When I received the news, I was in shock. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to react. She made me feel as if I was a bad person for not crying right away.
"Don't you care?" she'd ask me.
"Of course I care, what do you mean?"
"You're not crying, and you don't even look sad", she responded.
If I don't burst into tears, does that make me a bad person? If I need a second to realize what just happened, does that mean I don't care? I needed to be alone.
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After Death
Short StoryThe loss of a loved one is never something easy, but it has the power to tear a family apart. When everyone has sunken into depression it seems impossible to get out. The reason to live is lost, and the only way to regain it is by finding the light...
