"What are you even talking about? Felicity is my daughter. She's not your wife yet!" Karen laughed, waving him off. "Go do your thing, Miles. I've got Felicity covered here, don't worry."

“Alright. But if anything comes up, call me right away, okay?"

"Of course!"

If Karen hadn't known better, she'd think Felicity was Miles's daughter, not hers,

the way he fussed. Still, it was strangely comforting.

Leaving Felicity in Langston's hands was definitely the right call.

...

Miles didn't go to the hospital. Instead, he drove straight to the funeral home.

He found Aurora in the lobby.

"Hey, Abigail. How's Craig holding up?"

gone. Now, it was all about

her head, eyes cast down. "He... looks fine on the outside, but

they never knew how to talk about their feelings. Keep it bottled up long enough, and it's a recipe

talk about your emotions

right now?"

to sign. They just called him

Craig. Tell him he doesn't have to carry everything alone. Besides, Craig's mom had

I can't help but wonder what about

has to face it someday. But for

even more because of

right now. Let's just

"Yeah."

gonna see if there's anything I can help

know when the funeral is. They're

hadn't shown up yet-they were at home

could be here for Craig. Besides, if the parents showed up now, it'd probably just make things harder for him he'd feel like he had to

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