Two Weeks After Our Baby Died, My 8-Year-Old Whispered, “Mom, She Isn’t Gone—I Saw What Daddy Did at the Hospital”
“Because Melanie was supposed to be ours.”
“She was ours.”
Lucas moved closer.
“She still is our daughter.
She died, but she is still part of our family.”
That was the right sentence.
PART 22 — THE MONEY JAR CHANGES
Toby stared at the jar.
“So this is useless.”
“No.”