“Don’t bury her—that’s not her in the coffin!” a little girl cries out at a Chicago funeral, stopping everything as a shocking truth inside the coffin is revealed

Ava could.

She noticed things adults overlooked.

Vivian visited Caroline every afternoon with flowers, tea, and homemade soup. She spoke softly, touched Caroline’s hair, called the unborn baby “our little miracle,” and smiled warmly whenever Gabriel entered the room.

But when no one was watching, Vivian’s eyes went flat.

Not sad. Not worried.

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