“Jim, did your father really blow his brains out because of your mother?"
"Yeah.He was on the telephone.He told her he had a gun.He said, "If you don't come back to me I'm going to kill myself. Will you come back to me?´ And my mother said, "No." There was a shot and that was that."
"What did your mother do?"
"She hung up."
"All right, I'll see you tonight buddy".”
―
Charles Bukowski,
Ham on Rye