"And you, Sean!" She pointed at him wildly. "If you'd just broken up with her for me back then, why would I have wanted her dead? It was you. You're the one who killed her. You pushed her straight into my hands."
Her screams echoed as the officers dragged her away.
Sean stood where he was, watching her spiral, then slowly, painfully, closed his eyes.
When my mother learned the truth, she collapsed on the spot.
When she woke up, something in her had already broken.
She lived in a world where I was still there.
She would set two bowls at the table, place my favorite sweet and sour ribs on my plate, and gently urge,
"Lila, eat while it's hot."
Then, after a long stretch of silence, she would suddenly come back to herself.
She would stare at the empty seat across from her and break do
