I was in mourning for several weeks after his funeral.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwvxHRvdlE
Pacing up and down, refusing to eat, to talk, to communicate with anybody.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdFGQUlRaY
I removed all traces of his memory, hoping for it to just fade away - but it never did.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPB6T87b0J
A month passed - one long, painful month. I had locked myself in the house for the entire time. Hardly eaten anything. Hardly spoken to anyone. I decided to go outside.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQgPoYGUc1
It was January, and out side was bitterly cold. I stepped outside for a brief moment, before escaping back to the confines of the house once more.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvfeb69xXj
I dug out the scarf - the one he gave me, the one I had locked away ever since his death - and I wrapped it around my neck, replicating the way he had wrapped it on that fateful day.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW8622f9df
It wasn't the same.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡTx69mv83pk
The back garden seemed warmer. It was quite small, and at the far end was one lonely bench standing, just there, all alone.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XPkc1rlyo
I sat on it. It was cold.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4kNbnQqx3
I began to cry.And then I stopped.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqAMAXhI0G
I almost felt something next to me. Sort of like... a spirit.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25ESqQTRcs
Antonio.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRxAEIXv8u
I heard a child's laughter.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPV9Bw6Te7
Antonio looked at me with sad eyes, and I realised that he was now with his family.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhceaD44uh
He was happy.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡwK84kNMiiV
For the first time in a long time, I felt... content.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRKI0me7ft
Antonio was finally truly happy.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOLr2V47Zz
All this time, he had covered his pain with that gorgeous smile. That wonderful smile.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡowkxAFknXC
But this time he wasn't hiding the pain anymore.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKt3supGBF
He smiled at me one last time - and through tears, I smiled back.copyright protection347ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PtUhwQlEQ
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