“Shakespeare said, ‘The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief.’” Ambrose’s eyes shot to Fern’s and he smiled softly at the girl that had him quoting Shakespeare once again. “Bailey is proof of this. He was always smiling, and in so many ways he had life beat, not the other way around. We can’t always control what happens to us. Whether it’s a crippled body or a scarred face. Whether it’s the loss of people we love and don’t want to live without,” Ambrose choked out.
