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your inexcusable betrayal and her malicious intent." I stared at him, my eyes hard, unyielding. "Get her out of here. Now. Before

Cecily, please. It's just a small burial. Perhaps we can move it to another part of the cemetery. I'll buy a new plot. A private one, j

This is a matter of respect. Of sacred ground. And what she has done here is unforgivable." My hands clenched, my entire b

stone. "I cannot, and will not, tolerate this level of disrespect. Not for myself, and certainly not for my family. My mother, Eleanor, loved you

union. This was not my usual, quiet disapproval. This was a final decree, a line crossed that could n

solve anything? She's just angry, and she's taking it out on us!" She glared at me, her eyes flashing with a mixture of resentment and fake tears. "You're just jealous, aren't y

shot out. I grabbed Jessica' s hair, yanking her head back with unexpected force. She yelped, a genuine cry of pai

us of you, you pathetic little creature? You think I envy your sordid affair with my hu

n her face. She looked up at Harris, her eyes pleading. "

stark contrast to the violence of my actions. "Dig up that cat, take your disgusting little

over my face, then landed on Jessica, still on her knees, crying, her eyes fixed on

pushed me away from her. The force of it almost made me stumble, but I quickly

stated, pointing a rigid finger at Jessica.

m Jessica' s trembling hands. "I'll do it. Just... just leave, Jess. Go back to the car." He

dramatically as she went. Harris took one of the groundskeeper's shovels, plunging it into the freshly turned earth. His movem

ent. A cleansing, perhaps. The groundskeepers, who had been standing by, looking utterly bewildered

g else. My breath hitched. On the adjacent plot, my father's plot, a small, polished