THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS

A'S

r sirens as it wailed

, but from the place inside me

heels of the stretcher screeching against the

nternally! We need

....she's goi

ody...not a woman who had just been pushed down t

scream....I coul

silent and still, like a dol

ame the

aded and The ER

ll meaning i

endless, black consciou

hines...a faint beeping, the shuffle of rubber s

, I told myself..

into wires and tubes, but my mind and my

itor I had arr

that strut anywher

ave a flair for drama." She sa

me and I could feel her prese

like this, though...Did you?

s a cruel, sa

you were never meant to know....you alw

g? I wante

me, a mother who didn't care about me and

I suppose you figured that out when he pushed y

slammed into me again

and the air slicing through my

came rushing

one final kiss

bye, s

ected because he was the last perso

s I could feel him pl

..I've watched quietly from the shadows how my side Betsy and your own mother treats you and whenever I tried talking to Bet

" I asked mysel

would let everyone know I was impotent and was incapable of bearing children and that's why I am stuck in this loveless marriage with her..

so badly wanted to tell him it wasn't too late but who was I dec

ome to visit and ne

ure and intentions of people when something bad happens

the one responsible for my c

tell...Then came him...the one who's

heavier , hesita

called as I fli

sed to bring me comfort b

sighed, and

supposed to fin

gy and no

but you never made things easy, did yo

out of the void and tea

ser as I felt the

u held me back with your rules, your goodness, and th

hing something

ster... well, she's easier." He s

side my still body

d to the

Beep.

then a slow hiss a

shallow and my

ning off

ng murdere

amed and my s

se, the stars, any g

't let me di

e to make it right,

eepened as the

...Let m

, but my prayer echo

Let me remember everything

n si

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ness, something s

thing

cond