“ WHILE WE WAIT TO BREATHE AGAIN ” Part 3: INHALE “You named your doll Mother Claudia?” She stopped brushing her doll’s hair for a minute to give him a look of disgust and then continued gracefully, smoothing out the old doll’s curly hair. “She was a gift to my grandmother, given by my great grandmother, Claudia. She was then passed down to my mother, who then gave it to me, and when I have a daughter, I’m going to pass it down to her.” She said, never once making eye contact. Miles was taken aback by the young girl’s intuitive personality. Well, excuse me, he thought. “Do you miss your parents?” That was a dumb question, he wished he could take it back as soon as he said it. But this time, the little girl smiled, revealing a wide gap at the top where two teeth should be. For some reason, the smile of the snaggletooth little girl made him feel more at peace. “Can I tell you a secret?” He nodded, and she leaned over to him. “They’re not gone, they’re in Heaven,” she giggled. “Heaven?” Miles asked once again, throw off by her answer. “Yea, don’t you believe?” She asked, looking at him like he was growing two heads. “I guess, I mean, I’m hoping that’s where my girlfriend went,” he said in a low voice. She frowned, “Was she a good person?” “The best,” he said with a smile.
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