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.

Brantley’s sudden query pierced

Mom and Dad

his grip tightening

in a hushed tone, “Yes,

They’re not coming back.

with

on his knees, lost in

concept of loss, but he had

had left with Brantley, Elissa finally roused herself from

rising was her usual

she lingered in bed that morning

them had been a lapse of judgment, and now she

held onto some resentment towards

her mother’s

she acknowledged the irrationality

bore the blame, not the innocent child of

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