Back then, the girl had wanted to introduce her friend to her family.
But all she got in return were looks of confusion.
They thought something was wrong with her.
With everyone questioning her, she couldn't help wondering if something really was wrong with her.
She didn't dare bring up Tomb Ghost again.
"...I wanted to go visit her grave."
The girl murmured, "But that year, Dad remarried."
"That woman didn't like the countryside and insisted on moving to the city."
That woman...
The Middle-aged Man thought to himself, It seemed the girl hadn't gotten along with her stepmother.
"So we moved."
The girl remembered how she'd felt like a ghost in her own home back then, with no one caring what she thought.
She hadn't even known they were moving until she saw her family packing things.
"A lot happened that year."
"Grandpa suddenly fell ill and passed away."
Losing two loved ones one after the other had made the girl even more withdrawn. "Grandma wasn't in good health, either."
"She couldn't keep going up the mountain to visit the graves."
"Dad had to go with that woman to visit her father's grave."
"Mom was forgotten..."
"I was still too young."
"I couldn't make the long trip back by myself to visit her grave."
"I didn't know the exact location of Mom's grave, either."
Back then, she'd been holding a grudge, too.
She'd had the childish thought that if they wouldn't talk to her, she wouldn't talk to them.
Several times, she'd wanted to ask, but in the end, she still hadn't asked Dad where her parents' graves were.
"That was the first time I didn't visit Mom's grave after she passed away."
Even now, talking about it left the girl feeling a little gloomy.
"That summer,