Chapter 30 I can feel her pulling away, but there is nothing I can do about it. The past two days have been hell. I haven’t had time to think, let alone talk to Tally about what is going on with her. The funeral is in an hour, and though I considered taking my mother back to our people, I decided to bury her here in Broken Arrow because I have no plans of leaving. My life is here now, with Tally, so it just didn’t make sense for me to bury my mom far from me. My grandmother is holding up much better than I expected. I think, like me, she has found some comfort in knowing my mom is no longer enduring the fear and pain of the disease she lived with. I’m angry about the way she left this world. But, at the same time, I can’t judge because I was not in her shoes. I have no idea what it was l

