She learned the names of every medication, how to lift him when he fell, how to soothe him when he called her by their mother’s name. She was there. And now, as her brothers joked about their inheritance, Claire felt like the last page in a forgotten book.
“I mean, hey,” Bryan said with a grin, “you got the barn. That’s… something.” Sam chuckled. “It’s full of dust, rat nests, and whatever Dad locked in there forever ago. Fitting, really. Dad always said you had a special bond with that place.”