Dead But Not Done
"Bobby… Mom was wrong… Mom is sorry… Please… come back, okay…"
My father stood beside her, his spine bent as though he had aged overnight. His hair had turned completely white in a single night.
He stared at my photo without blinking, his eyes rimmed red with a frightening intensity—but not a single tear fell. Only the hand hanging by his side trembled, clenched so tightly that his knuckles had turned a bruised shade of blue.
Casey stood at the very edge in black mourning clothes. Her face was deathly pale, her eyes so swollen they had narrowed to slits. Since entering, she had not spoken a word. She only stared fixedly at the urn.
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