On this particular floor, we were in the area where most of the elderly gathered for some social time or entertainment like playing some bingo or chess, watching a vintage film, reading or getting read a book by one of the staff, or in Mrs. Rose's case, getting read a book by June herself.
It's just that the timing couldn't be more unfortunate as one of the older residents had to pass on but to look at the silver lining, she passed on surrounded by her friends she considered family.
But yeah, an older gentleman slowly walked over to June and Mrs. Rose's side while carrying a fruit platter and his expression just turned sour when he made the realization.
"A-Angie? Angie? Oh God, no... Angie, I—"
Eden quickly made her way to the older gentleman's side then forced a smile, "Where are you looking at, Harold? I'm right here!"
The "Harold" fellow looked confused for a moment before he let out the brightest smile, "Ah— Angie! There you are! I've been looking for you! Did you know that our daughter's turning seven tomorrow? Can you believe it?!"
Eden just nodded as she walked him by the TV, "Time sure does fly fast, huh?"
Harold simply nodded with a smile, "You know, Jessica, your mother and I love you very much... It's really sad that she went on ahead of us but she's watching from above, alright? I might do it someday too but you gotta be really~ strong and— Oh, right, Angie, I have a meeting at six..."
Hearing their conversation, it didn't take long before Kaley and I made the realization, but June on the other side, had already broken down crying in front of Mrs. Rose's body. They were in one spot by the window where not a lot of people could bother them, but it also didn't take as long before a woman who I assumed to be staff walked over and had the same realization.
"June..."
"I-I'm okay, Maddy— I'm t-totally okay, I—"
"Wanna bring her down with me?"
"C-Can we w-wait a bit more?"
"I'm sorry, June, we can't... You know what happened those times, right?"
"... *sniff* a-alright... I-I'll—"
Eden then came back at the right time:
"June, I'm so sorry, I—"
"It does look great..."
"..."
"Umm... I don't wanna rush you or anything but... You know..."
"..."
"June?"
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"...do it..."
"Hmm?"
"I-I'll do it..."
"We'll just be right here, alright? Your safety's still the priority here..."
"I-I understand..."
At that point, June slowly made her way to Mrs. Rose's body and she kept a tight grip on this very thin blade that looked like a bookmark due to the ribbon hanging down by the small handle, but as June said more things to thank Mrs. Rose for what she had done for her, I noticed that Mr. & Mrs. Dewey received the news of her passing and came down with the old man.
And as they noticed our presence and June standing in front of Mrs. Rose, they made sure to not make any noise until it was all over.
"T-Thank you for everything Mrs. Rose... I'll never forget you..."
In a very gentle motion, June raised the tip of her blade, pointed it at the back of Mrs. Rose's head, and pushed slowly.
June was clearly shaking from the first inch and she took several deep breaths as she pushed it deeper and deeper. She was definitely bawling her eyes out the moment she pushed it all the way in and she wrapped her arms around her and cried out the pain.
"June..." Eden muttered as she wiped her tears with her sleeve.
With that said, we gave June all the time she needed since Mrs. Rose's body was cleared but after ten minutes or so, she eventually let go and helped me put the lifeless body into the incinerator.