Theo Loves Lana
 Lana Loves Theo.
He will do anything to keep her, but he wants to know what she's keeping from him.
Lana has always been an open book, she doesn’t lie and she loves him. Theo knows these two facts for sure but with the phone calls she won’t tell him about and the pieces of her past she intentionally kept from him, Theo begins to doubt her trust in him. 
	Theo can’t imagine his life without Lana but he might have to face it if he can’t figure out what’s wrong. 

"Every Reason I Loved Her" is created by Nunchi Goya, an
eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Every Reason I Loved Her

I STAND OVER HER CASKET. She’s still beautiful but, she’s not smiling at me like she does. She’s not laughing and she’s not looking off into space. Her mind isn’t wandering. I glance back at the room. I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to stand up there and look at everyone that loves Lana and I don’t want to go up there and say goodbye.


“Theo.” Shaina prompts. I shake my head,


Shaina nudges me forward, “this is not a good time for stage fright.” 


“I can’t.” My insides crumble. “I can’t go up there and do this.”


“You can.” She insists. “You can do it for Lana.”


“I can’t.” I hiss at her. She stops pushing me and looks me in the eye.


“Theo…” She trails off because, what is there to say?


“I can’t go up there as if I’m never going to see her again and say goodbye because that... that’s too final… that’ll be it and I…” I try to swallow the lump in my throat “I can’t say goodbye to her.”


Chapter 45