“I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your mother passed away last week.”
A sharp, unexpected stab of pain shot through his chest, but he did his best to keep silent so he could hear what else was going on.
“We’ve been trying to find you for a couple weeks, hoping to let you know before it was too late. I’m sorry we weren’t able to find you sooner. Gloria wanted a chance to talk to you, if she could.”
Tuck opened his mouth to say something, but he didn’t know what to say and nothing came out.
“I know it’s a lot to take in, and I’m sorry for that, but I need to see you, here in Gillette. The funeral is scheduled for the fifteenth, per your mother’s request. She had it all planned and set up and asked me to set up the date three weeks after her passing, in the hope I could contact
