we spoke with michael, he said he was trying to focus on the future, and his family friend, michelle amersonelp him. >> you're still kind of a second mom for michael? >> yes. >> how's he doing in your opinion, michelle? >> michael's doing better. you know, we have had a lot of heartache over his loss, and you know what he's been through, but he's a trooper, and he has a lot of people standing behind him. >> reporter: becky sears and her husband tony, they divorced, and kay's husband david, he remarried staying in the house where it all happened. derrick just 12 years old at the time of his mother's death went into the marine corps, and for kay's friends, their memories of her remain. >> what were your last words to her and you know they're never going to be the last words they were? >> i said -- i'm sorry. i said you know i love you, girl, and she says, i know. i know. and i said, i'll talk to you later. and that was it. >> reporter: grovetown quietly bustles along with few traces of the tragedy that happened on hot springs drive, but tamara says for her kay's spirit is still there, right do