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There was a slight sniffle on the other end of the phone I knew Meagan wasn’t used to hearingit myself

"I will be, sweets See you soon"

"Okay"

Hitting End, I stood up and took in a few deep-cleansing breaths Closing th I knew I needed

Opening my eyes, I made my way to the room I knocked softly on the door as I opened it My eyes looked between Noah and Emily and I couldn’t help but notice how defeated Emily looked Noah stood next to his mother as he spoke softly into histo ave me a sweet smile I’d come to really like her in the last feeeks Her heart was beyond ahher a questioning look, she nodded andhard, I turned back to Lisa I’d never experienced so like this before Everyone I had loved and was close to was still alive I had no way of knohat Noah and Ein her journey home

Noahhis head, he s, I had to place my hands on my stomach His face lit up and hethat justhere for his toup to the side of the bed he was on, I held oodbye to, Mo, Noah leaned down a little bit further "Mom, Grace is here Grace is here with me, Mom"

Eht hers and I was overtaken with how sad she looked My heart broke evenback at Noah, he motioned for me to talk to his ht back Erab a drink of water"

Panic set in as I realized Noah was leaving me alone with his mother Frozen in place, I tried to openhi ca in

Angela walked up to me and whispered, "It’s important to Noah, therefore it’s ioodbyes"

Nodding my head, I turned and stepped into the spot Noah had been My eyes searched Lisa’s face She see had settled and noas as if she was perfectly fine I watched as her chest rose up slowly, then slowly released My heart raced when it didn’t rise back up as fast as I thought it should I knew her body was slowly shutting down Bit by bit, she was letting go

Reaching for her hand, I couldn’t help but suck in a gasp as I felt how cold it was "Hi Lisa, it’sbook with et that spring garden ready"

My body slumped and I rolled my eyes Jesus H Christ Did I really just say that? The poor wo and I cracked a joke A stupid one at that Looking over ela, I couldn’t help but notice she was chuckling Motioning for ht as well go ahead and confess this I’ve never been known for telling a good joke"

Lisa’s hand jerked underto her

"There will always be a part of otten to know each other better After all, we both love the same man I think ould have been wonderful friends Lisa, I need you to know that I’ to be lost for a bitI know this But I won’t leave his side I’ll fight for hiht left Did Noah tell you he asked h, he isn’t terribly ro up a hole to plant soain as I gently squeezed it back "He clairand planned Here’s to hoping"

Angela giggled behindvoice Dragging in a deep breath, I fought to try and figure out how to say goodbye to Lisa I wantedfor her to stay with us For Noah and I to tell her ere engaged To tell her she was going to be a grandmother and see her hold our child for the first time