Why Honey Raymond Clevie Carver Analysis

The short story of Why, honey by Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr written in the form of a letter tells about a mother who acts as the narrator as well as the protagonist and her scoundrel son, who is to blame why the letter exists in the first place. At no stage of the story is the reader certain of whom the letter is intended to and in the end the signature of the mother is missing.
The letter starts immediately with the introduction of the mother and what is to become further on in the letter and why she lives in those circumstances now and how she still lives in fear of his son despite it being already sometime she has last seen him.
The theme of fear and lack of trust is evident throughout the short story.
The first incident showing the sign