Unsettling Calm

I knew he was asking about Brenda, so I hid my sadness away and replied, "She’s been sent to the funeral parlor."

Although I did not witness her final moment, I had overheard the conversation of those who had. As she had fallen from such great height, their description of her final appearance was that she was crushed beyond recognition.

For a brief moment, I could even imagine it.

He nodded, an ab