MOM.
DANNY.
MARIANNE.
There was another name underneath.
DAD.
My knees nearly gave out.
Danny looked at the house.
“Dad is still in it.”
Nobody moved.
“He died, but he is still in it.”
I covered my face.
Danny continued.
“Mom said people don’t leave all at once.”
I looked at Mom.
She mouthed, “I never said that.”
Danny shrugged.
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“Maybe I said it.”
That got another laugh.
Then he set the little house down.
The box looked empty.
Danny closed it.
I thought he was finished.
The MC did too.