The Unmasked Concubine
The Unmasked Concubine The visitors no-one wants They came in twos, side by side The grim-faced officers, hats in hands Spoke the words that sliced through your heart. Ma-am, there's been an accident. Is this your son? A high school photo. Frozen in time; Just as your heart will be. You nodded, your face crumbling into dust. Gus, a bright kid: Straight A's, a gentle soul With loyal friends--over-achieving to make Dad proud. Gus's father, Gilbert Hartman, expected perfection. Goading his progeny with triggering results. Sadly, when Alice Hartman called her husband Sobbing uncontrollably, she pulled him to her: "Our son is dead! His car was hit head on!" Gilbert just stood there, facial muscles intact. "Did you hear me? Don't you care that Gus's dead?" Oddly, Gilbert's reaction never materialised. No tears for his only son. What was wrong