"Sarah had all of us to take care of, I guess." Emma said, smiling and brushing a single tear from her eye. "I suppose she just took up where Mom left off. Dad too, really."

Paul put a hand on her shoulder and smiled genuinely at her.

"I'm okay," she said.

"So basically," Mike replied, "after I'd had time to deal with... it, I didn't really need to keep myself occupied all the time."

"You gonna fuck soon or what?"

'Go back to sleep.'

"I can sympathize with you guys." replied Paul. "Our dad left when we were kids, and we had to deal with it too, each in our...