Dark night of the soul

Chapter 67

Jessica's POV
'We stood crowded round the hole in the ground listening to the endless kind words being spoken about her.
My name is called to read out the speech I had prepared.
I walk up to the front, and I stand behind the wooden stand and I place the paper in front of me. My whole body was shaking. The tears were uncontrollably dropping. I was a mess.
I start to read the speech.
"Well I never thought I'd ever be standing up here saying goodbye to my beloved wife, we always thought that it would have been me to go first. Sarah, well, Sarah was a special soul, such a happy woman who always put others before herself, she was always smiling, she always treated everybody with respect and she always treated everybody like a fiend, even her fans and that is why everyone loved her.
I met Sarah a while back and we were great friends, but then it came to the point where we both realised we wanted to be more than friends, that was another great thing about her, if she wanted something she wouldn't let anyone or anything get in her way, and she wanted this relationship and she did not have a care in the world what anybody had to say about it.
Sarah was a gorgeous woman, an outstanding actress, and an amazing friend, mother, wife, daughter and sister who will always be remembered." I say. At this point the tears were streaming down my cheeks. I looked up from my paper to see the rows of people with handkerchiefs and tissues to their eyes crying at the loss of our beautiful woman. "Sarah will always be here with us, in our hearts" I continue then I go and sit down.'