The Echo of a Life Lost

y, the Austin air thick with humi

y, was Caleb Jones, a kid three years my ju

on the Rise." the headline screamed, w

post, "Making our private victories pub

explosive kind. Instead, a deep,

lled me through crippling anxiety for

man' s future on our anniversary, a stranger whose

s of marriage, with such calculated public celebration o

strated betrayal, a long-game

en me, a last-minute thought, and remembere

n was made.