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“Yeah. Welcome to the club.  Here’s your complimentary
casserole  and  some pity looks to get you started,” she
sighed, rolling her eyes. “It’s not a club anyone w a n t s
to  be  in,  but at least we never run out of  food  for  our
monthly meetings.”

                Yeah,  because nothing livens up a party like  the
                stark realization that every man you’ve loved has
                died.  “They  die and the world is just stupid  and
                random  and we just hope one day we see  them
                again and that we’ve made them proud.”

“I wonder how proud Henry would be if he could see
me  now,”  Teddy  said  grimly. “I can’t even look at
Delia without seeing him, and the worst thing is that
I know she needs me. How can I be strong for her if
I can’t even be strong for myself?”

                It was true that she saw Henry in those muted green
                eyes,  the  impish smile that surfaced so rarely now.
                But  she  couldn’t  bring  herself to see past it, to the
                daughter  who  so  badly  needed  her  help. “I’ve let
                everybody down.” But no one knew better  than  she
                did  that there was  n o t h i n g  worse  than  letting
                h e r s e l f  down.