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Let me tell you something. It wasn’t.
It was hard. The hours were long and grueling, and everybody looked at and treated me like a
child.
Then again, compared to most of them, I was.
I’d graduated high school early. Then college early. Starting medical school an entire three years
earlier than even the youngest of normal students.
Needless to say, I was a child in their eyes.
It felt good to see Gabe and Ember, though.
I hadn’t realized how much I’d needed a hug until they were squeezing me like their life depended
on it.
“I had a really bad day yesterday,” I said, throat closing as I remembered. “And now you’re here,
and whew, it was like that bad day is just erased.”
I slowly let them go and stepped back, a large, jovial smile on my face.
That smile fell right off when I saw that Ember was crying, and Gabe was looking at me like I’d
just slapped him.
“What?” I whispered.
The door behind my fiancé’s parents opened, and my father walked in.
His face was a mask of stillness.
Not a single emotion was in his expression.
“Daddy?”
Ember had my hand in hers moments later.
“What’s going on?” I asked. “Dad, why did you drive so far when you know I have to go to the
hospital in…” I trailed off when my dad stepped up and cupped my face between his big hands.
“Baby, hush,” he whispered. “Listen.”
So I listened.
And I never realized what it would feel like—losing your soul.
But I imagine it would feel something like how I was feeling now.
Lost. Empty. Alone. Scared. Sad. Sick to my stomach.
Luca is missing.
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