"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?"

were gone. Now, it was all about the

down. "He... looks fine

never knew how to talk about their feelings. Keep it bottled up long enough,

then again..... learning to talk about your emotions isn't

right now?" Miles

he had to sign.

a one-on-one with Craig. Tell him he doesn't have to carry everything alone. Besides,

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

to face it someday. But for

even more because

there right now. Let's just focus on being there

"Yeah."

see if there's anything I can help with. Oh,

is. They're

hadn't shown 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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