Facade of Love

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I did not know what to say to Maxwell. The people buried deep beneath the earth were not my folks. I felt for him, yet I could not truly understand his pain. I asked, “What’s your next move?

“”

If he was set on finding his parents, I would be there to help.

He hesitated, then said softly, “I’ll let them rest there. Even if we found them now, it would be hard to tell them apart. Knowing where they are is enough for me.”

Yeah, it has been a decade. So many lost their lives in that disaster. Even if we dug them up now, how would we know who was who?

I clamped my mouth shut, not wanting to argue anymore.

a brief chat, Alice and Maxwell took off, leaving me with my mom. I caught her

blinked, realizing I meant to check on Charlie, and frowned. “Honey, you’ve barely come to. The doctor has not even said if you are good

the bed. “I’m okay, really. The doctor just gave me the all -clear, remember?”

knew arguing was pointless. With a resigned sigh, she followed me to the OR. The dark room greeted

through the mountains for two days and nights. Lorrell was just a small fry of a town, not cut out for this

to our room to pack. We needed

her gaze head–on. “Mom, I’m fine, really. We’ll head to Lake City. If anything pops

have much of a choice. After a nod, she stepped out to

straightened the hospital bed and started folding the blanket. That was when the door swung open. Assuming it was Mom back from her errands, I did not bother looking up. “Mom, did you call Maxwell? Oh, and hand me your phone, will you? I need to book our train tickets. If we snag the next one, we should make it in time to catch Mr.

to add, “Uh, you talked to the local

in the doorway. I trailed off, taking a few seconds to switch gears as I faced the man with a stormy look on his face. “Do you…

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