The Request That Shattered Everything
You think you know your family. You grow up with them, share meals, laugh at the same dumb jokes, and believe there are some lines that can never be crossed. But one day, someone walks over those lines like they were never there, and suddenly, you find yourself staring at a person you thought you knew, asking, Who the hell are you?
For me, that moment came when my brother, Peter, sat across from me on my couch, making a request about his two kids that I never saw coming.
Four years ago, Peter lost his wife, Matilda, to cancer. It was devastating for all of us. She left behind two children—Maeve, who was nine, and Jake, eight. They were shattered. We all were. But Peter’s grief was short-lived.
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