She searched his face with solemn eyes. “I thought you two were close. Don’t you care that he’s gone?” His heart jumped and started beating so fast it hurt. When he tried to speak, nothing came out. His throat was swollen shut. “Of course they were close,” his mom chided her sister before tugging on her arm. “Come, Mai, let’s go. They’re waiting for us.”
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