"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

shook her head, eyes cast down. "He... looks fine on

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

about your emotions isn't

right

to sign. They just

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

like this, I can't help but wonder what

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

pain even more because

now. Let's just focus on

"Yeah."

anything I can help with. Oh, and

funeral is. They're planning to come

up yet-they

after, their daughter 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 play host on top of

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