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

Mom and Dad never coming

silent, his grip

responded in a

They’re not coming back.

with

his chin on his knees,

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

left with Brantley, Elissa

was

that

lapse of judgment, and now she grappled with how to

onto

shake the thought that her mother’s

acknowledged the irrationality of her

father bore the blame, not the innocent child

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