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He stared at ly “In the car accident?” Of course he’d catch on quick, he was a cop after all

I nodded and forced the tremble in my chin to stop I hadn’t cried over their deaths in years, let alone thought of theue and didn’t plan for that to change But it hadn’t been the topic that made these uneasy eaze on ht for you to cry”

The support and co on hih trouble onto him to heal my pain wasn’t an option I wanted to explore

“I’o about it that way,” Max said “But it was the only explanation I could co you join our ranks on such short notice It’s easy for ive aid to people who have lost loved ones”

I hastily hid every emotion “No, it’s fine, it makes sense It just surprised me is all”

“You can’t run and hide forever, you know” Kipp’s stare reid determination

My blood boiled Who was he to say how I dealt with h my days I had never once dealt with it, never experienced the stages of grief Instead, I just trudged on and it worked fine for me

Before I could release my wrath, he interjected, “I understand more than you think”

I hadn’t expected him to say that “Calht he would co a similar story I shouldn’t have been curious, but I shouldn’t have been a lot of things “How?”

His eyes filled with sadness as they glazed over, lost in a memory “My mother died from breast cance

r and my father followed a year later from a heart attack”

I had to wonder ould’ve been worse In one the next To have to suffer the pain of losing a loved one on two separate occasions, I doubted I could’ve handled it “When?”

Kipp blinked and his gaze becao I’ve had years to deal with their deaths and it’s taken that long to accept that they’re gone Trustto help you You need to allow yourself to grieve”

Caley had said the saht to be upset for what happened to the all the tiht, never wanted to live in the state of h a sie my mind He needed to prove to noring my heartache sounded much easier “Why?”

Zach chuckled “How When Why What’s next, who?”