*Anders*
I’m shaken awake by a small hand.
“Mom’s crying,” Mani whispers to me. “She doesn’t want us to know, but she hasn’t stopped for a long time tonight.”
I nod and sit up. “Thank you for letting me know. I’ll check on her.”
I quietly go to the bedroom and can barely hear the sound. Mani must have been checking on her because it was certainly not loud enough to have woken her. I knock on the wall and enter, finding her seated in the center of the bed, holding a fox fur as she cries.
“Hey,” I say gently as I approach her. “It’s alright.”
“It doesn’t smell like him anymore,” she says softly as tears flow down her cheeks. “It… it’s wearing off.”
My heart hurts for her as I timidly move to sit on the edge of the bed. She doesn’t tell me to leave, which seems like a good si
