But Karen couldn't find solace in those words.

Losing Kenneth, who loved her so dearly, was a reality she couldn't accept.

"Honey, I think Dorothy might be awake... Do you want to go check on her?"

He thought getting Karen to move around might help, instead of sitting there, drowning in tears.

But Karen's body stiffened, her eyes brimming with tears.

"I'll go in a bit, I just need a moment to gather myself."

Karen took a deep breath, her sobs breaking through now and then, her eyes red and swollen, her nose tinged with the same hue, "Even though I know that Kenneth made his own choice, it's just so hard. On one hand, there's Kenneth, who treated me like his own sister, and on the other, my best friend. I just "

She couldn't finish, but Jeffrey understood.

do it all over again, if it meant Kenneth could come back to life just once, I'd even kneel before Dorothy, begging her to

so hopelessly

blame Dorothy, nor

that

Kenneth fulfill his wish while he was

me." Karen's voice broke, unable to speak continuously, "Anything I wanted that our parents wouldn't buy, I just had to ask him... and he'd get it for me!" Jeffrey

me living in a rental, so he gave me money to buy an apartment. He always... worried I wouldn't eat well,

did so much for me... and now I feel so ashamed! Ashamed that I never did anything for him in

knew what Kenneth had

he had longed

found herself unable

Jeffrey couldn't help but shed tears,

My brother was such a good

her hair, feeling

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