The soft glow of the vanity mirror cast a warm light over the room, but it did nothing to hide the tragedy reflected within it.Flinco stood behind his mother, watching as she dabbed her eyes with a silk handkerchief, her shoulders trembling, her breath coming in sharp, uneven gasps.The weight of grief sat heavy in the room, thick and suffocating, like a presence of its own.His mother’s fingers trembled as she reached for a bottle of perfume, twisting the cap with an almost mechanical precision, as if the simple act of readying herself for the funeral could somehow restore the order that had been shattered.“I told him not to go,” she whispered, her voice raw, broken. “I told him that damn oil well wasn’t worth it. But he never listened. He never listened to me.”Flinco closed his eyes for a moment, swallowing hard.He had known this moment would come.The anger. The blame. The words left unspoken while his father was still alive."Mama, please," he murmured, stepping closer, his ha
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