I left the hospital carrying my daughter’s ashes when my husband finally called from wherever he was with his mistress and coldly said, “The bill has been taken care of. Stop bothering me.” I didn’t argue with him. I didn’t allow him to hear my voice break.
“But it didn’t,” I said coldly.
“No,” the old man admitted.
“It did not.”
“And you never checked on her either,” I added.
The old patriarch lowered his eyes in silent shame.
Neither had Brendan.