They had celebrated her 80th birthday the previous evening.
Her son had sent a massive cake with a note that he was sorry he was held up elsewhere. Like last year, some remembered. And the year before last.
"She was quite healthy, wasn't she?"
"But silent most of the time."
"She was found holding an old photograph of her son feeding her a birthday cake."
"Her eyes were moist with tears."
"The police found an empty bottle of sleeping pills under her bed."