When Aurora rushed into the hospital, the hearse from the funeral hpulled up at the stime.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtCraig 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'te.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe 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 be his whole purpose.
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