the meetings for those in my wake

For years after the divorce, Gwyn came to learn that any call from Owen was almost certainly bad news, and almost always about their son. Things have been better in the three years since her time in Texas, which is why she thinks nothing of it when he calls just after she’s put Isaac to bed for the night.“Owen, hey,” she greets. “What’s up?”The silence she’s answered with is the first sign that something’s wrong.The sob that follows is the second. “Gwyn, it’s TK. He's... They think we should say goodbye."