CHAPTER 52:
FRIENDSHIP
Frozen in her seat at the cafe, Bella’s mind reeled with images of her brother lying still on the ground. Her mind flashed back briefly to the day her mother got drunk when she was eleven and her brother was two. All those years, her mind trailed back to her dear brother.
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Her father was at work and she’d walked into her house after school, her mother drunk and lying on the couch. She had passed out again. Where was Davie? She searched his bedroom but he wasn’t anywhere to be seen. She walked out of his room and into the playroom, but couldn’t see him. His shoe was propped near the beanbag. Maybe he was playing hide and seek. As she got closer and veered towards the window, the cord from the curtain had been lifted. She froze at the sight. Davie was stock-stil
