topic of gossip. she didn t want anybody to know what was going on in her life. she didn t talk about her marriage, but other people did? yeah. what they said was what? it wasn t working? no. they said mike was a hot head. mike had a reputation at work for having a hot temper, for to go intimidating. mechanic dave seiler worked with him for a decade. there was a lot of tension. you could just feel it from him. a lot of people were very careful around him, what they said, what they did. because mike s fuse could blow and when it did, you didn t want to be around. he did blowup at dispatchers and advisers. the dispatcher would be crying. so it didn t come as a big surprise when ellen announced that mike had left her. he packed up his stuff and moved to phoenix. he s probably going to end up living in phoenix. that marriage mean it s over.
there would be no way that my brother would have ever left his daughter. ever. at the jeep dealership where mike had worked for ten years, his name was rarely mentioned in conversation. after three or four years of mike being gone, he didn t come up too much anymore. we knew he was sick. we didn t really know if he was still in the hospital somewhere or if he had actually just passed away from his illness. his tools were no longer lying there unused. ellen s son michael was using them. he followed in mike s shoes and had become a mechanic as well. and on those rare occasions when ellen would come by the shop where mike had once worked, his old colleague dave seiler would ask have you heard from mike, and she would say no. there seemed to be no concern for mike and she was just, like, no, i haven t seen mike. it s often said the happy
and unbeknownst to ellen her collapsing marriage was the topic of office gossip. she didn t want anyone to know what was going on in her life. she didn t talk about her marriage but other people did. yeah. and what they said was, what, it wasn t working? well, they said mike was a hothead. mike had a reputation at work for having a hot temper, for being intimidating. mechanic dave seiler worked with him for a decade. it was a lot of tension. you could just feel it from him. and, you know, a lot of people were very careful around him, what they said, what they did. because mike s fuse could blow, and, when it did, you didn t want to be around. he did blow up at dispatchers and service advisers, and the dispatcher would be crying. so it didn t come as a big surprise when ellen announced that mike had left her.
that was one big red flag for me and maybe the leading one that kept me going because i knew there would be no way that my brother would ever have left his daughter. ever. at the he jeep dealership where mike had worked for ten years, his name was rarely mentioned in conversation. after three or four years of mike being gone, it didn t come up too much anymore. we knew he was sick. we didn t really know if he was still in a hospital somewhere or if he had actually just passed away from his illness. his tools were no longer lying there unused. ellen s son michael was using them. he had followed in mike s shoes and had become a mechanic as well. and on those rare occasions where ellen would come by the shop where mike had once worked, his old colleague dave seiler would ask have you heard from mike? and she would say no. there just seemed to be no concern for mike. she was just, like, no, i haven t seen mike. it s often said that the happiest and saddest of occasions are