“My son almost lost his father,” I answered, and that was all I had for her.

Chapter 32 — Four Fifty-Seven

My mother did not come in person.

On the last day, at 4:57 in the afternoon, after two large wire transfers cleared, she called.

“I had to sell your late father’s land, and empty my savings, and borrow from relatives,” she wept.

“I sent the last of it.