no funeral that I attended.
No tiny coffin.
No body I ever saw.
Mark told me he had handled everything while I was unconscious because he didn’t want me to suffer more than I already had.
I believed him.
After that, I poured every piece of love I had into Cole.
He grew into a loud, stubborn, funny little boy who could make me laugh even on the days when grief still caught me by surprise.
Mark changed after the birth.
He became quieter.
More careful.
Whenever I asked about