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I sweep the hair away fro forever, Emily"

"I like the sound of that," she says

"Me, too"

She flashes me her beautiful smile, quickly kisses my lips and rolls away froles as she rasp "I wanted to lie with you for a while"

E her bra back on "We promised Eli we’d make this a fast trip If we don’t return soon, he’ll coain"

I chuckle as I button ht and I’ with"Deal"

I cup her face with my hands and draw in her lower lip as she takes in the top of one in a few days and even though I’ll be h Florida in teeks, each ether is crucial

When we’re presentable, E and holds it in her lap The spark she had fades and she skims her hand over the material "I wish I could have been there when she passed"

From behind, I enfold Emily into me and nuzzle the spot behind her ear "You were there, in spirit"

"Is it pathetic that I didn’t actually think that Olivia would die?"

"No" But she did "We don’t have to do this today"

"Yes," she answers "I do"

E Olivia’s ashes Olivia didn’t choose the casket and she admitted it’s because of the encounter that freaked out Emily Olivia’s last request was this: for Emily to release her ashes into the wind