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“Ready!” Mohtness back in her eyes She was staying strong for him It was better than the alternative

We put all the dishes out on the table Passing the food around, the delicious sreen beans and roast to ht around the corner, I needed to load up on the good stuff while I could

“Are you excited to start up the new seht tremor shook his hand

“I’m ready I worked hard at Stanford; I can work hard here It will all be fine I’ as I don’t have an exaht the two of the a look My stomach dropped

“What? What is it?” I dropped my fork as my heart leaped into my throat Mom reached across the table and put her hand over ht back up

“Nothing is wrong, sweetheart”

“I’er My shoulders relaxed an inch, and I glanced between the two of them

“Then what is it?”

“Well, your father and I thought that since we don’t kno long we’ll have with hio out and have a little adventure His doctors have given us the go-ahead and his ave me a small smile

“Surprise,” Dad said gently, shaking his iinary pom-poms

“You’re leaving? For how long?” My voice jumped an octave

“We’ll be back a week or so before Thanksgiving, if everything holds steady” Her hand moved up to my shoulder

“Oh” The tightness was back in my chest I’d transferred schools, uprooted es in the world to be closer to

“We can cancel the trip, honey We didn’t know you were co my other hand