It's a sunny afternoon. I clutch my bag to my chest. A few kilometres. Three, at most. I start walking. My legs feel like a sack of potatoes that i'm dragging, each step heavier than the next. My hands, pale white, grasp the bag tighter and tighter till veins pop up on my knuckles. Eyes closed, I take a shaky intake of breath, and blow out forcing my nerves to calm. It's okay, they are just people, i remind myself.
My eyes strip open. I break into a run. The world around me is a hazy blur of colour as my feet thunder along the busy street as I run, breathless, gasping for air, dodging carts and stones, narrowly missing passerby. I halt. Inertia sweeps me forward as i stop a breath away from the entrance of our city's graveyard. I look around. All clear. My slender fingers push open the gates. It creaks, not much cold despite the onset of winter. Winter, already. Maybe some of it has settled in me. I can see her grave even from this distance.
I walk slowly, letting the silence seep in. "Mrs. hyuzaki" her grave says. "Loved and cherished." I smile as i place a flower wreath. "Sorry i had to kill you". I smirk "Your son's next".
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