Chapter 34

"What happened at the station?" My mother asks, abruptly rescuing me from my wandering mind.

We walk through the empty streets on our way to the cemetery side by side. The air is filled with tension and dread, mostly mine.

"Nothing," I reply quickly.

She turns to me and gives me the look. The one that says that I'm not fooling her.

"It's a bad day," I justify.

I can't see she's not happy, but she doesn't force me to say anything else. And all too soon we reach the black iron gates. My steps falter as my heart gallops straight to my throat.

"We don't have to do this now. We can come back another time," my mother says noticing my hesitation.

I shake my head vehemently. "Let's go," I say with no determination.

We navigate through the cemetery, each step weighing more than the previous, my blood rushing, my eyes burning, my breaths shallow, and then... then I find them.

The sight brings me to my knees in front of them. My mother attempts to grab me, but I'm in a distant world, so