Chapter .64.

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. - Neil Gaiman * * * "So he's gone?" I look at grandma, watching as she slowly rocks Tala. "Yes. You said goodbye to him this morning. Why are you asking me that?" "I just couldn't believe it." Grandma stares thoughtfully in the distance, "I felt like I knew her...that woman..." I don't say anything. I had the same feeling as well. But Grandma's words seem more personal as she looks down to smile at Tala. "Hello," she coos, smiling sweetly at her. "Leo's gone. Mom and dad are gone...." I can't say the other name but Grandma looks at me knowingly. "I wish your mother and father could have been here to say goodbye to Leo...well, if they come back to the Alba Rosa, I'm sure Mark will tell them."