Josh was gone. I wiped my eyes with my scarf and looked around the room. I was alone. Where did he go? I walked over to the door and nearly ran into Daddy coming in to get me. “Where’d he go?” I walked out into the hall and looked both ways. Mr. Josh wasn’t there. “Who are you talking about?” Daddy looked at me hard. “What’s wrong, Kate?” “Nothing. I was just talking to Mr. Josh about Mama and Laramie.” Daddy took me by the shoulders. “Who is Mr. Josh?” “You didn’t see him coming down the hall? He’s an old man in a long overcoat.” “No, I didn’t see anybody fitting that description.” Daddy had that look on his face like the time he thought I had a fever. “Are you sure you’re okay? You ready to go see Laramie?” Daddy took me by the hand and led me through the door. I looked for Mr. Josh through every door we passed down the hall. He was just plain gone. Every room had people in it and flowers or balloons, but probably Laramie’s wouldn’t. “We shoulda brought some flowers or a teddy bear or something.”
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