Chapter 117: CRUX OF THE MATTER: VALERIE
Christmas came and went in a blur. My Auntie Joan came and spent time with the family and apart from Christmas Day lunch it was business as usual for Flynn. He and Kayden had been getting closer, and I was thrilled that they got on so well. I think they filled a gap that was missing in one another's lives, if that made sense. Flynn could be himself completely, as could Kayden. I'd heard them talk to each other about Martin and the accident and thought it a good thing that there were no barriers there.
It pleased my parents that Flynn and Kayden got on as much as it did me because since Martin and Adam had passed, Kayden had looked pretty lost. I know that having Flynn around certainly took the edge off the gaping hole that had been there at family occasions since our brothers had died.