Within days of my leaving, the Gardner household fell apart. Vanessa filled me in later.Dad's blood sugar crashed during a meeting, and he fell out of his chair in front of everyone. His assistant reached for the wrong medication in the scramble to help him, and the meeting ended early.When Dad came to, the first thing he asked was, "Where's Sam?"Nobody answered.Mom barely slept for four nights. Eventually, she asked Mason to keep her company. Ten minutes later, he was already restless. "Mom, I've got class in the morning. Can't you just take your sleeping pill?"After he shut the door, she sat alone and thought about me drifting around her room under a bedsheet. She always told me I looked ridiculous. Now, she would've given anything to hear one of my terrible jokes, but no one was there to tell one.Delilah had it the worst. She had another panic attack before the basketball league final. This time, nobody grabbed the announcer's mic. Nobody ran onto the court in a
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