<p>A hall filled with flowers.<br>Family gathered, friends arriving, neighbors appearing who never came before. It should feel like a celebration?yet the air is heavy, the light dim, and the cold will not leave his bones.<br><br>He searches for his coat, calls to his wife, nods to his mother, tries to greet the guests. No one answers. No one seems to see him. Still, he tells himself it is only the awkward beginning of a birthday gathering, that s...