“Really?” Ollie scrunched his nose up. “I thought it was because he was messing with the helium.” “The helium?” “Yeah.” Ollie nodded innocently. “Freddie on my football team said that his mammy told Donal’s mammy that Joey’s in the hospital because he was messing around with the helium and the needles.” He scrunched his nose up. “Why was Joey messing with needles and balloons? Wouldn’t they pop?”

