Felix Cole, my elder brother, was dead. I learned of that news seven days after he died. I hurried back to my hometown with my wife.I heard that he died of cardioplegia. However, I firmly believed that he had no pre-existing heart condition. I went over the details again and again but always ended up with the same conclusion. “Wyatt, let’s get Ruby home.” Rose Johnson, my wife, hugged me. “Your brother is dead. How can she live alone in the countryside without a man?” Complicated feelings gripped me. When I got to know my wife, I learned she had a twin elder sister. On a whim, I told her that I happened to have a single elder brother. After some time, the twin sisters married my brother and me respectively. What should Ruby Johnson, my sister-in-law, do, since my brother had passed?During the funeral service, I drank a lot of wine until dizziness gripped me. Rose supported me and rubbed her soft skin against my arm from time to time.“Dear, you’re different today…” I s
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