I Brought Soup To My Sick Husband… Then I Heard Him Tell Someone I Was Already Dead

The Open Laptop

His laptop sat open on the chair near the window. Ethan noticed my eyes move toward it and reached quickly, almost too quickly, to close the lid.

“Work stuff,” he muttered. “Nothing important.” But before the screen went black, I saw a document title. It was only visible for a second, but long enough: “Beneficiary Update Form.”