The five stages of grief
You’re not the first, neither the last one, Tristan, echoed the voice of his superior. A more experienced man that he respected for his devotion to the church. You will overcome this hardship with the guidance of God. It is alright to doubt, we all have, at some point. Have you, Father?, he had asked, desperate. I have. The demon is tempting you, do not stray from the path. An impossible choice with losses on both sides, Frances, or God’s goodwill? It ate his heart. And his superior’s words kept flooding him. Again, and again, like waves crashing upon a cliff, digging its hole little by little. Just like that fossil beach she had shown him. You are young, fit as a fiddle, it is normal to experience such … things. Lust? Did he yearn to have her, physically? He certainly longed to pass
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