“I know it’s strange, and I know it might just be circumstantial. We shared an experience that somehow makes us closer . . . But Aunt Lisa.” Kayla looks up from her lap. “Jake makes things hurt a little less. He’s home for me now. If being around him takes the pain away just a tiny bit, then it doesn’t matter how or why he’s here with me. I just . . . Oh, you can’t understand . . .”
