My Dying Wife Asked Me to Find My First Love as Her Final Wish—When Claire Told Me Why, My Knees Nearly Gave Out

I wrote that sentence down.

Then tore the paper up because I was starting to turn grief into legal analysis.

Old habits.

PART 22 — CLAIRE CALLS

Three days later, Claire called.

“You home?”

“Yes.”

“Eating?”

I almost laughed.

“Yes.”