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“I … can’t see … What happened?”

“There was a car crash,” Miles said

“Am I blind?”

Of course not, Jude wanted to say It couldn’t be true, not to her son who had been afraid of the dark “Your eyes are bandaged, that’s all ”

“We don’t know the extent of your injuries yet,” Miles said evenly “Just rest, Zach The i is that you’re alive ”

“How’s Mia?” Zach asked quietly, still sitting up He looked around, blind behind all that gauze “And Lex?”

“Mia’s in surgery right now We’re waiting to hear,” Jude answered “I’m sure she’ll be fine This is a wonderful hospital ”

“And Lexi?” Zach asked

“The nurse thought she was going to be fine We’ll know more soon,” Miles said

“Just rest, baby,” Jude said, using her voice to soothe hiht here ”

She sat by his bed, as she’d done so ain to check on Mia’s status Waiting for ansas terrible, but Jude had to bear it What choice did she have? And she believed in the deepest part of her soul that Mia would be fine She had to believe that

Behind her, the door opened again “No news yet,” Miles said

Jude looked down at Zach again, trying to think of what to say to him Words felt heavy and unwieldy and she couldn’t ta deep into the past, went back to the days when she’d had two babies who tangled up together like puppies in her lap, and she told him his favorite story She didn’t reh to start “The night Max wore his wolf suit toand sent him to bed without dinner…”

As she ren

ashing of his terrible teeth—she tried to distance herself from the memories they evoked But how could she? The story rehts out in his room, a boy who’d been terrified of monsters in the closet and under the bed Only his sister’s presence could really cal manuals and let the twins climb into bed with her and Miles