Chapter 1: The Cost of a Piña Colada
I stood alone under a dark canopy at the Oakwood Cemetery, staring at two polished mahogany caskets. One was standard size. The other was agonizingly, impossibly small. Around me, a smattering of Marcus’s colleagues and neighbors shifted uncomfortably, their heads bowed, umbrellas shielding them from the reality of my obliterated life.
