Kai’s POV“Ray’s here to see you,” Elca said, opening the door wider. Ray, Helen’s husband, entered. He looked disheveled. His beards were unshaven around his jaws. He looked like a ghost of himself. I knew he had not been doing well since his wife died but I think it was losing his job that drained him the most.

A strong man like Ray needed something to keep busy, and distract him from his second wife’s death. I felt pity for him. I had dropped by his house a number of times to ...