shaking so hard he could barely walk. His life jacket was still hanging on his chest. His hair was stuck to his scalp.
My knees almost gave out before I realized why.
Maya wasn’t far behind him.
I opened the front door.
“Daniel?!”
He looked at me and his expression hardened.
“She sank,” he said. “Mom, she sank! I tried! I tried to get her back! I couldn’t find her!”
“What are you talking about?!”
“The river. Maya was there, and then she was gone, and I dove, I dove several times, but I couldn’t…”
It sank.
