It's H's mother's birthday. H has to phone her, but she can't talk to her without giving her the news. It will be hard on her: she lost H's father to a heart attack when H was a teenager, and in the last few years the rest of her family has died.
H's mum has a friend living nearby who turns out not to be ex-directory. I phone her, explain the situation, and ask her to go round: she kindly agrees. Then I phone H's mum and give her the news.
Later, H calls her mum and has a long conversation. I call my younger sister, who is hosting a party for my mother on Sunday. She offers to tell my brother and older sister. I call my father. We agree not to tell my mother, whose memory is fading: she won't remember who H is.
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