Mia.
Three days has passed and today is the final burial ceremony of my mother. “Goodbye mother.” I whispered for the last time as her body got lowered into the hole.
If it wasn’t for Leon, then she wouldn’t have gotten the chance to be buried this early. He made that happen, after promising to get to the bottom of it.
Only I and Leon, the guards that were assigned for the burial stayed until the casket was completely covered before we all turned on our heels.
Giving the tombstone a last look, I swallowed hard. I have told myself that I can do it, that I am stronger that I had ever thought of so I shouldn’t be worried about it.
“I should take you home.” Leon offered. “It is late already.”
If only he knows what I am going through right now, then he would have never brought down the id
