The blue sundress makes my already large blue eyes pop. It's my favorite—the one I keep for special occasions. But I rarely get to wear the dress. I only wore it one time, when Evelyn's sister's son was being deployed, and we had to attend the 'final meal.' That's what Carl called it once we got out of the house. I hid the grin, but his wink told me he saw my smirk. It was the most depressing meal I've ever attended, and I had so many sh*tty dinners with Bert and Ronnie that I didn't think anything could be worse. I was wrong.
Evelyn's sister, Rose, looked nearly identical to Evelyn and spent the meal sobbing onto her fork, which she would fill with food, push into her mouth, and then cry on. The fork would remain locked between her lips. It wasn't until her husband comforted her that she
