Mia's POVI stared at the newspaper in Alexander's small hands, the word "obituary" printed in stark black letters across the top of the page. "Where did you see this word, dear?" I asked, setting down my mug."Right here," Alexander pointed to the headline with his index finger, already sticky from syrup. A small fingerprint smudged the black ink. "What does it mean?"I leaned closer to examine the page he was holding. The local obituary section stretched across two pages, filled with small black and white photographs of recently deceased individuals alongside carefully crafted summaries attempting to capture entire lifetimes in a few paragraphs. "This is the section of the newspaper that tells people when someone has passed away," I said slowly, selecting each word like stepping stones across a rushing stream. "When people die, their family members write stories about their lives so that others can remember them and know what kind of person they were."Ethan looked up from his met
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