The Daughter, the Wreck

Photo by Vladyslav Topyekha, courtesy Pixabay.

I don’t believe in God, or fate. Still, when my niece’s husband phones to let me know my mother has been in a car accident, at the same time I happen to be driving past said accident, I decide maybe I’d better get involved. Somehow, surely, some errant black hole or mysterious deep space pulsar is making this coincidence happen, because it’s too bizarre, and I am unable to ignore it.