Benji stood there a moment, Scarlett's words not quite making sense.
Garth. Collapse. Hospital.
Dad had collapsed and died without them knowing.
People had whispered about the Lively family curse coming back. Was it here to take his brother?
A warm weight settled on his arm. He glanced at Dixie, staring up at him with her bag over her shoulder.
Benji didn't believe in a silly curse. This was the real world and that meant something as wrong with Garth.
"What hospital?" Benji asked.
"The only damn one in town," Scarlett snapped back.
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute. Everything will be fine, Scar."
"He collapsed, Benji. Do you understand that? He couldn't say anything." Scarlett's voice was so high, her words broken.
"Babe, give me the phone," Cole said in the background.
"I'll se
