He sat with his wife’s photo, waiting for a son who had already boarded without him

Miles, Senior Workflow Architect, which is essentially a corporate title for the person who kept the company’s entire operational spine from snapping in half. But that afternoon, perched on a cliffside terrace with the Italian sun warming my shoulders and a glass of chilled lemon spritz sweating in my hand, I allowed myself a dangerous luxury. I imagined continue reading …