CHAPTER 46
“WE COMMEND HER body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, and dust to dust. In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life.”
Neville stood in a daze by the graveside; hardly hearing a word the vicar was speaking. He wasn’t sure or certain of anything.
Was his wife really dead? Had she really drunkenly driven into a lamppost and fractured her skull? Did he really have a daughter? Where was she? Surely this was just a bad dream and he would soon be waking up next to Thelma, the love of his life. They would laugh about it, and Thelma would kiss his fears away…..
Eyes swimming with tears, he looked around for his daughter. Miriam Peters took her son’s hand and gave it a comforting squeeze.
He had no idea what to say to the myriad of relatives who ga
