Twelve Days After My Husband Died, My Neighbor Stripped Every Fruit Tree Bare—Then She Told Me Why

That was the most honest answer I had.

He nodded.

It was enough.

PART 53 — WHAT IF BRENDA HAD TOLD HIM?

I stopped playing that game.

Maybe Patrick and Brenda would have shared parenting.

Maybe Lucas would have grown up visiting us.

Maybe Patrick and I never would have married.

Maybe we still would.

Maybe Brenda’s parents would have complicated everything.