Chapter 4: Shades

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It was around 4:00 am in the morning. Fiona was lying there propped up on a pillow, from her bed she could see the dusky blue mountains with small lights sparkling on them. Several of small houses were built on those mountains, and the lanterns lights could be seen from long distances.

"Its a bit foggy outside today" said Fiona to herself.
"Kind of the weather, Smith liked."

She closed her eyes and start remembering the times with Smith.

Smith was a very good husband, a soulmate who over came thousand soul enemies of her. Smith and Fiona got married almost in the mid of December, just a week before Christmas. The wedding held at the church near to the same cemetery, she visited earlier in the night.

Smith's hazelnut eyes and his smirking smile was unforgettable and had a great effect on Fiona's soul. The way Smith used to call her name, his brazen love, his scent, his gaze everything was amazing.

Fiona was just lying, thinking in the haunting silence of vastness. When suddenly Joanna entered her room and interrupted Fiona's thoughts.

"I want you to move on my child, life changes and this is the most common thing happens to life. Why are you keeping your self in an endless torment? Why don't you marry Dave and leave Smith behind?" Said Joanna by sitting next to Fiona.

"Mother, because I promised him and I have not forgotten it"

Joanna replied, "It doesn't matter."

"Of course, it does matter and will always matter. Close the door after leaving please." Said Fiona

She closed her big blue eyes again. Tears were rolling down; making her freckled pale cheeks, drenched.

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