A Short Story - Part 4

As time passed and my girl didn't return home, I decided to go look for her and take my son with me. When my mom saw me get ready to leave, she stopped me. She then revealed that my partner had quietly died during the night, and my mother had immediately taken care of getting her body out of the house to spare my son and me from the tragedy until she could somehow gradually prepare us for it. A desperate sadness enveloped me. I didn't know what to do or what to say. The thought of never seeing her again seemed unbearable. I realized I didn't know how to deliver the news to my son.