I knew.”
I looked at the ring on the table.
“Yes.”
“That doesn’t mean I’m done being angry.”
Polly finally spoke.
“You don’t have to decide everything today, Dad.”
“For once, I’m not trying to.”
After the call, Penelope checked in.
“For once, I’m not trying to.”
“Do you want company?”
“Not tonight.”
“Call if you change your mind.”
“I will.”
***
The next morning, I walked into the kitchen and reached automatically for two mugs.
My hand stopped.
“Call if you change your mind.”
I put Irene’s mug back on the shelf and made one cup of coffee.
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Then I went into the living room and turned our photograph upright.
I picked up my wedding ring.
Irene had taken away my chance to decide what her truth meant while she was alive.
I couldn’t change that.
