Her Wedding, and I Returned as a Ghost

Summary

I was walking down the street when I spotted two of my wife's childhood friends, guys she hadn't seen in years. I was about to step forward and say hello when their conversation caught my ear.

"I'm so glad Brooke is finally getting her happy ending and marrying again."

"No kidding. Her ex-husband was such a tragic, short-lived guy. Died right after they got married."

I froze in my tracks, completely bewildered.

I was standing right there, breathing, perfectly healthy. How on earth was I dead? And what did they mean, marrying again?