My Husband Said His Family Was His Problem, So I Let It Be

this? We never wanted trouble.”

I sat on the edge of my bed with one shoe still on.

“Mom, did you know Dad sold his watch?”

Quiet on the line.

Then, very soft, “Who told you that?”

“Dad did. By accident.”

It had happened the week before. His retirement watch. Gold face, worn leather strap, from twenty-seven years at the plant. He’d told me he “misplaced continue reading …