After last night | Larissa Bueno
22 parts Ongoing MatureThe body.
The words snap in my mind.
I look at Daisy and Cassie in the back seat, still scared, pale as if they've seen a ghost. We unbuckle our seatbelts and get out of the car, instantly sober, running toward Sarah, who's been standing for a few minutes in front of the body lying face down in the middle of the street, blocking our view of the face. (...)
Cassie kneels and checks the pulse of the boy lying in front of us. We already know the truth, but we hope his heart is still beating. We hope there's still hope.
But there isn't.
She turns the body over for us to see the face. And there he is: Dylan Hastings, his eyes open, but not alive. There's so much blood all over his face that I step back as soon as I see it. His eyes, which earlier were smiling, now express nothing but a vast emptiness. I feel a pang in my stomach. Any moment now, I might vomit.
Dylan Hastings is dead. And we are the ones responsible for it.