And here I am, thinking the woman was just depressed about her brother's death. She was doing opium? Eh... Explains why Miroku said, "I don't think she has much longer". Great piece. I'm taking it upon myself to assume that Miroku said his piece and left Sango to herself. That there really was nothing else to be done for his wife but agree not to part of the problem any longer.

did...
did he kill her?
or
leave her for kagome?

Lovely-sad. The images of the yellow-orange room and a Sango with her hair streaked gray really stuck with me.

Brilliant.