#686 A Butterfly on F Street- Edward P. Jones
This is an uncomfortable meeting between Mildred and the woman that her husband left her for. They had been together for twenty-seven years, and with the new woman for the last two. He died six months ago, and this is the first time the two woman had ever met face to face.
The woman is cordial and respectful and seems understandable a little disheveled, all things that Mildred notices. That still doesn’t make her lighten up on her wanting to hit this woman however. The two part without incident, but Mildred is left with an empty feeling of sad contemplation.
They say that cancer kills you twice, Mildred is reminded of, like her husband’s death. In a way heir marriage died twice as well, once when he left her and once when he passed away.
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