My Parents Skipped My Wedding To Attend My Sister’s Lunch. After A Lifetime In Her Shadow, I Finally Did Something They Never Expected

Serious Conversations

But as the laughs faded, an awkward silence suggested a shift. Linsey and Robert exchanged a look, and I braced myself, sensing a serious turn.

‘Suzan, we have to talk about… them not being there,’ Linsey said gently. The concern in their eyes mirrored my own emotions from the day before.

I knew this conversation was coming, yet saying the words out loud made the absence feel all the more real.