Title: “So Much Water So Close to Home”
Author: Raymond Carver
Published in: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (collection)
Date of Publication: 1981
Genre: Short Story
"He says, "Goddamn it, why can’t people mind their own business? Tell me what I did wrong and I’ll listen! I wasn’t the only man there. We talked it over and we all decided. We couldn’t just turn around. We were five miles from the car. I won’t have you passing judgment. Do you hear?"
Stuart. So Much Water So Close To Home.