Brendan and piper it happened one summer6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Piper yanked open a middle drawer in Brendan’s dresser and grabbed the first shirt she could find, then ran for the bathroom. ![]() They were brought to a hospital in Alaska first, then flown back here.” I already mapped it and it’s half an hour away. If she stayed there and waited for news, she would go absolutely insane. “Pipes, I’d like to see someone try and stop you.” A cyclone!” She was screeching now, off the bed and turning in circles, trying to figure out what to do. “Yeah, but he’s up against a body of fucking water and a cyclone. ![]() “Which . . . ? What?” Piper scrambled off the bed, naked, the towel having loosened overnight. “What?” She pressed a hand between her breasts, pushing down, trying to slow the rollicking pace of her heart. “I don’t know any of the details, okay? But I ran into one of the crew members’ wives on the way back. Suddenly alert, she sat up, shoving the fall of hair out of her face. Taking one final inhale of Brendan’s pillow, she answered her sister’s call. There was a glow on the horizon that told her it was very early in the morning. The world was almost eerily quiet around her, save the jangling notes of her ringtone, but she ignored the winding sensation in her stomach. ![]() White walls, navy bedspread, beige chair angled in the corner by a lamp. She blinked at the device, then at her surroundings. ![]()
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