Grandfather did not only come for me; he spent all his time by Mum's bedside. It had been too late for words by then; she was unconscious most of the time. But he stayed until she died.
I don't know if he said anything to her while she was sleeping; he certainly didn't while I was there. My grandmother had not come.
At the funeral, he told me he would be staying for a week and that he expected some developments that would need his assistance. What he really meant was that he knew my father would follow suit. I think my father lasted longer than Grandfather assumed. I know Dad was trying hard for my sake.
But on the last day of Grandfather's stay, he wandered onto the train track.
The note he left wasn't exactly a suicide note. He said that if I was reading it, then the temptation h
