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Submitted to Contest #290
He almost missed the funeral. He'd had every intention to attend, but when the time came, Mason lost the willpower to emerge from the embrace of blankets on his bed. They still smelled like her. The funeral home wouldn't smell like her. Mason wondered if it were truly important for him to go. People might gossip about his absence, but it's not like he'd even been married to her. Such obligations should only fall upon husbands. As it was, he didn't know if he could call himself her fiance any more. How many ties could he claim to a dead woma...
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