Cissie started to ask Chris was wrong but then she got a good look at the name on the wooden cross he'd been staring at.

She felt her chest tighten and tears come to her eyes. This felt like Kon all over again only a thousand times worse because at least he'd come back. Chris's world was different from hers - he wasn't going to come back.

She bit her lip and hugged him tightly, burying her face into his shoulder. She knew she had to talk to him about all of things but all she could do right now was cling.