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.

touching his hand. "She's free now, you know? She's been stuck in hospitals

she knew nothing

suddenly, Craig turned and pulled

pull away, but then she felt something cold and

Craig was crying.

want to keep fighting. She said if she ended up in the ER again, I should just

"I know," Aurora murmured.

me for

was barely above a whisper, raw and

say no. "Of course. Elijah's with my parents-I

just vanish overnight. Aurora had never stopped calling Amelie "Mom." Of course

...

maybe we should go

was Abigail's mother-in-law, and Craig was your brother-in-law for so long. If we

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

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