25Screenshot of Bess’s voice-mail log
26Hank and Bobby eating steamers in Menemsha
27Bess as a toddler in Bobby’s red heels and jewelry
28Bess negotiating with Bobby at Bess’s wedding
29Mary Cassatt, Lady at the Tea Table
30Bess in Bobby’s lap, posing for a family picture
31Table at the Plaza Hotel a few days after Bobby’s death
32Bobby’s letter to Bess’s cat, Al
33Bobby and Bess at dinner
34FaceTime screenshot of Bobby and Bess’s cats
35Bobby and Hank kissing on their honeymoon
36Bobby in beach chair, reading
37Bobby in front of hot-air balloon on vacation
38Hank and Bobby walking on Menemsha pier
39Bobby waving on Deer Cove Lodge boat
A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bess Kalb is an Emmy-nominated writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! Her writing for the show earned her a Writers Guild Award in 2016. She has also written for the Oscars and the Emmys. A regular contributor to The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, her work has been published in The New Republic, Grantland, Salon, Wired, The Nation, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles.
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