My Son Left Me Behind on Thanksgiving and Flew His Family to Hawaii—So Friday Morning, I Called Movers and Took Back Everything I Had Paid For

Then I smiled.

PART 6 — TUESDAY AT SIX FORTY

Tuesday was the day Daniel and Rebecca returned.

The household’s scheduled flight landed around six forty in Arizona.

I knew the time.

I’d written it down so often that I no longer needed the paper.

Evelyn spent the day helping me organize the apartment.

The furniture delivery had a scheduled arrival window later that week.