فصل 31

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

Tanzie

Mum brought her indoors. Tanzie didnt want to leave him. She didnt want him to die out there on the tarmac, alone, strangers staring at him with open mouths and murmured whispers, but Mum wouldnt listen. Nigel from next door came running out and said he would take over, and the next thing Mum had her arms tight around Tanzie. And as she kicked and screamed for him, Mums voice was close in Tanzies ear “Sweetheart, its all right, sweetheart, come on inside, dont look, its all going to be okay. But as Mum closed the front door, head against hers, pulling Tanzie to her, and her eyes were blind with tears, Tanzie could hear Nicky sobbing behind them in the hallway, weird jagged sobs like it wasnt even something he knew how to do. And Mum was finally lying to her because it wasnt going to be okay, it never could be because it was actually the end of everything.