“This is the exact place for answers.

Someone is trying to put my only child deep into the ground, and nobody here can tell me where he actually passed away.”

The funeral director adjusted his reading glasses nervously.

“Mrs.

Higgins, the legal death certificate and official identification documents were properly submitted to our main office.

Your daughter-in-law authorized all the arrangements.”

“My daughter-in-law conveniently forgot to inform his own mother that he died,” Martha countered loudly.

Valerie’s fake composure cracked again.