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• Daddy came and sat next to me so he could hug Mom and me together; I could feel his chest shaking with silent sobs, and his hand on my arm was like a vise, like he could hold us all together forever, frozen like that.
• As I cried, Mom stroked my hair and kissed my forehead, reassuring me, but I could already feel her slipping away. The thought of a life without Mom there to share it scared me more than I knew how to express, but even with that, suddenly Davey's face, his eyes, his smile flashed up before me. Mom must have felt me stiffen, like an electric shock had jolted through me, because she pulled back slightly, her eyebrow raised in that querying look I knew so well.
• "What, what is it, baby?" she murmured.