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Chapter 19 - Fatima

“I can’t believe my little girl is going to a human college!” Mama says with tears shining in her eyes. She’s got my face between her hands, looking at me and nearly refusing to let go. “And so far away!”

I can’t help but try to comfort her, even though we’ve talked about this ad nauseum. “Mama, I’m only three hours away. I can be home whenever and you can visit,” I remind her.

“Once a month,” Ba adds putting his arm around Mama’s shoulder, helping to extricate my face from her hands.

Papá moves up beside me and pulls me into a hug. “Mi hija, (My daughter),” he says into my ear. “Entiendo por qué tienes que dejarnos. Lamento que tenga que suceder. (I understand why you have to leave us. I am just sorry that it has to happen.)”

I have to bite my lip and squeeze my eyes tight against the tears that come unbidden to my eyes. He’s talking about Caleb.

The last week has been awful. Our friends don’t know how to deal with i
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Hey guys - Sorry updates were waaaay off last week. It will likely continue this week too. Lots going on at the day job. But we'll get back to six chapters per week really soon.

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