Part 4: Back at the Cemetery
The sun was beginning to set, and the group of mourners had long departed. A solitary man still stood at the edge of the grave, lost in pain and heartache. A cemetery worker approached him and began speaking.
"Sir? Sir?" The voice finally penetrated Lee's reverie. "We're ready to finish up here, if you're ready to go." Lee stared at the man blankly for a few seconds before the words sank in. Didn't the man understand that he couldn't leave? He couldn't leave Amanda alone in the cold ground. He looked at the gaping hole in the earth that was soon to swallow his wife. All he wanted to do was jump in the hole and be with her forever. Instead, he nodded at the man, turned and walked away, knowing he would never again in his life feel the love he had been blessed with for too short a time.
The End