When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Images of Evelyn’s smiles and frowns replayed in his mind, lingering long.

His main purpose in returning to Seamarsh was to bury Evelyn’s ashes here.

Seamarsh was Evelyn’s hometown, a place she knew well and loved.

In his life, the two women he felt he failed the most were his mother and Evelyn.

Ever since he met Evelyn and they fell in love, he never let her have a moment’s peace.

Tragically, her life ended miserably because of him.

For years, he lived with regret and self-blame.

Why had he failed to protect her? Why wasn’t he the one to die?

These questions haunted him, unanswered.

thing that kept him going all these

night, he was tormented by

the one meant

finishing his drink, Benny staggered into the bathroom and splashed cold water on his face, which helped him sober up a

in the mirror, a sad smile on his

features, somewhat resembling Matthew’s, seemed to morph into Matthew’s own as

with a dark, vengeful

vowed to strip Matthew of everything dear to

on the wall for

door, he accidentally

and demanded

man and tried to walk

The

too drunk to stand firm, knocking him to

“I wanted an apology.

What’s with that face?”