"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?"

dead were gone. Now, it was all

eyes cast down. "He... looks fine on the

like Craig, they never knew how to talk about their feelings. Keep it bottled

again..... learning to talk about your emotions isn't something someone can just

is he right now?"

had to sign. They just called

stress too much, okay? Once things settle down, I'll have a one-on-one with Craig. Tell him he doesn't have to carry everything alone. Besides, Craig's mom had been sick for a while. He must've known this was coming,

"Bro... seeing Craig like this, I can't help

for Abigail and Langston,

Craig's pain even

go there right now. Let's just

"Yeah."

anything I can help with. Oh, and Mom

the funeral is.

hadn't shown up yet-they were at

if the parents showed up now, it'd probably just make things harder for him he'd feel like he had

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