[God, but she didn’t say it, did she? She never said it. There was so much going on, she never said it, and so he didn’t hear it, and so he must have died thinking—]
[Her heart is thudding. She wants it to stop.]
We… failed him. [No wonder Sunny didn’t want to say. Words make it real.] We all… we left him, I left him, and he—
[Aubrey drops her head to the ground. A confession:]
He’s gone! [To her own surprise it comes out loud, violent and strangled. She gulps for air.] Sunny’s gone…
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[God, but she didn’t say it, did she? She never said it. There was so much going on, she never said it, and so he didn’t hear it, and so he must have died thinking—]
[Her heart is thudding. She wants it to stop.]
We… failed him. [No wonder Sunny didn’t want to say. Words make it real.] We all… we left him, I left him, and he—
[Aubrey drops her head to the ground. A confession:]
He’s gone! [To her own surprise it comes out loud, violent and strangled. She gulps for air.] Sunny’s gone…
[I let him go. I never said goodbye.]