“She tried to play it off. Told me we could only control our lives. But I’d catch her sometimes, staring off into space. Or I’d wake up in the middle of the night and hear her watching Star Trek for hours. She wouldn’t let me see her trying to cope, but I knew.”
“Mom missed you,” Miranda said, breaking the silence. “She tried to play it off. Told me we could only control our lives. But I’d catch her sometimes, staring off into space. Or I’d wake up in the middle of the night and hear her watching Star Trek for hours. She wouldn’t let me see her trying to cope, but I knew.” She leaned forward, and her voice cracked with the next words. “She thought her headaches were just stress. We found out too late. You traveled through time to get here. Can you... I mean...” She gulped loud enough for Kin to hear, but nothing else came out.
