Henceforth the Mountains and Rivers Ask Not of Old Friends

The night our daughter was diagnosed with a fatal genetic illness, Sean was cheating on me with my adopted sister, Lydia, at a spa resort. [Fatal genetic illness. Treatment cost: ten million.] Mom and Dad drove through the night to reach us, and died together in a car crash on the way. All they left me was one last message that never got sent. "Don't be scared, sweetheart. Even if we have to sell everything we own, your dad and I will find the money. Don't ever go without."