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.

States, and they

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

sure?" My voice was a tremor of

need to talk

"Australia? They weren't anywhere close to Australia..."

wanted to call my other and

the world works, is it? I don't get to outrun this

that I must

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been wonderful. The lights, the city, the people - but these people, especially Marcelo, have learned to live with their grief. Even Laura has more light by the day in her, but I still feel

1. me.

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