“Doris! There you are!” Beth hurried to catch up to Doris down the hall. It was the first time she left William’s side since his father had passed. A night stretched into days of trying to comfort William as best she could. But it was never enough to completely take away his grief.

She should kick her past self for once believing that William wasn’t capable of real feelings. He wasn’t an emotionless monster, he never had been one even when she swore it.

“Beth, I’m so sorry I haven’t come to see you. There’s just been so much happening—“

“Oh, don’t you apologize! I know how things have been....