11

Mourning

She could not get close to her because her knees had become so weak that she dropped to the floor. She was still in the doorway, kneeling, her hands clutching her chest. The pain she felt was so heavy that she thought she would suffocate to death.

It felt as though the time stood still.

Everything stopped. Her world stopped turning. Flashes of her moments with her mother played in her head.

“No! No!” She screamed, crawling to where her mother was. Her face was wet with tears, her cries were full of pain.

When she finally reached her mother, Elinor could not take to look at her pale face. She shut her eyes and tightly embraced her mother in her arms. She wanted to scream in pain but there was no sound escaping her mouth as if she had gone mute, or her voice had been taken from her. The veins in her neck looked like it was about to pop from screaming in silence.

What is she supposed to do with her life now that her mother is gone?

Things are never going to be the same again and