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Blue goes still holding her sandals in her hand and turns to face me I can’t quite pin the expression on her face, but I don’t like it “They tried to call ht”

“Fuck,” I noring “I’m sorry, Blue Just…shit”

She doesn’t say anything but sits down on the couch to put her sandals on

“Which hospital is he at?” I ask her

“St Mary’s”

We’re both dressed and out the door in less than twospeed barriers as Blue sits there quietly looking out the passengerI don’t knohat to say to her and I’d reach out to take her hand, except she’s got thehtly away from me

I can read her body language loud and clear, so I keep silent and drive as fast as possible to the hospital

When I’m there, I pull up to the inpatient tohere Billy had been ad backward at me I call after her, “I’ll park and be up”

She sla

I can’t find a spot in the main lot and have to park in an auxiliary deck to the side of the hospital By the tiood fifteen minutes has passed since I dropped Blue off at the door

When I approach the rooh the halfway open door “I am so sorry, Billy Please don’t be mad”

I have never dreaded anythingopen that door to see this painful reunion between brother and sister But I do it because Blue needs me

She’s sitting on the edge of his bed and he looks pitiful His left arree angle to his body That tells e taped to the left side of his head, just into the hairline and that tells me he cut his head in the fall as well Which lad Blue wasn’t there Head wounds bleed like a motherfucker