Chapter Five
STERLING
I look in the mirror and pull at the suit. “I can’t do this.” I turn to Wilder, sitting on the bed beside me. “I really can’t.”
“Yes. You can.” He stands up and steps behind me, putting his arms around me and leaning his chin on my shoulder. “It’s just a few people. Nobody big, nobody that doesn’t love you or Maddy or Logan. Nobody that doesn’t deserve to be there.”
I don’t know how he does it, sounding so sensible. Today is the anniversary of Logan’s death and we’re going to visit his grave today. Actually, we are leaving in, I think, about twenty minutes. “How are we going to survive?”
“We will. I’ll be right here, everyone will be right here with you.” He pulls me a little tighter and takes a deep breath. “If it gets too much. Tell me, and we’ll figure somethi
