Chapter 15 Chapter fifteen

Timothy.Nobel died on April 7th. His grave is not far from Sally and Rick's. As promised, I found a day to take Peggy.Noble went to ask the helpful female salesperson of the Monument Company for advice.Although I told Peggy that she could choose any stone she wanted to erect a monument to Timothy in any size, she ended up choosing a small obelisk of dark gray granite with the following inscription: Timothy.Nobel Born March 12, 1979 Died April 7, 1991 I will never, never, never give up! On Memorial Day (Annotation: Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, the United States is a national holiday to commemorate those who died for the country.) In the early afternoon, I went to Maplewood Cemetery and marked Sally Next to the red stele where Rick is buried, there is a wicker basket filled with pink roses.After praying for a while, I was still kneeling there. After an unknown amount of time, I finally stood up and walked slowly towards Timothy.Nobel's tomb.I knelt by his gray headstone, close enough to touch it, and took out of the paper bag the baseball glove I had given Timothy.Hours earlier, at my begging, her mother had given me the gloves back without asking.Now I put the glove in front of the monument, and let the glove lie open on the grass, with the leather part for the fingers facing up, as if there is still a little hand inside reaching out to the sky.

Thank you, little one, for being my angel, the angel of hope and courage.I will always love you, and with every breath I breathe, I owe you more. Three years later, one day during the warm summer golf season, the town of Bran will celebrate the opening of the new public library.Everything has been properly arranged, and the new building will be built on the original site that was destroyed by fire.I have taken care of all financial matters. The library will be named the Harding︱Noble Public Library, and two paintings will hang in the carpeted foyer A portrait of two little boys. (End of the book)