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

along the shoreline flamed in their reflection on the water, doubling the autumn into something almost unbearably beautiful.

I poured tea from the thermos into lidded cups while Thomas breathed in the cold air with the satisfaction of a man stepping outside for the first time after a long convalescence.

“My wife loved this place,” he said quietly, once continue reading …