What scared Stanley the most about dying wasn‘t his actual death. He figured he could handle the pain. It wouldn‘t be much worse than what he felt now. In fact, maybe at themoment of his death he would be too weak to feel pain. Death would be a relief. What worried him the most was the thought of his parents not knowing what happened to him, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. He hated to imag-ine what it would be like for his mother and father, day afterday, month after month, not knowing, living on false hope. For him, at least, it would be over. For his parents, the painwould never end. - P163