After two days of getting out of the hospital, I headed to the grave.
There was a small stall outside the entrance where an elderly woman was selling flowers. I decided to buy some.
I bought lilys and chrysanthemums in yellow and white and handed her the money.
"You seem fine today."
"Hmm? What do you mean?" I was startled. I didn't know what she was talking about out of nowhere. Although I remember seeing her around here, this was the first time I had talked to her or greater she had talked to me.
"Whenever you come here you always seem like you are suffering so much and want to run away but today there is not a trace of that. So I was a bit surprised."
No. It was me who was surprised. This old woman had been watching me? But I don't remember her keeping an eye on me. However, she was correct. Whenever I came here, it was so that I can escape from everything. She was completely true. But today was different.
"Well, today I a
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