Demetri POV
The bed still had the slight hint of Cora in it, and Gunner, although for me Cora's scent was stronger, even though Gunner lived in this room longer, I think it was a father recognising his own flesh and blood, in a way that DNA results can't see. It's all in the senses, touch, and smell; Cora looks like me more than her mother, although I can see some of Dianne in Cora. Cora even had little quirks of mine.
Lying in here, on a bed she had lain on, smelling her, she didn't smell like Dianne. I am having trouble remembering how Dianne smelt, even my memory of Dianne was fading, some things remain, like how her laugh made me feel, but I couldn't describe that laugh now, that sounds gone. The more I tried to picture Dianne in my mind, the more disappointed I got, because that wom
