Out of the corner of my eye I see that Amina’s left hand is clutching the edge of the seat like mad, then she slowly turns towards me, with despair on her face.
“And now, here I am, to put a distance between the two of you.”
“What? Not true!”
“This is terrible, Liam! You’re Dylan’s only family. He sees you as a brother, you say there’s never been a problem between you, but now it really looks like you don’t even talk anymore. He can’t lose you too, that’s nonsense!”
“He won’t lose me; how can you think that? I’d never let him down. The fact that he didn’t come with us, was his own decision.”
“Because of me. Because he can’t stand me. You even do this Greenhaven thing normally together, and now, there you go. Dylan is not here.”
She is getting deeper and deeper into self-accusation, a
