The Last Walk

"Mary for God's sake quit carrying that dreadful thing around with you ! The townspeople are beginning to talk."

"What do I care mother?" She walked beside the older version of herself. She was her mothers only child.

"It will cause trouble, not mention the fact that we won't be able to procure you a husband. Now get rid of the damn thing or I will!" Her mother Catherine was done being patient. She was done being polite. She was done allowing her daughter to grieve over a man beneath her station.

"I will not marry. When Ichabod died I died with him."

"So be it."

Her mother left Mary on the side of the hill to ponder her last words.