GHOST

Watching his mother's coffin be lowered into the ground left Angelo feeling abandoned. Even though Emily stood beside him, holding his hand, he still felt as though something was missing.

"She's proud of you," Emily whispered, just loud enough for Angelo to hear what was being said.

"Thank you," Angelo forced himself to answer. Once the coffin had reached the very floor and was covered with sand, everyone began walking away.

"Sir, I have something for you." Both Angelo and Emily paused as Tito stood before them and held a white envelope in his hand.

"What is this?" he asked.

"When your mother returned to your mansion, she wrote this and told me to give it to you if anything ever happened to her," Tito replied, and just then Angelo fought the cold feeling running down his spine.

Wasting no time, Angelo retrieved his envelope from Tito's hands and quickly read through it.

My dear son, Angelo