Everyone deals with loss in their own way. Some people let their sadness turn into depression. Some people aren't able to express just how sad they are. Some people use it as a way to play the victim and garner sympathy and stay relevant. The latter would be what everyone would see more than anything.

One afternoon the youngest daughter got a call from the husband who said he was at the funeral home and was trying to make per-arrangements for himself for when it was his time to go. He went on to say that once he passed away that they had no say so what so ever for him. That no matter what they tried to do nothing they did or wanted mattered. The daughter shocked by that call and wasn't sure what was going on or why he was saying the things he was saying asked what he was talking about and he continued to say that only his family had the right to make the decisions for him once he was gone. He said that all his money and all his belongings were going to be left to his mom and family.

The daughter, not sure where any of that was coming from or what to make of the call wondered why he would call her just to tell her that when he died she and her brother and sister would get nothing from him. He went on to say even if they tried to fight it it wouldn't matter that only his family would get his assets.

That call was very unnecessary. Nobody wanted to hear about anyone else dying and no one wanted to profit off of his death. They hadn't even wanted that from their own moms death. If that had been the case they would have fought the husband for more money. They would have tried to keep his share of the money that was split. They would have fought for their moms half of the 68,000 that was in the safety deposit box or the left over money from the life insurance money. All that money was in the husband's bank account. If he felt the need to be fair with their moms half he would have given them something, but he didn't. He kept it all and never once did they make a fuss about it. So there really was no reason for him to call and say any of what he had at all. After saying what he said he quickly said okay well I gotta go and hung up. He ended the call chipper and as if nothing was wrong. He didn't find anything wrong with his topic of conversation and more than anything the daughter found that disturbing.

After the shock of the conversation wore off the daughter got a hold of her brother and sister and asked if either one of them had gotten the same call from the husband. The brother was the only one that had heard the same thing. The husband had called him too, to let him know that everything was being left to his own mom, that no matter what he and his sister's wouldn't get anything from him when he died.

The brother did not appreciate the call and didn't want to hear any of that. The brother told the husband that he didn't want anything from him and he could do whatever he wanted with his stuff. He went on to say that all he wanted was something from his mother to remember her by. He had yet to get anything of his mother’s. The husband said okay and that was the end of that. He never made good on giving the son anything of his mother’s to her only son. To this day he still has nothing to remember his mother by.

The brother was taking his mom's death really hard. He'd always been a mama's boy and having promised what he promised made it hard for him to truly feel what he was feeling about the husband. He knew he was angry with the things the husband was saying and doing, but his promise kept him from staying upset and holding the man accountable for his actions.

The son wanted more than anything to be able to give his mother what she asked of him. It didn't matter how much doing so was affecting him. it didn't matter that it was putting a strain on all his relationships. It didn't even matter that the husband was openly doing things that under normal circumstances would push people away. He was determined to uphold his promise to his mother who he loved with all his heart.

Continue to Chapter 18 - The Argument