It didn’t ever end. The passage of time did not make it any less intense than the pain had been the first day. The sense of loss wouldn’t go away. The…
Her son was dead. Death had come like an unforeseen terror and had snatched him out of her arms. Only hours ago, he had been alive. This morning, she had held…
Kome didn’t know if she wanted to smack him or to kiss him. She knew, sensed without needing him to tell her, that he’d panicked and was suddenly overwhelmed by the…