Big Bad

by Chandler Baker

The worst part about being an older sister is the sinking feeling that everything is always somehow her fault.

When your body is in crisis, time slows. Sam remembers hearing once that this phenomenon actually occurs because the brain takes more snapshots during a crisis, clicking like a camera, gathering information, anything that might be useful, anything to save itself.

There was a choice—their mom or their father—and Odie made the decision for them both.