CHAPTER 12MATT FOUND JAMES IN ANAIS’S lab a few minutes later. Actually, he could have found James earlier by following the black trail of anger and hopelessness, but he knew James didn’t want him there while he threw up his guts. Instead he stood outside the lab, ear and cheek smashed against the door, eyes not very effectively screwed shut against tears and listened to James puke.
When Matt shoved the door open and ran in because he just couldn’t stand it anymore, James stood in front of the sink, shaking and white, gripping the rim. Somehow Matt coaxed him over to the lounger and got him stretched out and wrapped up in a blanket and Matt’s arms and legs. He was rigid, cold, and trembling, but he let Matt hold him. Matt just gave up and let himself cry, because James couldn’t. He felt t
