The Way We Were
When I visited Mia's grave, I saw Timothy again.
Seven years had passed, and he had changed so much.
Though barely forty, his head was streaked with gray. He had grown thin, and his posture, as he stood alone, spoke of a man who had seen better days.
When he saw Jacob and me, he had a bitter look on his face.
"Christopher... he knew he had let you down. He spent every day drowning himself in alcohol. His condition worsened, and he passed away early on."
Timothy didn't mention that before Christopher died, he had clutched their old photos and rings. Then, he had used a shard of a broken bottle to slit his wrists.