HE WOKE UP PARALYZED INSIDE HIS OWN COFFIN… THEN HEARD HIS WIFE CELEBRATE HIS CREMATION

as always when emotion came too directly.

“Don’t get poetic.”

“I’m serious.”

“That’s worse.”

Alexander smiled.

Then said, “Thank you.”

Nathan didn’t respond immediately.

Finally, he cleared his throat.

“You’re welcome.”

For most brothers, it would have been small.

For them, it was a bridge rebuilt plank by plank over years of pride, damage, and near-death.

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