5 The Dead, Silence
Thom is surprised during the funeral. No one seems to have known Daniel. Thom himself spends the whole funeral in a daze, thinking about adjectives for Daniel, only realising it’s over when Emma squeezes his hand. She looks great in her black dress. If it weren’t so inappropriate, he would take her to the car and distract himself with a good dose of indecent exposure.
By the time they watch the curtain devour his coffin, Thom has thought of only useless adjectives for Daniel. He was mysterious, elusive, and witty. He always seemed like he knew more than everybody and he probably had. That’s what drove a wedge between Daniel and everybody else. That’s why during the funeral there are few tears. The entire room is suffocated with only one feeling: guilt.
The wake is a
