Chapter 1394

The next morning, after dropping the kids off at school, Tarquin and Elysia headed together to the old town chapel where Elizabeth's ashes were kept.

They'd come to ask the priest about the details and best dates for Elizabeth's burial.

The priest spoke at length, and Elysia listened intently, afraid she might forget something important. She even brought along a notebook, jotting everything down point by point.

When they left, she stopped by a little shop at the foot of the hill and bought stacks of golden paper, stuffing the trunk full.

Each pack held hundreds of sheets. Altogether, she easily had tens of thousands.

Tarquin raised an eyebrow. "What are we going to do with all this?"

Elysia dusted off her hands. "We're going to fold paper boats for Mom."

"Don't they sell them ready-made?" he asked, a little baffled.

insisted. "I heard that if you fold them yourself, the message really gets through. Before folding, you can

passed on-a kind of comfort for the heart.

would sink. Today, he hadn't smiled since they

really wanted to honor Kendrick and Elizabeth, to thank them for bringing Tarquin into the world and making

Evan, Emmett, Elijah, and the baby to help too. I bet Mom and Dad will be thrilled to get them,

anything, just cupped Elysia's face

longer. They would

were driving home, not far from the chapel, when Elysia's phone buzzed. It was

will you and Tarquin be home?"

way,

at the preschool. Evan

was stunned. "Is

replied. "But Emmett and Elijah are a little banged up-nothing too serious. The baby's

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