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My dad got me to promise to always look after ain one day

Finally, he rerity We talked for forty minutes, a non-stop and welco ement

Thinking about it now, I hope I never forget a word of what he said, or ahis hand

Before he nodded off to sleep, I told hiht was necessary for hiht I don’t want you to worry about us You need toin your o and be at peace”

And he had

Blinking away theI stand there, clutching my dad’s cold hand He’s not here anymore Not really

Eventually, I let it go and ently shake her by the shoulder Thefilters in, and she starts to cry I fold her intime

There’s nothing but the two of us in our grief until I sense that it’s not just the two of us anymore

I pull back from my hten

Calliope is standing there, her eyes pinned on my father I didn’t even hear the front door open

Slowly, her gaze drags over to me, and her words stun me “I just woke up andfelt that you needed me”