“Claire! Back in the f*****g house!” Azriel yelled. His uncle tried to pull free of Azriel’s grip and then the most awful thing happened. Azriel’s silver crucifix necklace flew airborne during the scuffle and it fell. I ran for it but it fell down and when my eyes landed on the ground, they didn’t land on concrete or on grass. It was a sewer grate. I landed on my knees and cried out. Azriel let go of his uncle and reached for me and then Tom grabbed my dad again and cold clocked him and my dad was knocked out, lying on the ground bleeding right beside the sewer that had swallowed up Azriel’s necklace, Azriel’s anchor to goodness.
I was inconsolable. I was on my now bloodied knees bawling, staring at the sewer. Anyone watching might’ve thought that I was crying for my passed out bleeding f
