Kitty

You find out a lot about a person after they've died.

 

“Oh darling, I’m so sorry about your Mum. God rest her soul.” Auntie Pat hugged Karen fiercely and sat down in the chair beside the empty bed. She picked up a photograph from the bedside table. “She had four of you, you know,” she said as she studied the photo on her lap. Karen leaned in and admired the faces of her mother, her father and her two sist…