When Love Comes Only After Death
On my wedding day, my mother, Jill Turner, gets on her knees and pressures me to give my bride to my younger brother, Rupert Murphy.
"Can't you be a bit more mature?" My sister, Hannah Murphy, urges me. "Rupert suffers from depression. He can't handle emotional distress."
My father, Lawrence Murphy, slaps me across the face.
"Stop crying, you jinx. Why couldn't it have been you who died back then?"
"Don't worry, Dad," I reply inwardly. "I'll be dead soon enough."
However, when the news of my death reaches my family, everything changes.
For the first time, a flicker of panic crosses Hannah's usually impassive face. "That's not true. That must be a lie."
Heartbroken, my father clutches