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

promise me something else,” he whispered. “Promise you’ll rebuild. Find joy again. That’s what will give me peace.”

“I can’t imagine joy without you,” I said honestly.

“You will,” he replied with surprising strength. “You’re stronger than you know, Cassandra. Stronger than all of them.”

I didn’t ask who “them” meant. Somehow, I already knew.

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