I blinked, sitting up. “What’s going on? I just woke up.”
She flinched, pushing open the curtains to let in the bright morning light, and sat on the bed. “How’s baby this morning?” She asked and I smiled down at my belly. “Growing like a gremlin.” She nodded and took my hand, a tear falling down her cheek.
I prepared myself for the worst…
“There’s news. Honey – they found a part of the aircraft. Some
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cargo ship en route to Australia found it.”
“What do you mean?” My stomach dropped as the words settled in, each one like a cold weight.
“They searched that area, and well – they are flying the bodies to the States, and they need us to – we need to identify them.” She swallowed, holding herself together but barely.
A whirl of emotions swirled through me, but I could barely feel them. It was like my body was working overtime, just trying to process this information and make sense of what I was supposed to do next.
“Are they sure?” My voice was a tremor of disbelief.
But that’s not how the world works, is it? I don’t get to outrun this because it’s catching up with me anyway.
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