John

John glanced distractedly at the screen.

He usually ignored messages and calls, almost always from his mother, rarely from his father, and sometimes from his grandfather. The latter was the only one he still answered frequently.

Old man Walker couldn’t stay away from business, and lately he’d been insisting on asking about the wedding, praising the beautiful and kind wife his grandson had “chosen.”

If only he knew the truth, he thought bitterly.

His mother had assured him that his grand