Betrothed To Six Lovers
They looked right there, crimson against the gray, a loving tribute to what we'd had.
My fingers brushed the inscription, tracing the letters, and that's when it hit—a thunder struck through me, not literal but that jolt of realization, electric and startling. Touching his tombstone made the strangeness of the grounds sink in, this place where the living intruded on the dead, standing on soil layered with stories ended too soon. It was eerie, the way the willow's roots twisted into the earth, as if grasping at secrets buried below. A chill ran up my spine, not from cold but from the weight of it all—the finality, the what-ifs.
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