~27~
Her tears had been many, but they were dry now.
Her face was solemn, her eyes full of a new determination.
The heavy door creaked shut behind her, and the glowing candlelight flickered in the draft the movement created.
The click-clack of her boots sounded loud to her own ears, but nary a soul stirred as she traveled the long aisle.
The church was empty, and yet she could feel them all around her, the ghosts of her past, the faint memories of the miracle her life in Harmony had been for too short a while.
She could hear the faint echo of Luis's "I love you" within these hallowed halls, and she could picture their friends and family seated before them with smiles on their faces, patiently waiting for them to pledge to love and honor each other for a lifetime.
They'd come so close to having it all, so many times, and she'd clung to those bittersweet memories fiercely as she'd lived, drifted along really, in a pale imitation of life ever since.
She couldn't do that anymore, she decided, as she lifted her face and prayed to God and his angels for the strength to do what needed to be done.
It was time to love them enough to let them go.
So...Shaun. I'm interested to read your thoughts.
Don't keep me in suspense.
LOL!
Thanks so much for reading and for the lovely feedback!