For Emily, the days after Dr. Garcia's burial were a blur of sadness and tiredness.
Death may strike at any time, taking the good people out of the world before anybody was ready, as she had always understood.
Nevertheless, nothing could have prepared her for the weight of losing a person who had resembled a father figure to her more than anybody else.
Even though she wished she could withdraw into her grief and concentrate on getting better for herself and her kids, life continued.
After Dr. Garcia's burial, she couldn't find the energy to do anything. She lay motionless in her bed, buried her head under the pillow and blanket, doing her utmost to block the outside world filled with grief.
Jake Lewis understood what was happening to her because he had gone through that when he thought he had lost her for good. Thus, he let her be.
