Funeral

Aurora stared at her reflection in the mirror,dressed in a knee length black gown,it had buttons at the front.

Her hair was tied upwards,

She smiled a little knowing she was facing yet another funeral.

She could still remember the day her dad died,

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It was another day,Aurora had just returned home from school.

She breathed out,ready to fake a smile and show her parents everything was alright in school.

Her sweater covered her injury a girl had inflected on her,

She entered her house,she could hear voices from the doorsteps and knew they had a visitor.

No one visited this late and she wondered who it could be,

Aurora saw a worried look on her mother's face,there the sheriff of their town stood with a paper in his hand.

"What wrong mom?"asked Aurora with a suspicious gaze,

"Your father"her mother moved closer to her,

"What happened to dad?"she turned to the sheriff who didn't say anything and just sighed.

"He had an accident on his way and his car fell in the waters with him inside,his body was the only thing found"

Aurora's eye widened hearing the news,tears welled down her eye.

She stared in denial,not believing her father was no more.

Aurora smiled a little,she couldn't believe the father she once knew,who had always been there for her was dead.

Soon she stepped out,everyone was ready and present.

Seeing her,aunt Sarah had a wide smile on her face,

"You look lovely"the woman praised,

"Thank you,you look good yourself"Aurora smiled back at the woman.

Vivian had a sneer on,

"Let go now"

Many people were present at the funeral,the man really was a great man.

People had lot to say about him,the deceased family all looked sad knowing he was dead.

They all payed their respect to the deceased,when Aurora noticed familiar faces.

"Good day Sarah"Isaac greeted,

The other four stood with them,

"How are you all doing?"

aunt Sarah smiled at them

"It been a while"Mateo stated,

They were all on blacks paying respects to the deceased.

"Mr Parker did die untimely"Jennifer stated,

"Heard he had a serious illness"Melanie butted in,

"He will go to heaven for his good deeds"aunt Sarah stated with a sigh.

Meanwhile Mateo stared at Aurora who just stared back,she felt suffocated and nervous remembering the previous day they had spent together.

"How are you doing Mat?"Vivian asked,

Aurora turned to her,she seemed to have an interest in him.

"It's Mateo,I'm okay Vivian"he replied sternly.

Vivian's face turned red,this group of people she had tried joining but they didn't seem to care of mind her despite her brother being in their friend's group.

She liked Mateo right from the first day she saw him,she had always had a crush on him and even confessed to him but he declined her feelings.

"How are you doing young teach?"raymond asked a quiet Aurora,

"I'm okay"she smiled,

"Let play that game sometime again,it was fun"Isaac smirked at her.

Vivian's eyes widened hearing their words,

"You guys are friends?"aunt Sarah asked,with raised brows,

"Yes,she sure is smart and nice"Isaac gave aunt Sarah a pleasant smile,

"That good"

"I will leave you all now"she excused herself to go speak with the deceased family.

Mateo left his friends side and went to Aurora's side,

"Do you want to know why the man is loved?"he questioned,

Aurora did want to know more about the deceased as she was the only ignorant person amongst the rest.

She nodded even though she was nervous he was this close.

"Mr Parker had saved this town a long time ago when a war had broken here,he had risked his life and fought hard for this town,during the time of the war,many people were dying from starvation and children were forced to leave their homes but this man had helped lot of families,provided food and shelter for them"

"Remember the time he had brought a friend from a neighboring town,the physician who had treated lot of sick patients in this town"Isaac chipped in,

"Yes,he had also built many facilities here in Morsvil"Vivian spoke uninvited.

"He truly is a great man"Aurora muttered,

That why many people were present in his funeral and all sad about his death.

"Anyways,enough about mr Parker,he was one of the greatest people here and he died"Melanie voiced out.

"Mind your words Mel"Raymond scolded.

The girl glared at him not liking his tone and she didn't seem to care much of the dead man.

"He has lived for ages"she stated,

"He is old"she turned remembering Vivian and Aurora were still present there.

Aunt Sarah soon returned,

"You all should come inside"aunt Sarah informed,

People had already left the graveyard and headed to his house.

"We will be right there"Peter informed.

"Let go"Mateo turned to Aurora,

The girl turned around to see the eyes staring before walking forward.

Her mind kept thinking why he was behaving that way when he knew people were around,she thought of talking to him about it.

Entering the mansion,Aurora felt a strange feeling crept into her.

She had a slight headache,

She walked towards the mansion's corridors abandoning the rest people.

She saw pictures hanged in the walls,the mansion indeed looked old and such mansions could be found in the 80s.

She saw the deceased picture and his family,her eyes scanned another distant picture.

An old photo hanged on the wall,it looked like a picture from the 90s with the dressing and picture frame.

She couldn't help noticing the picture,it was of an old man that looked so much like the deceased thinking it probably was his father.

There she saw a woman standing close to him with a young girl,her black eye looked lazy in the picture and Aurora could just see the dept of the picture.

There was another person in the picture that caught her eye,the person was small in figure and held a newspaper.