Bittersweet Memories by Catharina Maura EPUB & PDF – eBook Details About
- Author: Catharina Maura
- Genre: Inspirational Romance, Action & Adventure Romance
- Publish Date: 8 July 2022
- Size: 1.5 MB
- Format: PDF / EPUB
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- Price: Free
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My heart wrenches as I stare at my father’s casket, the pain so great it nearly
brings me to my knees. Every breath of air I suck in hurts, and my throat is
burning from the screams and tears I’m keeping within. Helplessness and a
great sense of injustice claw at me. Why my father? How could it possibly
have been his time? He was far healthier than I ever have been, and he stuck
to his workout routines and his healthy diet without ever missing a day. It
makes no sense to me. I sit up in my seat at the front of the cemetery, my
eyes roaming over the crowd that has gathered to bid my father farewell. Do
these people feel the same injustice I feel?
Over the last few days, I’ve felt like I’ve been witnessing everything from
a distance, as though I wasn’t there at all when we were told my father had a
sudden heart attack. I recall going to the hospital and holding his hand, not
comprehending what the doctors were trying to say. To me, it looked like
Dad was simply asleep. His hand was still warm in mine, and unlike what I’d
read about death, he wasn’t stiff at all. I was so certain they’d made a
mistake, or that, perhaps, this was all an elaborate joke. My father always had
a morbid sense of humor, and I hoped that’s all it was.
It wasn’t.
My stepmother rises from her seat opposite me and disgust settles at the
pit of my stomach, uncurling and spreading through my body until I can
barely stand to look at her. She’s wearing a black hat with a black dress that’s
far too short to be appropriate. Matching black heels with bottoms the same
red color as her lips complete her outfit. While I understand everyone deals
with grief differently, I can’t help but resent the perfect smile on her make-up
riddled face. I could barely get myself into the shower this morning, and even
as I sit here, I’m shaking from the force of my suppressed tears. How does
she smile like that when she just lost her husband?
Mona’s gaze roams over the sizeable crowd that has gathered at the
cemetery to say their last goodbyes to my father. It’s almost as though she
suddenly realizes that all eyes are on her, because she freezes for a split-
second before she sniffs as tears gather in her eyes.
“Thank you all for being here today to honor my late husband, Jacob
Sinclair,” she says, her voice trembling ever so slightly. “He leaves behind
two beautiful boys, both of whom are evidence of the great man he was. In
them, he instilled love, honor, kindness, and a moral compass stronger than
any other. While we may have lost Jacob, I take solace in knowing that I’ll
see him in the eyes of my sons every day.”
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