"Hanna, are you there?" I heard Clara call out to me but I couldn't respond. She was still crying and her voice sounded hoars from all the crying she had done.
I blinked, taking a deep breath. I didn't understand what she had just said at all. As if my brain couldn't function like it suddenly got short-circuited and needs to be rebooted. Or maybe my brain is refusing to digest those words.
Or maybe I was just in denial.
I started shaking my head, "What?" I breathed, "How? What happened?" I started to yell in panic. I stood up from the couch and started to pace back and forth.
From the corners of my eyes, I saw Liz and Aishah rushing out from the kitchen when they had heard me yelling. "Hanna? Is everything okay?" Aishah asked me worriedly, coming to my side at once. She put a hand on
