I asked Emma’s mother the next morning after I answered the knocking on the back door of the donut shop an hour after I’d arrived. “I thought you’d be home with your daughter, or at the very least, still asleep.” “Honestly, that was my original plan, but Emma wouldn’t go to sleep last night until I promised I’d come by and offer you my assistance this morning,” the older woman said as she smiled at me. “If you don’t want me here, just say the word and I’ll be on my way, but I promised Emma that I would at least try.” “How is she doing?” “I’m worried about her, if you want to know the truth,” Sharon said gravely. “Is she falling apart?” I asked, envisioning all sorts of meltdowns. It had to be tough losing someone so close. Even if Rick hadn’t been the perfect boyfriend, they had been in a relationship, and she’d lost him. “It’s just the opposite,” Sharon said. “Emma keeps insisting that she’s fine, but I know better. If anything, she’s in complete denial, but I don’t know how long that will last before the reality of what happened starts to sink in.”
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