I blinked, sitting up. "What's going on? I just woke up."

She flinched, pushing open the curtains to let in the bright morning light, and sat on the bed. "How's baby this morning?" She asked and I smiled down at my belly. "Growing like a gremlin." She nodded and took my hand, a tear falling down her cheek.

I prepared myself for the worst...

"There's news. Honey - they found a part of the aircraft. Some

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cargo ship en route to Australia found it."

"What do you mean?" My stomach dropped as the words settled in, each one like a cold weight.

searched that area, and well - they are flying the bodies to the States, and they need us to - we need to identify them." She swallowed, holding

like my body was working overtime, just trying to process this information and make sense of what I was supposed to do

My voice was a tremor

haven't told me much. Just that we need to talk to

"Australia? They weren't anywhere

selfish part didn't want to go. I wanted to call my other and ask her if she could go or

works, is it? I don't

that I must

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to live with their grief. Even Laura has more light by the day in her, but

1. me.

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