Chapter 34
Brotherly Love
‘Can I ring you?’ Matt’s text threw Sophia into a tailspin, her laptop still with Edgar and her phone in Dane’s hand. Her boyfriend showed her the message and then handed the device over.
“Give it back after though,” he warned, his expression serious. Sophia nodded with eagerness and sent back the text, wincing at the cost of a simple ‘Yes,’ through the international ether.
When the phone rang in her hand, she pressed the button and held it close, poking her finger into the other ear to hear over the sound of two thousand teenage humans enduring interval outside in the sunshine. “Matt!” she exclaimed as the call connected and her brother’s voice traversed the thousands of kilometres. “I thought you were ignoring me.” Sophia smiled but felt the tears pricking b
