" That was the hardest part, missing you. I think that's why I could never bring myself to leave. I always thought, What will Amy do without me? Funny how in the end it was the other way around. I suppose all parents feel that way. But it's different when it's you.

..."It will be all right, I promise."
"How do you know?"
...Because that's what heaven is, said Amy. It's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there. She hugged him tightly to her. "It's time for you to go home, Daddy. I've kept you as long as I could, but you to go now. They're waiting for you. "

― Justin Cronin , The Twelve (The Passage, #2)