No One Came to My Husband’s Funeral. They Were All at My Sister’s Engagement Party.

voice, “but it’s never the right time. She’s completely devoted to him. No, I don’t think she’s thinking clearly about the future at all. Yes, I agree. She needs to start making plans for after—”

The word hung in the air like a physical presence. After Bobby died. They were already planning for his death, treating it as a foregone conclusion while we continue reading …