Nico has to find Anna his older sister, so he called up Tommy, Anna’s ex-husband. He found out that she had called him after she left the hospital and headed into the mountains to go to Juanito’s favorite fishing spot in the Morrison canyon. Nico needed a ride so he called his friend Chubbs, then him and Chubbs drove up to the river where they saw Anna’s car. “Wait here Chubbs, I’ll be back” Nico said as he got out of the car. He had followed the trail to the little picnic area where Juanito liked to fish. Sure enough Anna was sitting on the river bank crying. Nico approached slowly. “Hey Anna I’m sorry about Juanito” she turned her head to look at Nico, the mascara and eyeliner had run down her face. “Nico what are you doing here?” She asked pensively trying not to sob. “Izzy and Angela have been worried about you, since you left the hospital two days ago” she started to cry again “it’s not fair Nico, he was only 23. We were going to go up to Blackhawk for a motorcycle rally, now he’s gone” Nico sat down next to Anna and put his arm around her. Nico spoke with eloquence about Juanito. “ I loved my Nephew, he was a great dude. He will always be with us no matter what. I know that he would want you to be strong, instead of sitting here sobbing at the river bank.” She dried her eyes and gave Nico a hug. “Your right Nico, him and Dad are always with us. They are angels now” Nico stood up and pulled Anna up. “We need to get you cleaned up” Anna shook her head and tried to hold back her tears. “Do you have any tissues?” Nico asked “In the glove box, just like mom would” speaking of mom Nico couldn’t imagine how she was going to react, as Juanito was her favorite grandchild. Or if she even knew he had passed. Nico put Anna in Chubbs’ Jeep and drove Anna’s car to Izzy’s house in the burbs. As they pulled into the driveway. Nico saw Izzy walk out the door, she walked over to Chubbs’ Jeep and as soon as Anna got out of the Jeep, gave her a big hug and kissed her on the cheek. Nico parked the car. He thanked Chubbs for helping out, and gave him some gas money for his troubles. “I’ll meet you at 1up later, I got to take care of this, she’s a mess, I appreciate your help dude.” Chubbs drove off. Nico locked Anna’s car and headed inside Izzy’s house. His sisters were sitting on the couch in the main room. They talked about Juanito and what they wanted to tell their mom, then they had to decide who called mom. So they roshambowed and Izzy was the loser, she called mom, while the rest discussed the arrangements. Angela has scheduled the memorial for Juanito on Sunday afternoon. Nico panicked because that’s when he planned to meet Cat. He had to come up with alternate plan, he hated to cancel plans, he hoped she wouldn’t be too upset.
To be continued...