She lit candles and said Kaddish, just as she had ten years before. Cass had dealt with grief before, and never once had she tried to fool herself into thinking she wouldn't again.
Hiro changed, losing sight of his future and forgetting the present. When Cass looked at Hiro, she saw a thin, pale boy trapped in the past.
She held on, bringing food and offering help with getting ready for school.
"It's never too early to think about college."
It was a strange sort of hope that she clung so tightly to, but it was all she had left.