Mom reminded Kyle that Arthur had spent twenty-five years ensuring she wouldn’t face financial fear on the worst day of her life. She explained that he had trusted the funeral home with a promise, and Kyle had attempted to turn that promise into a bill. She suspected other grieving widows might have signed without questioning the paperwork. Mom asked him to remember that people sitting in his office were often too exhausted to defend themselves. Kyle finally picked up the $17,900 invoice and tore it into pieces.
Gene sat beside Mom, took her hand, and comforted her while she finally began to cry. He then revealed why Dad had been so determined to protect her. When Arthur was nine, his own father had died unexpectedly. The funeral home later presented his widowed mother with a bill she couldn’t afford. She spent eleven years paying it off, counting coins at the kitchen table while her young son watched. Dad had never forgotten that sound.
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