
