CEMETERY
MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
Two Weeks Later
“No, Auntie. I’m not sure if it’s going to be an open casket.” Layla’s voice trembled when she spoke.
“Child. What are you talking about?”
Aunt Hilda was confused by this comment. She assumed, like everyone else in the Little family, that they would be able to see David during the wake and personally say their goodbyes before he was interned at the Riverside National Cemetery.
“I know, Auntie. I don’t understand myself. It’s Cissy again. She’s acting a fool.”
“Oh, my goodness. What now?”
“She doesn’t want to release the body to the family.”
“Why not? Cissy doesn’t want a funeral?”
“Yes. Well, yes and no. She wants her own funeral without the family there. She said that she’s planning a small get together with her family.”
“David
