A/N: Hey!! This is just a quick thing I want to say... I am going to start spacing out my paragraphs a little because I noticed I write them very long and it makes the chapters seem shorter than they actually are. Just thought I'd let you know in case the writing looks any different, lol.
P.S.: Buckle up. You're in for a bumpy ride.
This chapter is dedicated to Cadence's plane ride. Ily lol.
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I had sent Evelynn home with the Payne's at ten. She hadn't wanted to leave me, but she needed to sleep.
Mom and I would sleep in here.
G promised to bring Evelynn back first thing in the morning. She had been my everything today. Letting her go hadn't been easy for me, but I could see the exhaustion in her eyes.
At 1:32 that morning, my dad took his last breath.
I was awake.
I couldn't sleep.
Mom was sleeping, and I'd woken her before the nurses could arrive. She had kissed his face and told him over and over that she loved him, then curled into my arms and sobbed.
While I stood there holding her and watching as the nurses began undoing all the machines, I said my own silent good-bye. To the best man I would ever know.
He had fought hard, but in the end I knew he couldn't hold on any longer.
I'd promised him I'd take care of Mom, and I wouldn't let him down.
I had also found that my mom kept a picture of me and my dad in her purse. It was a picture she had taken after one of my football games. I was exhausted and my dad was just as proud as he could be.
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That's the smile I missed. The smile that could light up any room he was in.
She said she always had it with her. She said that was her "two hearts in one home."
