Ahead of me, weaving through a cluster of families near the balloon stand, I saw a small figure walking hand in hand with a tall man dressed in a ridiculous chicken costume.
The figure was tiny, swaying slightly with every step in that particular way small children do when they’re excited about something.
It was so familiar, I thought I might pass out right there in the middle of the festival.
My mind screamed at me immediately.
It’s a hallucination. It can’t be her. You’re seeing things because you want to see her so badly.
But then I heard her voice — sweet, small, and unmistakably Maddie’s.
My knees nearly buckled beneath me.
I barely dared to blink in case the vision disappeared. My feet moved forward without conscious thought, carrying me closer.
As I got nearer, I saw something that almost made me scream.
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