CHAPTER 4
Cassie left on Sunday afternoon. She drove to the airport in their mother’s blue Golf with Ciara and Kyle in tow. They followed her all the way up to the check-in area, where Cassie reluctantly handed over the car keys to Kyle.
“The two of you will take care of each other, right?” she said, looking over from Kyle to Ciara and back.
“We’ll be fine,” Ciara said, unconvincingly, with tears in her eyes, before reaching out to hug her sister.
“And you’re the man of the house now,” Cassie said with a pat on Kyle’s upper arm.
He nodded. As much as Cassie had been annoying him over the last couple of days, he was going to miss her. He wasn’t sure how he and Ciara would get on without her. He suddenly felt very young and inexperienced.
“Remember that you can call me or Aunt Lizzie w
