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4. Grave


"Um… hi, Mom…

"Oh, this is stupid, sir. She's dead. She can't hear us."

"You never know, Hawkeye. If Truth exists, I wouldn't bet against an afterlife."

"Sorry, Mom… I… ah… I brought someone to meet you. Don't worry, Father already met him. I think he approved of us, in his own strange fashion. He did… give me to Roy on his deathbed.

"That doesn't sound at all how I meant it.

"But… I don't mind. I love him, Mom, and I think he loves me. And we're fixing this messed-up country together."

"It's wonderful to meet you, Mrs. Hawkeye…"


To be continued… (in chapter 10.)