"What are you even talking about? Felicity is my daughter. She's not your wife yet!" Karen laughed, waving him off. "Go do your thing, Miles. I've got Felicity covered here, don't worry."

“Alright. But if anything comes up, call me right away, okay?"

"Of course!"

If Karen hadn't known better, she'd think Felicity was Miles's daughter, not hers,

the way he fussed. Still, it was strangely comforting.

Leaving Felicity in Langston's hands was definitely the right call.

...

Miles didn't go to the hospital. Instead, he drove straight to the funeral home.

He found Aurora in the lobby.

"Hey, Abigail. How's Craig holding up?"

it was all

fine on the outside,

they never knew how to talk about their feelings. Keep it bottled up long enough,

your emotions isn't something someone

right now?"

to sign. They

sister's shoulder a squeeze. "Don't stress too much, okay? Once things settle down, I'll have a one-on-one with Craig. Tell him he doesn't have to carry everything alone. Besides, Craig's mom had been sick for a while. He must've known this was coming, but still... it's hard to face

I can't help but wonder what about when it's our parents'

someday. But for Abigail and Langston, the

even

"Don't go there right now. Let's just

"Yeah."

can help with.

is. They're planning to come

shown up yet-they were at home with

as long as the kid was looked after, their daughter could be here for Craig. Besides, if the parents showed up now, it'd probably just make things harder for him he'd feel

"Alright."

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