My head fell as a tear rolled down my cheek.
Dane gripped both of my arms, his voice cracking. “Mav! Where the hell is my sister?”
My voice shook as I fell to the floor at his feet. “There was an accident.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
I couldn’t hold it in any longer. As my dad walked into the room, I completely lost it.
“Son, I think you need to sit down.” My dad sat down next to Dane as he told him the entire story.
The bloodcurdling scream that leapt from Dane’s chest was a sound that would haunt me for the rest of my life. It wasn’t just my life that was crashing around us; his was too.
My father pulled Dane into a hug. “We’re all going to get through this together. That’s what families do.”
“Where is my mom?” he asked coldly.
“I think they took her to the hospital. She’s pretty banged up. Do you want me to drive you there?”
“No. Fuck her. She’s dead to me. Leilani was the only reason I stayed in this fucking hellhole for as long as I did, and it’s my mother’s fault I am going to have to bury my sister.”
His words broke me completely. In that moment, it was actually real. Leilani was dead. It was not just a nightmare. I was never going to see her smile again or hear her laugh or watch her stomp her foot when she was in one of her pouty moods. It was all over.