“‘The Worst Day,’ she insisted. ‘The day he found you. That’s why you left home, why you’ve come all this way. Why you drink. Why you don’t believe anymore. All of it. This isn’t about me, none of it is. It’s about them, Gabe. Astrid and Patience.’ “‘Promise you’ll never leave me.’ “‘Astrid and Patience are at home, Dior.’ “‘I know. I know they are.’ “She breathed deep, tears spilling down her cheeks. Eyes that saw the hurts of the world, and a heart that wanted to fix them. But she couldn’t fix this. No one could. “‘That’s where you buried them, Gabriel.’
I knew it was coming and it still HURTS
