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“Do you need so up the glass with the straw

Joan turned to me and she smiled “You look so much like your father,” she said “How is Harrison?”

“He’s … waiting to see you”

She shook her head “They can’t see me like this”

“Lucas did, Mom Lucas was here”

“He can see me because he knows his hands are tied He always followed the rules It was how Alexander was able to get to hihed “George, Harrison, and Justin, they were always different They weren’t afraid of the consequences Enough about us” She turned her head back to Sian “I want to look atHe took it all Didn’t he?”

Sian sniffled “Don’t, Mom Don’t”

“If I was you, I would have hated me”

“Don’t,” Sian said “Let’s not talk about this It doesn’t help”

Joan smiled “But it helps me You were such a beautiful baby You probably don’t remember this, but for the first years of your life, he didn’t need to giveI had you I was able to be controlled I loved you so nored him”

“You took care of me?” Sian asked

“Yes I sang to you, badly I can’t sing I hugged you all the tih and a groan

I saw the pain in her eyes and knee’d exhausted her for long enough

Going to Sian’s side, I put a hand on her shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze

“It’s time for her to rest now”

Joan said, “No I don’t want to rest I want to kno irl is I don’t want to lose a moment”

Sian stood,closer to her et to you Not again” She pressed a kiss to her mother’s cheek with a smile “Love you, Mom”

“Oh, honey, Drew said you’d love me but…” Joan sniffled “I never believed it”

“I do love you Please rest We’ve got so much to catch up on”

With that, Sian and I left the room and I closed the door