After the Funeral”

Three months ago, my son Michael—my only child—was killed in a car crash on a wet April night. He was 34. A father, a husband, and the soul of this old house we all shared.

Amanda, his widow, was 29. She and Michael had moved into my home shortly after their wedding. What was supposed to be a short stay turned into seven years. Two kids came along—Daniel and Ruby—and soon the house wasn’t just mine. It was theirs too.

But after the funeral, I changed.

I couldn’t handle the grief. I couldn’t walk past Michael’s old room without my knees buckling. His voice haunted the walls. And when I looked at Amanda, I saw the last day he smiled.

So, in a burst of anger and pain I barely understood, I told her:

“You must leave. My house is not a free shelter for freeloaders.”

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