"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

down. "He... looks fine on the outside, but I can tell he's

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

about your

is he right

had to

with Craig. Tell him he doesn't have to carry everything alone. Besides, Craig's mom had been sick for a while. He

nodded, glancing at Langston. "Bro... seeing Craig like this, I can't

face it someday. But for Abigail and Langston, the

even

there right now. Let's just focus on being there for Craig,

"Yeah."

see if there's anything I can help with. Oh, and Mom and

when the funeral is. They're planning to

and Dorothy hadn't shown up yet-they were

here for Craig. Besides, if the parents showed up now, it'd probably just make things harder for him he'd feel like he had to

"Alright."

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