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.

engine, Brantley’s sudden query

and Dad

his grip tightening on the steering

a hushed tone,

They’re not coming back.

stay with us

chin on

concept of loss, but he had a vague

Brantley, Elissa finally roused herself from

rising was her

in bed that morning

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

held onto some resentment

couldn’t shake the thought that her

the irrationality of

not the innocent child of

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