"After one of us dies, how long do you think the other will last?" My father says to me over dinner, after we've all finished eating. "I guess, you will probably know."
"I know, I thought about that when Mom got into the car accident. When Stanford told me that 'there is very bad news relating to your mother,' my first thought was, 'oh my god, how is Dad going to handle this?' " [Mom was in a serious car accident in Jan of 2016, and was in the hospital for about seven days.]
He cries without making a sound, and then grabs a napkin to wipe away his tears. "I was in love with your mother right from the beginning, and I'm still in love with her."
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