But she was far from fine. Her health was deteriorating.
During a regular doctor’s visit, she got shocked to know that her
heart valve disease had aggravated and she needed to undergo a surgery within the next few weeks. Driving back home, the reality hit back with her. She literally stopped her car, and started thinking of Walter’s car, but she still couldn’t force herself to use it.
As the day of the surgery got closer, she found herself exhausted and struggling to pretend to be fine. Then, she heard some gossip at church that felt like a slap in the face: Walter was being honored at a local gala for his “
contributions to family and community.”
How ironic that was! It was Sylvie who had held the family together in all these years, planned the budgets and remembered every single birthday. And now, it was him who was getting a trophy for it.
