Chapter 26: Tears and Lilies

[Chrysanthemum Cemetery]

-OLIVIA-

It’s getting dark. Sandra and Mrs. Lavarites had already left. They offered to give me a ride home but I declined. I want to stay longer for Mama. Since it’s All Saints’ Day, many people were here the whole day. I saw a few familiar faces like Sandra and Stephen. I hope that’s it. I have enough encounters for today. I really should get going now. There are only a few people now compared to earlier.

As I was about to head out, I heard a sound. More like… it’s the sound of someone crying. I should have ignored it and gone my way but curiosity got the better of me.

I followed the aching voice of the person’s crying then I finally found the source.

It was a guy.

He’s bawling his eyes out in front of a gravestone.

Poor thing…Maybe the person who died must be so important to him.

To the person who left

I regret not loving you enough

It’s like I’ve gotten deaf

You were my music; it’s not a bluff