I said. “You’re keeping him warm. You’re holding him. That counts.”
She wiped her cheek with her wrist. “Why me?”
“Because you were here. Because I drove past you earlier today and… I don’t know. I felt like maybe there was a way past my grief.”
She reached for my hand and squeezed it firmly.
For the first time, I felt someone truly understood the depth of my pain.
Together, we emptied the car.
Elena touched every piece of fabric as though it might vanish beneath her fingers.
When I