However, recalling Elissa’s distress from the previous night, he compelled himself to consume the eggs.

Raphael ruffled his hair affectionately.

“I’ll drop you off at school,” he promised.

Brantley nodded eagerly in agreement.

He dutifully drank most of the milk.

Before departing, he called out to Elissa’s closed bedroom door, “Elissa, I’m off to school.”

There was no response from Elissa’s room.

Raphael escorted Brantley downstairs, explaining, “Your sister’s still asleep.”

But Brantley sensed Elissa’s wakefulness; she simply chose not to engage with him.

Dejected, he climbed into the car.

the engine, Brantley’s sudden query pierced the

and Dad never

grip tightening

a hushed

They’re not coming back.

stay with us

on

concept of loss, but he had a vague sense that he had lost his dearest loved

left with Brantley, Elissa

rising was

bed that

of judgment, and now she

onto some

the thought that her mother’s death was the

acknowledged the

not the innocent

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