rue (roo): 2. to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, ect. This is a short, non-fictional story about a man and his family that are burdened with grief, loss, remorse, and anger through the violent and sudden death of a relative. It is written from the perspective of a teenage girl who spends one afflictive but life-changing night with this family and discovers within herself the deepest of strengths and weaknesses for what seems like the first time in her life.