Cal was a child again going in to wake her mother, only to find her dead. Now as then, she screamed and screamed until Beth and Hans dragged her away so they could take care of her father.

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The church was filled with people. Pentam and Crysabel sat on one side of Cal, Beth and Hans on the other. She'd said her final goodbye and had no intentions of getting up until it was time to take him to the cemetery. Distinguished scientists, one after another, droned on about the ...