Not missed

They assumed she died in the bus accident.

The family is feeding the poor to complete posthumous religious rituals.

“Don’t think about money,” the gentlemen says pompously, “my mother’s soul should rest in peace.”

Miles away, an old woman is shivering on the riverside on a cold night. She has been starving for the last few days.

She is the only survivor from a ghastly bus accident, and nobody has noticed her presence or absence.

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Written for Story Swap at MLMM