Seconds and minutes crept by as she'd listened for crunching gravel and watched for shining headlights on the private road. With every noise, she'd rush to the window, staring at the driveway. A vestige of fear, an instant pain, slowing breath, and then blackness gripped her senses. She'd felt the impact of the car tumbling off the road and the tree as it squashed the car, killing Daniel instantly. The moment his life slipped away, she'd sensed his last breath and lay motionless, hoping the storm would take her with him. Twenty-one years of a blissful marriage cut short by a hurricane.
Laura closes her eyes and whispers into the air, “Daniel, I can't believe it's been two years without you,” as if he were in the room.
Wistfully, Laura swirls the spoon around the cereal bowl. Leaning over
