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.

Raphael ignited the engine, Brantley’s sudden

Mom and Dad

his grip tightening on the

a

They’re not coming back.

stay with

rested his chin on his knees,

was young and didn’t fully comprehend the concept of loss, but he had a vague sense that

had left with Brantley, Elissa

rising was her usual

bed that morning to avoid

staying with them had been a lapse of judgment, and now she grappled with how to

onto

couldn’t shake the thought that her mother’s death was the

acknowledged the irrationality of

bore the blame, not the innocent child

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