It was somewhere around a quarter-past four o"clock in the afternoon the following day. Michael and Paulette sat in the family room throughout much of the afternoon as Father flipped through the TV channels and watched random programming. A candle sat on one of the side tables next to a recent photo of Linsey. Those in mourning have found that candles offer a sense of comfort. Burning them throughout the home would be the new practice for Michael and his daughter.
The question of, “What shall we have for dinner?” replayed a couple of times in Michael"s mind. It was still too early to eat, but Michael suspected that his daughter wondered the same. The usual practice in the Mapleview area is for the grieving family to take home all the food from the funeral and eat it throughout the week. B
