Complex sentence: Ora, however, is still haunted by the deaths of the three other children of the family: she is very somber, and is afraid that Jody will end up dying if she shows her parental love to him.
Split into simpler sentences: Ora, however, is still haunted by the deaths of the three other children of the family. She is very somber, and is afraid that Jody will end up dying if she shows her parental love to him.