I'm Sure You Want to Be Alone

In death he seemed to have the same hardness and reproach that I saw on every one of the silent family that claimed him for their own. It had comforted me as a child though it had done little to blunt the acute sense of loss that I felt. The rest of the Lucas family were standing waiting without a word as though I was between them and their prey which I suppose in some ways I was. An old man spoke, it's time for you to leave. The burial is a family affair. I'm sure you want to be alone. He tried to reply but the word stuck in my throat. They stood there waiting for me to respond or to leave and I realised

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