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On Tuesday, Ethan left before dawn.The blue jacket lay neatly folded on the passenger seat. Ethan pulled the seat belt halfway across, then let go. Meg had given him the jacket the night before for the viewing. Afterward, he would keep it.The streetlights outside the funeral home were still on. Ethan sat in the car, unfolded the jacket, and folded it again. The left cuff was pilled. No matter how much he rubbed it, it wouldn't smooth out, so he tucked it under the other sleeve.Only when Meg knocked on the window did he snap out of his daze."How long have you been here?" she asked."I just arrived."Condensation clouded the window. Ethan wiped a small patch clear and looked out. He picked up the jacket, then felt the ring box in his pocket. Taking it out, he opened it and stared at the ring.Meg waited outside. Ethan closed the ring box, put it in the storage compartment, and opened the car door.A funeral home employee led them inside. Several times, Ethan seemed about to speak, bu
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On Sunday morning, Ethan didn't make breakfast.He went upstairs first to check the dress. The hem was dry. Then he came down and opened the inn's front door. Helen was already waiting outside with swollen eyes, and she put her arms around him as soon as she saw him."I called you so many times and you didn't pick up.""I heard it ringing.""How did it come to this..."Helen asked no more questions. She smoothed his wrinkled collar and urged him to drink some water. Ethan picked up the glass, then set it down and quietly waited for his former coworkers.Former employees arrived carrying bread. Some hadn't heard the news and asked for Claire as soon as they stepped inside. Helen covered her mouth and turned away. Ethan stood where he'd stood at Friday's dinner and moved the wine glasses still on the table."She died last night."The man who had asked froze where he stood. "She was here at the dinner two nights ago...""She was. And she was already dying then," Ethan said.The man stared
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By the time Ethan burst through the door of that rented apartment, I was gone.The door slammed into the wall and swung back, catching his coat on the handle. Ethan lunged forward, and the snag nearly pulled him off his feet."Slow down."Nobody turned around.Ethan tore his coat free and rushed to the bed. Daniel had just called his name. Meg was holding my hand, the phone from our last call resting in her lap."She just died," Daniel said.Ethan gripped the bed with one hand, the other hovering above it. He looked from Daniel to my lifeless face on the pillow. His lips moved, but no sound came."She had the phone to her ear a minute ago.""Yes. By then her vital signs were dropping fast."Daniel was still explaining when Ethan crouched beside the bed. I reached for his shoulder, but my hand passed straight through his coat. Startled, I tried again. I still couldn't touch him.I could see his shirt pulled tight across his back. People crowded around the bed, and he could reach the bod
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On Saturday morning, I woke to the sound of something being carried in.Meg came in sideways with my father's chair in her arms. Its back scraped the doorframe. She stopped at once, adjusted the angle, and carried it inside. Once she'd set it down, she crouched beside it and ran her fingers over the new scratch. She seemed more upset about it than I was."There wasn't a mark on it. I caught it on the doorframe.""It doesn't matter. My father banged it up while he was making it too."She turned the chair so its arms faced the bed. I ran my hand over the familiar grain, reluctant to let go.The last time my father said he wanted to come home, I promised to put that chair by the window. He liked the morning light, and he always complained that the sun reached his room at the nursing home too late in the day.Now the chair was in my little apartment. But the window was narrow and the sky overcast. I looked around, unable to find a single corner filled with morning light.Meg hung up her co
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Before leaving for dinner on Friday, I tried on two outfits in front of the mirror. My old favorite dress was tight across my abdomen, so I had to unzip it as soon as I'd zipped it up. I settled on a loose jacket and packed spare ostomy supplies and a lightweight dress in my bag.Meg waited by the door without rushing me. Her gaze stayed on my trembling hand braced against the dresser."I'll only stay a short while," I told her. "The moment it gets bad, we go.""Then don't push yourself." She zipped my bag shut. "You want to see him, and I won't stand in your way. But don't sit there in pain just to stay a few minutes longer."...When we got to the inn, the table was already set. I knew everyone sitting around it. During the busy season, we'd washed mountains of glasses together in the early hours and crouched by the kitchen's back door, sharing the bread that hadn't sold.Ethan, the man I loved, was part of every one of those memories.He pulled out the chair beside him for me. "Take
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On Thursday morning, Meg Parker helped me organize the paperwork. Her fingers lingered on the last page."Are you sure you don't want to be buried beside your father?" she asked quietly. "I can take care of the arrangements. You don't have to worry about any of it."I looked at her hand resting on the paper. When I'd signed the week before, she'd sat in that same chair while I confirmed with the donation program exactly how my body would be used. Then she'd signed as my witness.The program had been clear. My body would be used for anatomy classes and surgical training. But they wouldn't decide whether they could accept it until after I died, based on my condition at the time and my medical history.I knew what my signature meant. I'd also set money aside for a standard cremation in case the donation wasn't approved."If my body can help someone else learn, I'm willing," I said. "Follow the instructions in the papers. There's no need to bring my ashes back."Meg kept her hand on the st
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