When Aurora rushed into the hospital, the hearse from the funeral home pulled up at the same time.

Craig was standing alone outside the ER doors, looking lost and isolated.

He wasn't crying-he just stood there in silence, staring at nothing, until Aurora's hurried footsteps finally caught his attention.

"You're here," he said quietly.

"Yeah.” Aurora walked over, her lips parting as if to say something, but the words just wouldn't come.

She knew exactly what Amelie meant to Craig.

Aside from Elijah, his son, his mom was the only family he had left in the world.

For years, Craig had worked himself to the bone-late nights, early mornings, double shifts-just to pay for his mother's treatments. Fixing her, keeping her alive, had become his whole purpose.

And now, suddenly, it was all over.

No way back.

stuck in hospitals for years, with no real life of

knew nothing she said could actually

and pulled Aurora into a

pull away, but then she

Craig was crying.

said if she ended up in the

"I know," Aurora murmured.

you stay with me for

was barely above a

no. "Of course. Elijah's with my parents-I don't have to worry. I'll stay right here with

ties didn't just vanish overnight. Aurora had never

...

maybe we should

worrying her lip. "After all, that was Abigail's mother-in-law, and Craig was your brother-in-law for so long.

myself," Miles replied firmly. "Hospitals are packed and full of germs. You know your health isn't the best right

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