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When she was taking her last breath,another woman in the bathroom—my aunt’s hospice nurse

He hadn’t cared one single bit when the alar the end of her life

That’d also been the day that I saw the light inside my father die

Uncle Pablo doing that had broken him, and he’d never been the same

“Earth to Rhys!”

I blinked, going back to my phone call

“Sorry” I paused “Hang on for a et into another room so I don’t wake Henley”

“Henley?” Sterling said “Is that her?”

I didn’t answer him until I reached the kitchen

Theroom and the kitchen, I answered him “Yes, that’s her”

“You never told me about her,” he accused “I feel shafted”

I snorted Sterling wouldn’t give one single shit that I’d neglected to tell hi

“You’re not bothered in the least,” I countered “How’s your face feel? I saw you take a fastball to the cheek last week They replayed it about fifteen tiame recap”

I’d finally started watching baseball again—just nothurt to watch theame

I stuck to the other tea that I used to do in passing now beca else to do

I’d be back on that baseball field in a feeeks, and I would haveposition back

Though, after what I heard today fro it back

The new kid that’d co the coach with his skills He’d covered for Manny when Manny had gone doith a pulled ha for me