A Dog Instead of His Son
His small hands went limp, his eyes closing for the last time.
Peter's phone slipped from his fingers as he dropped to his knees, shaking. Then, like a man possessed, he staggered up and lunged at me, reaching for the urn.
I didn't flinch. I kicked him back, hard, and turned to follow Shaun to the car.
We drove in silence toward the ocean.
Peter, desperate and unhinged, stumbled after us, catching up just as I prepared to scatter Yule's ashes into the waves. His eyes were wild, bloodshot. He screamed, "No! You can't scatter my son's ashes!"
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