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.

She's been stuck in hospitals for years, with no real life of her own. She

sound comforting, but she knew nothing she said could actually make this easier

suddenly, Craig turned and pulled Aurora

but then she felt

Craig was crying.

many times, she didn't want to keep fighting. She said if she ended

"I know," Aurora murmured.

you stay with me for a while?

was barely above a whisper, raw and

couldn't say no. "Of course. Elijah's with my parents-I don't

those years together, family ties didn't just vanish overnight. Aurora had

...

we should

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

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