Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall
Chapter 41
Chapter 41
~Aubrey~
A couple of days later.
The sunlight filters through the curtains, casting a warm glow across the room filled with memories of Granny. I’m on the floor, surrounded by papers and old photographs, each item a reminder of the loss that stings and aches like a fresh wound.
Granny always said she wouldn’t leave me with any burdens, but now I’m left with the burden of figuring out how to pay for her cremation. I had just found out that Granny didn’t have funeral insurance. She never wanted to be a bother, one she could hardly afford, but also always insisting on living simply and said just to toss her to the forest yet I don’t think she realized I can’t just dump her body at random. So in her passing, she left me with a heavy weight on my shoulders.
As I sift through her belongings, I’m desperately trying to find anything of value, anything that might help cover the costs. I come across an old shoebox, worn and yellowed with time. Inside, I find a stack of letters tied together with a faded ribbon. I recognize Granny’s handwriting immediately.
Trembling, I untie the ribbon and my stomach sinks further when I realize they are all letters to my mother that had been returned to sender, unopened my mother just sent them back.
I trace the delicate contours of the crumpled envelopes, their creases marking the passage of time and the pain Granny must have felt. Every one of them unopened…never
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mother for as long as I can
I gently unfold the top–most letter. An ache fills my heart as I read the words from Granny meant for my mother, filled
reconciliation, every plea for
sorrow and then suddenly, outrage. It’s like a dormant volcano that had been denied its
she’d been doing that, she’d also been reaching out to a daughter who didn’t
The tears come hard and fast,
wondering who it would be before I stand up hastily, wiping away my tears with the back of my hand as I
off as he takes in my tear streaked face and my grandmother’s belongings scattered
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again, this time his voice soft yet firm, as
tiny town… I stare at him wondering why
He asks politely,
flutter in my chest but quickly squash it down;
other than the pain induced by losing Granny. “What do you want?” I ask.
you holding up?” he asks, his voice betraying
force a weak smile, “Just trying to sort through Granny’s things. Why are
she said you haven’t come in. I thought you might have fled. So I wanted to check on you.” I swallow nervously.
the room. “What are you looking for?” he
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