Chapter 10: What Emma Taught Us
In that moment, the fear that had gripped me during the drive vanished.
It was replaced by something fierce and swelling.
Pride.
Not the loud kind parents post about online.
The deeper kind.
The kind that humbles you because your child has become a better teacher than you expected.
I walked over to Emma and knelt in front of her.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
She shrugged, suddenly looking very young again.
“Because then it would be about me.”
My throat tightened.
“And you wanted it to be about Caleb?”
She nodded.
“He already looked sad. I didn’t want him to feel like everyone knew.”
Marcus covered his face again.
I pulled Emma into my arms.
For a second, I could almost feel Daniel there with us.
He would have cried too.
Then he would have told her she had done something brave.
So I said it for him.
“Your daddy would be so proud of you.”
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