They Went on a Holiday Cruise and Left Me With a Man They Called a “Problem”

slowly through his nose and set the device down.

“So,” he said. “We are a project.”

I almost laughed. It came out sounding like a cough. “That’s one word for it.”

“A trial run,” he added. “An experiment in elder management.”

“They think we’re problems to be solved,” I said. Saying it aloud made the humiliation bloom again, hot and embarrassing. “Challenges continue reading …