This Chaim— Chaim who had concrete plans, who was actively charting a path for the future— was someone different
“Tatty, phone call,” Simi announced. “It’s Uncle Yechiel.”
She pranced into the kitchen, where Chaim and Perri were sitting over bowls of vegetable soup. Chaim took the phone and greeted his brother. Within minutes, his face was red and he was stammering.
Perri watched him curiously. Yechiel was very different from Chaim — he was a confident, gregarious businessman with multiple circles of friends and a growing real estate portfolio — but the two brothers always got along well. What had Yechiel said to throw her husband off guard?
Chaim put down the phone and very determinedly focused on his soup.
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