I got the title at the end.

Saddening way of dealing with grief – turning that emotion into anger at the one who is gone.

It seems as if they might not have always gotten along, but underneath any problems was true regard and affection. That he was perhaps slow to show…

Adding in the tags with the story – her death appears to have been sudden – an accident of some kind?

Yes, it is. Thank you. I did imagine her to die in a crash or something – the couple had perhaps gotten into a week-long fight, in which nothing was done, and in going out with a friend, she might have died upon the cars colliding in the dark.

I missed this one. Heart-wrenching once I understood the premise. I think a lot of guys hide their grief behind a mask of anger. It’s an easier emotion because it doesn’t appear as weak, though it’s just as damaging.