He couldn’t answer.
***
The following week, Nathan arranged a medical reassessment.
He couldn’t answer.
Diane still needed help, but her progress meant her care plan could change.
Nathan took responsibility for the appointments and arranging additional support.
Inside the duffel, we found a letter Diane had written to him.
“I know Miley is exhausted. I need to find another arrangement.”
We found a letter Diane had written to him.
Later, Diane apologized for the things she’d said before our wedding.
“You didn’t deserve any of it.”
“No,” I said. “I didn’t.”
Three weeks later, Ben found me sitting on my bedroom floor with my mother’s photographs spread around me.
“You didn’t deserve any of it.”
He pointed to one of her standing beneath a maple tree.
“Is that your mom?”
“Yes. That was taken at the park near her old house.”
“Did she like going there?”
“Is that your mom?”
