CHAPTER 3
MARY
The morning after Britney passed away, Mary made Zoe’s favorite pancakes. It was a Saturday and Zoe didn’t have to go to school. She still hadn’t told Zoe that her sister had died, not knowing how to break the news to the little girl.
Sitting at the kitchen table, while drowning her pancakes in maple syrup, Zoe was talking a mile an hour. She was still in her PJs but had put on her red cape. Obviously, she had decided to be a superhero for the weekend again.
She needed to tell Zoe about her sister. Zoe had never known her father, but she had already lost her mother. A woman she didn’t even remember. And now her sister. Mary had no idea how to tell her.
Which was why she had sent a message to the help troops an hour ago.
“Can we go to the movies today?” Zoe asked.
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