Assisted Suicide by Adam Moon

Author:Adam Moon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: undead funeral twist cremate living dead suicide nurse alcoholic

The chatter rose and fell as people approached his casket to pay their respects. The line was surprisingly short but there were the usual suspects. His mom was bawling and he could barely make out what she was whispering to him. His brother Mike came over and said, "Come on mom. Let's take a seat. The eulogy's about to start."

His brother David walked up, bent close to his ear and whispered, "You're a piece of shit and I hope you're rotting in hell Brett. You've broken your mother's heart and you've destroyed this family."

David was always the melodramatic one. Brett was the one who had died, not his mom or anyone else in the family for that matter. If anything David should have been shedding tears over the untimely death of his brother. Whatever, he thought, David's a fucking punk.

A couple of old workmates came forward but they had little to say. He could barely remember them anyway.

But Sarah hadn't arrived yet, or if she had, she was so overcome with grief she couldn't approach his casket.

The voice of the old man boomed over the loudspeakers as he delivered the eulogy. The rest of the room went quiet as he spoke.

"Brett was a good man and sometimes even good men lose their way."

For the first time, Brett wondered if suicides really did go to hell. He wondered if his family had to grease some palms to get a proper funeral since he'd committed the ultimate sin on his way out of this world.

"Brett Finlay was a troubled man in life but his soul is now at peace."

Brett didn't feel at peace. His mind was racing. Would his consciousness remain, years, centuries after they buried him? Was this hell or some kind of purgatory? What came next?

The old man droned on, mostly about religion, barely touching on Brett's actual life, and then he broke into a hymn followed by a prayer. Finally he said, "Amen," and the few people who'd shown up to pay their final respects started to chatter and mill around once more.

His mother approached his casket again but it was the same as last time. She cried and pled and spoke barely discernible words to the heavens. She kissed him on the cheek and then his brothers led her away and out of the funeral home.

He missed her already.

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