They proceeded with Tiana's funeral quietly. Since it was already recorded that she was dead a long time ago, they couldn't afford to make it big and let the world know that she had suddenly come back to life and then returned to the dead right after.
Valerie allowed them to bury her in her parents' graveyard, right next to Frankie by the Willow tree.
She sat down next to it and said a few words, moved to tears but held in her tears. She just didn't know how she was going to explain to Max once he woke up that his mother died because of her.
"I hope you blame me." She muttered. "I hope you don't forgive me easily and keep that resentment. So please, don't smile at me like that." She bit her bottom lip as she stared into the distance, her gaze fixed at a certain point.