the trembling body that welded itself to mine didn’t belong to my sister. It belonged to… “Gibs?” Confused, I tried to sit up to switch on my lamp, but the way he was clinging to me made that impossible. “What happened, lad?” “Hughie.” Sobbing uncontrollably, my oldest friend in the world locked his arms and legs around me. “Hughie.” “I’m here, lad,” I tried to coax, wrapping an arm around him. “Where’s Caoimhe? Does she know you’re over here?” Heaving out a choked sob, he shook his head. “N-no.”
