Vincent & Sophie — The Empty Chair at Harbor Point
June laughed softly despite herself.
“Some things don’t wait for grief.”
Vincent stepped inside, removed his coat, and went to help a little girl find the moon.
PART 23
June and May decided to share the report with Sophie in stages.
At eight, she did not need every legal term or every painful detail.
She needed truthful words small enough to carry.
They sat in the backyard beneath the tree Thomas had planted as a young man.
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