The DNA testing service put an unknown cousin in touch with me. They asked if I were related to Wilhelmina in some way. “Yeah, she is my aunt on my mom’s side.” Later, I asked my surviving uncle about it. His expression quickly turned hard, “We don’t talk about that.”

After decades of nattering on about moving abroad, Ed Walker finally retired and is currently living in Catalunya, Spain. His work can be found in 50-Word Stories, The Arcanist, Blink-Ink and elsewhere.