~Chapter 7~
MYSTERY UNVEILED
Jay watched the Girl, transfixed, as she knelt at the foot of the grave, her unblinking gaze staring at the headstone.
The moonlight bleached her completely; her red lips the only hint of color on her otherwise shockingly pale face.
A sudden gust of wind blew through the graveyard, causing her hair to blow behind her eerily, like a cape. Her unmoving figure made for such an unearthly sight that Jay was half sure she'd disappear if he allowed himself to blink.
The trance was broken as the girl reached for something behind her. A bag. So that's what had given her the semblance of a hunched figure when draped in a stole, Jay thought.
The Girl pulled out what seemed like a piece of paper in the limited moonlight.
Jay waited for uncountable minutes, hardly moving a muscle, as the girl scribbled something on the paper, pausing every few minutes to think. Once, he thought he saw her shoulders quake and with a jolt wondered whether she was crying.
Finally,she stopped writing and reached inside her bag again.
A cloud moved to block the moon just then, engulfing the cemetery in darkness.
Jay didn't see the object she pulled out of the bag until the Girl started digging at the grave.
MYSTERY UNVEILED
Jay watched the Girl, transfixed, as she knelt at the foot of the grave, her unblinking gaze staring at the headstone.
The moonlight bleached her completely; her red lips the only hint of color on her otherwise shockingly pale face.
A sudden gust of wind blew through the graveyard, causing her hair to blow behind her eerily, like a cape. Her unmoving figure made for such an unearthly sight that Jay was half sure she'd disappear if he allowed himself to blink.
The trance was broken as the girl reached for something behind her. A bag. So that's what had given her the semblance of a hunched figure when draped in a stole, Jay thought.
The Girl pulled out what seemed like a piece of paper in the limited moonlight.
Jay waited for uncountable minutes, hardly moving a muscle, as the girl scribbled something on the paper, pausing every few minutes to think. Once, he thought he saw her shoulders quake and with a jolt wondered whether she was crying.
Finally,she stopped writing and reached inside her bag again.
A cloud moved to block the moon just then, engulfing the cemetery in darkness.
Jay didn't see the object she pulled out of the bag until the Girl started digging at the grave.
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