I was in mourning for several weeks after his funeral.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvXunmJK1r
Pacing up and down, refusing to eat, to talk, to communicate with anybody.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfsSfDnE1r
I removed all traces of his memory, hoping for it to just fade away - but it never did.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQOE5spneI
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 protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIeEcB1Wm3
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 protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKjQCyuZdv
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 protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1lfFrI5PX
It wasn't the same.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwF2bSEdO0
The back garden seemed warmer. It was quite small, and at the far end was one lonely bench standing, just there, all alone.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcKz3m8xml
I sat on it. It was cold.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Omo32QM7F
I began to cry.And then I stopped.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVboXmgBz5
I almost felt something next to me. Sort of like... a spirit.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQhlpkIxR5
Antonio.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUTfiXh8Jp
I heard a child's laughter.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡNskZRil8TV
Antonio looked at me with sad eyes, and I realised that he was now with his family.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvLvRbPAJH
He was happy.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCBzSUwa2g
For the first time in a long time, I felt... content.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQJUPAdbI6
Antonio was finally truly happy.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WCTru4h4O
All this time, he had covered his pain with that gorgeous smile. That wonderful smile.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKqzkjuQtw
But this time he wasn't hiding the pain anymore.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73nQYdqbp9
He smiled at me one last time - and through tears, I smiled back.copyright protection208ＰＥＮＡＮＡix6VqxpvOt
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