Maura snatches the bouquet Elowen is carrying to her mother’s funeral and crushes the flowers beneath her heel.
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Chapter 16
Four years after the canceled wedding, I attended another funeral.
Anthony Vale’s wife.
Natural death.
Long illness.
No mystery.
I almost appreciated the lack of one.
Elowen coordinated the reception afterward.
When a junior server asked whether she could leave early because her father had been admitted to hospital, Elowen answered before anyone else:
“Yes.”
Then found a replacement herself.
I watched.
Simple.
No speech.
No cruelty.
May you like
No one saying work outranked grief.
Culture changes through ordinary decisions repeated until they become boring.
