KIRA

I never thought this day would come. How was I supposed to come to terms with it? How?

And never had Hollow Peak seemed so sad and depressing. I always associated it with Christmas and the holidays and the place where I came to find refuge and feel loved. In the warmth of my family. Now that family was no longer whole.

Everyone was sad and barely talking to each other. My brother’s face was drawn, and the tears seemed to be uncontrollable.

“Mom, I can’t believe that grandma is gone. I keep thinking that I will wake up and this will all have been a bad dream,” I...