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Chapter 22: Uncle Heath

I looked up and saw aunt Mara busying herself in the kitchen now. I was fairly certain she was trying to distract herself from all the memories of Uncle Heath as I saw her rubbing tears from her eyes.

"You okay?" I asked, coming to stand beside her at the kitchen sink.

She nodded as she wiped a tear from her eye. "It's just hard sometimes, you know? I really loved him" she whispered, her eyes welling up with shiny tears once more, but she wiped them away and took a deep, steadying breath.

"I'm okay. I'm okay," she repeated, as if trying to convince herself.

I wrapped my arm around her, hoping it would offer her some semblance of comfort, but how do you comfort someone who's lost the only thing that truly mattered to them?

Aunt Mara turned to me and we hugged. She held me tight as she stifled a sob.

"Sorry, honey..." she apologized, pulling away and wiping her eyes again, with the sleeve of her robe this time.

"You've got nothing to be sorry for," I assured her as I rubbed her back.

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