It really only occurred to Liam to worry about the consequences of being found in the presence of two dead bodies while his closest friend was a missing person shortly before dawn. Maybe he should not have stayed. Explaining that his friend and his mermaid lady friend died trying to break a literal curse and that he could not call emergency services for the reason of humans being totally unequipped for this type of medical emergency was not going to sit well with the police. Best case scenario: he’d be committed to a mental institution. Worst-case scenario: he’d be arrested on suspicion of murder.
He began to panic that maybe he really should have called 911 and let the adults figure it out. Benny and Mel were so still and so pale. He reached out and grabbed Benny’s wrist. He was so cold,
