When Aurora rushed into the hospital, the hearse from the funeral home pulled up at the same time.

Craig was standing alone outside the ER doors, looking lost and isolated.

He wasn't crying-he just stood there in silence, staring at nothing, until Aurora's hurried footsteps finally caught his attention.

"You're here," he said quietly.

"Yeah.” Aurora walked over, her lips parting as if to say something, but the words just wouldn't come.

She knew exactly what Amelie meant to Craig.

Aside from Elijah, his son, his mom was the only family he had left in the world.

For years, Craig had worked himself to the bone-late nights, early mornings, double shifts-just to pay for his mother's treatments. Fixing her, keeping her alive, had become his whole purpose.

And now, suddenly, it was all over.

No way back.

before gently touching his hand. "She's free now, you know? She's been stuck in hospitals

sound comforting, but she knew nothing she said

turned and pulled Aurora into a fierce

to pull away, but then she felt something cold and wet

Craig was crying.

times, she didn't want to keep fighting. She said if she ended up in the ER again, I should just let her

"I know," Aurora murmured.

you stay with me for a while?

was barely above a whisper, raw and

Elijah's with my parents-I don't have to worry. I'll stay right here

divorced, sure, but after all those years together, family ties didn't just vanish overnight. Aurora had never stopped calling Amelie "Mom." Of

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Craig was your brother-in-law for so long. If we don't show up, it might dook like

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