Lucy"You really don't remember me, do you, Lu-Lu?" she said with a mixture of sadness and fondness in her eyes.I sniffled and shook my head.Jessie smiled gently, reaching out to brush a strand of hair from my face. "You look so much like your mother, Auntie Allie, Allison. We used to play together all the time when we were kids. And Duke," she turned to Duke, "you were the best babysitting gig I ever had in the family, besides Lucy, of course."She laughed a little. “Man, you two were the highlight of the week after babysitting certain other members of the family…”I couldn’t help but laugh and look at Duke. “S-Seems like it’s not that bizarre after all.”He cracked a smile. “I guess not.”The door opened once more, and I turned to see Luke enter the room. He was accompanied by several others, all of them beaming with joyous tears in their eyes. Luke gathered them each close, talking to them gently, stroking their faces. His eyes were red with tears as he came in and swooped the b
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