Chapter 7: Free Will?Leo, later that same night…
Leo petted Vinnie’s head as they lay in bed, same as they’d done each night since Oscar’s disappearance, while Vinnie sobbed into Leo’s neck.
Sobbed, sniffed, and let loose a shuddering breath.
And there was nothing Leo could do to ease that pain. He’d never felt so helpless in his entire life. So utterly useless.
Being here, holding Vinnie, that was all he could offer. He could only hope that was enough—that it offered some small comfort.
Maybe it did. Holding Vinnie like this comforted Leo.
The knowledge—if it could be called that—that they would likely see Oscar again remained tenuous. Even with what they’d seen with their own eyes, both when they were on the other side of the portal, and the hard, physical evidence in Arthur’s poss
