After Losing Her Husband, a Woman Learned from a Nurse That Another Woman Had Been Visiting Him for Several Weeks – A Few Days Later, the Visitor Came to Her House and Said, ‘So You Don’t Know What He Left You, Do You?’

Bills.
Lucy’s preschool schedule.
My prenatal appointments.

Jack watched me sorting pills at the kitchen table. “You know you don’t have to control every second of the day, right?”

Daddy was going to get better.

“I’m six months pregnant, Lucy is four, and my husband has cancer. Which part should I stop controlling?”

“Maybe start with me.”

“You’re the least trustworthy one.”

“We’ve been together since high school.”

“Exactly. I have evidence.”

Which part should I stop controlling?

He smiled tiredly. “You’re terrifying.”

“Good. Cancer should be terrified of me.”