"May God be with you."
I held my breath.
For ten seconds... I counted.
My eyes were bloodshot.
Tears of all flavors...shame...hate...
Fear... Flamed down my cheeks.
"I'm so sorry." Anna touched my shoulders as If I were
a broken butterfly.
I looked down at my shoes.
I watched as a tear landed on one.
I was at a funeral.
An ugly one.
All funerals were ugly.
No matter how many flowers, they were all dead inside.
Just as lifeless as the body in the casket.
Jane Montgomery didn't even bother with words. She came in for a hug.
I didn't hug back.
My arms weren't working.
My tears slid into the fabric of her blouse.
I pulled back, sniffling.
I desperately needed a room
to myself. Each tear that streamed
down my cheeks made me want to scream.
Jane held my shoulder with her petite grip. She leaned in to my ear.
"He's here." She whispered.
•
I stared at the reflection of the trees
in the windshield as the
truck sped
down
the
streets.
I could hear my dad taking
breaths in the driver's seat, as if he wanted to speak.
He didn't say anything.
I felt the sticky residue of my tears lining my cheeks.
I wanted to go straight home and lay in bed, but my dad insisted we grab a stupid bite to eat.
So we sat at Wendy's.
He chewed on his burger while giving me short glances and heavy sighs off and on.
He wanted to tell me to eat, but he didn't.
He knew I wouldn't.
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