Life After You

He crashed on to the pillow next to me, heavy as a felled oak. I slapped His face and told Him to wake up. Our daughter, B, appeared in the doorway, woken up by the screaming I must have been screaming but I don t remember and she was crying and peering in. I told her the ultimate adult lie; that everything was all right. Sudden death is rude. It just wanders in and takes your husband without ...