Maximus:
"You know you can speak with me, brother," I said to Norman, who was standing in the backyard with me.
I had seen him come out and stand there, looking at the empty area where Helanie had once run away with her mother. It was just empty now. Everyone was, all of us, our hearts, our emotions. There were no dreams left. But we had to remind ourselves that she could come back any day. We could go and see her.
Last night, even though I was upset that she had decided to leave, I realized it was necessary for her to go for her own safety. I could not be selfish enough to ask her to stay somewhere she no longer wanted to be.
"What if Emmet was on her side? What if Kaye believed that her mother was the victim? Would she have stayed then?" Norman asked, pouting and frowning.
I had not thought of it that way.
