That was it.
I asked if there would be a funeral.
No doctor explaining anything. No body. No blanket. No goodbye.
I remember shouting, “No. No, I heard him. I heard him cry.”
My mother said, “You need to rest.”
I tried to get out of bed. A doctor came in. Someone gave me a sedative. I woke up hours later feeling hollowed out.
My mother was sitting by the window reading a magazine.
I asked, “Where is he?”
She turned one page and said, “You need to move forward.”
