There Was an Extra Place at the Table for My Late Husband—That’s When My Son Went Pale

and heartbroken all at the same time.”

“You don’t have to know tonight,” Robert said gently. “You don’t have to decide anything tonight.”

I looked at him—really looked at him—and saw all the ways two years had changed him. The deeper lines around his eyes. The gray in his hair that had been salt-and-pepper before. The way he held himself, like a man continue reading …