Justice For Lily

er body thre

ll of pity. He said she was found washed ashore miles down

just felt a cold, dead empti

there, my hands gripping the steering wheel so hard my k

mpagne flute in her hand, laughing. She l

t up to her and

d. My voice was flat. "

faltering for just a second.

e's dead,

perfect face. "Oh, for God's sake, Andrew. Are you st

disbelief choking me.

"This is another one of your pathetic games to make me l

her conversation, leaving me standing there,

ieved it was

cole refused to participate. She told everyone I was having a mental breakdown

enly now. He moved into our house, i

nd them. In our bed. The bed I had shared with her for ten y

airs until they

throbe, she looked surprised to see me.

. It was small, white

this," I said, my vo

face. "You are sick. You are truly, deeply sick. Bringing a fake urn into

lunged forward and slapp

rdwood floor

ray dust and bone fragments, sp

ss, then back at me. She lau

she said, shaking her head as she

ent, final snap. The man who loved Nicole Clarkson, the gentle stay-at-home dad

ing new and cold and