Tantalizing Tuesday - 26 February: The Grave

Well it's Tuesday again, so that means time for tantalizing teasers. A group of awesome writers write a two hundred word teaser inspired by their own choice of picture. Please show them some love by clicking the link to get to each and read. All comments greatly appreciated as always. This week I have something a little different for you. I called it The Grave. Enjoy
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The aged gardener trudged around the old churchyard. Riddled with arthritis, the ground felt hard beneath his feet. I am too old for this he thought, struggling to pull weeds from the dirt. Nobody visits this decrepit church. 

 Shuffling around to the rear of the church where the older graves were, the gardener suddenly came to a halt. In front of an old crumbling gravestone, covered in green lichen rendering the inscription virtually indistinguishable, was a blonde woman. Dressed in a long dark gown and black boots she sat silent.

She seemed so deep in thought the gardener stayed still, not wanting to disturb her. However when he moved forward accidentally stepped on a twig, the crack cutting the silence.

Yet she never looked up, so stooping to get the twig the gardener could not resist speaking. “You look deep in thought,” he said. “Did you know them well?”

“You could say that,” she replied in a strange, faraway voice. “She died tragically.”

 “Who was she?” His curiosity was growing.

“Me.”

Looking up she had disappeared. 

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