“What happened?” I asked.“It’s Harold. He’s gone and had a heart attack, the idiot,” Betty answered, her eyes turned to watch her husband ...eing lifted into the ambulance.“Can I help? Can I do anything?” I asked.Betty looked at me with a vacant expression.“Do you want to go with Harold?” I asked. “I can keep an eye on Amelia.”“Oh, goodness! Amelia! I almost forgot about her.” She started looking around, her hands wringing.“Betty,” I said softly, placing my hand on her shoulder. “Why don’t you go. I looked over at the clock and could see that the morning break was about to begin. "Can I sign in and then go meet everyone during break. That way I don't disrupt a class."Miss Balfeur turned to look at the clock. "Yes," she said softly. "Morning break starts in three minutes. Principal Mathews already told me to get you signed in once you arrive."She stopped and pulled a clipboard from her desk. I approached the main counter and waited there while she found a pen and walked up to me. The. Then everything went gray. Chapter FiveWhat now?For the next several months, it was like I was walking through a gray mist. I hugged the kids often and held on to them as tightly as I could. They were the only real things in my life for a while.I remembered there was a funeral. There were services after, or were they before? Did it matter?I remembered that Jarome pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to a mandatory fifteen years in a Federal prison. They would not tell me which. ” “That’s ok Leanne said, please come in Luke’s out in the backyard trying to keep the bbq going.” As Paula went up the stairs first Leanne followed closely behind, watching Paula’s pert bottom move with every step she took going up the stairs. As Paula walked down the stairs to the backyard, she said hello to Luke who returned the pleasantry. Luke took a swig out of his can of larger. Leanne’s phone chimed as she got a text, the text was from Michelle cancelling. The disappointment was.