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I couldn’t take another h the eirlfriends, who took up their sobbing when they saw ust at everyone aroundit would last, or if, now that I had co about anything

Corabelle’s father caught up withht now," he said "She needs you"

His face was hard, and I could see the change in hi His quiet kindness evaporated in the face of protecting his daughter

"I’ anywhere," I said "I was just sick of coffins"

He sighed "I don’t think she’s up for any h the pictures for the slide show?"

"She’ll want to do that"

He laid his hand on ht now, she needs you in her corner I saw Maybelle through a lot of hardship Four es Her mother died two days after one of theured out that it was because she didn’t have any way to put into words what she needed me to do"

"I don’t knohat to do I can’t fix this"

He ran his hands through his thinning hair "Neither could I But walking away breaks it even more"

I sank down on a concrete bench outside the door "I don’t see how things could get any worse"

His lips pinched together like Corabelle’s did when she was concentrating "Nobody can walk these paths alone Even if it seems she doesn’t need you, you have to stay by her side"

"She doesn’t even want to talk to me"

"The moment that she pushes you away is exactly the tioing to get us out of here for a while Why don’t you bring her over to the house? We’ll pretend to eat so"

He opened the door to the funeral home, and I forced ainst"My Corabelle doesn’t choose lightly I know you can do this For her For all of us"

When we got back to the coffin roo a silver urn "Maybe we should cremate him Then we can keep him with us always" Her eyes had this shell-shocked look about the in front of her

"You wanted a grave to visit," I re the ashes ht I did want that" She set the urn back on a shelf "There is no good way to do this, is there?"

"None"