My Son Made Plans For My House Until I Said One Thing

A third text: Oops, wrong one, sorry.

I set the phone face down on the dock railing and watched a heron lift off the water.

Wrong one, of course. Just like Marlene obviously knew the head count. Just like the whole family had suddenly noticed I was slipping.

The pieces were not connected in my head yet, but they were all the same color.

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