I hadn’t slept.
Brandon hadn’t called.
He hadn’t asked whether the girls were okay.
He hadn’t asked whether I needed anything.
He simply disappeared into his vacation.
I remember staring at my phone and wondering how someone could leave his family behind so easily.
Then, hours later, I saw the photograph.
Brandon had posted it online.
He was smiling beside the lake.
Simon and Theo were in the picture.
The caption read:
“Finally getting the peace and quiet I deserve.”
I stared at the screen for a long time.
Then I put the phone down.
I didn’t have the energy to argue with a photograph.
I had babies to care for.
My Sister Saw the Post
Summer saw the photograph too.
She called me almost immediately.
