"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

cast down. "He... looks fine on the outside, but I

about their feelings. Keep it bottled up long enough, and it's a recipe for

about your emotions isn't

is he right

some paperwork he had to sign. They

squeeze. "Don't 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, but still...

seeing Craig like this, I can't help but wonder what about when it's our

to face it someday. But for Abigail and Langston, the

felt Craig's pain even more because

"Don't go there right now. Let's just focus

"Yeah."

gonna see if there's anything I can

is. They're planning to

up yet-they were at home

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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