Regret in Three, Two, One
Jasper's face darkened as he shouted, "She's my wife! I have the right to take her with me! Who do you think you are? She was that sick, and you didn't even bring her to the hospital. What are you plotting?"
Martha's expression didn't change, but her voice was as cold as ice. "And now you realize she needed a burial plot? Where were you all back then? She was dying, and instead of coming to you, she knocked on my door. That alone tells you how utterly hopeless she felt about all of you."
The silence thickened, and the standoff dragged on for a long while.
In the end, Casey handed Martha a sum of money, and Jasper called the cemetery again. His voice was hoarse as he said, "Please cancel the