I Went to Surprise My Husband at Work—His Colleague Looked at Me With Tears and Asked, “He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”

Sometimes tragedy remains bureaucratic and senseless.

No deeper plot.

We had never hidden that Garrett had a brother.

But we had rarely spoken about him.

Maya asked:

“Why don’t we have Uncle Mason pictures?”

Good question.

Garrett took out an album.

Two boys by a lake.