I exhaled deeply to calm my nerves as I fought the urge to yell at Theo. "You really can't be doing this here at my mother's burial, right? You know how broken my marriage is with George, and how broken I myself is, due to the weight of my situation.

This is not a happy ceremony for me either, and I can barely pull myself together, Theo. Do you really intend to add to it?"

I guess he realized himself as he rubbed his head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I was only trying to express my concern."

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