Carrie's Brother

by Meowth22

Josiah White was the only boy in a zealously religious family (and one of the few lights of his older sister's life). But that all came to a halt when the event known as the Black Prom happened. AU where Carrie has an adoptive younger brother.

10. Chapter 10

'What do you mean she said she can't make it?'

Tommy answered, 'She said she had to stay home to watch her brother.'

Sue paused before responding, 'I could watch him.'

'What?' Tommy was stunned, 'Sue, there's no way I'm sticking you with babysitting duty on prom night.'

'It's ok,' Sue reassured him, 'just tell her I can watch him for the night.'

Tommy thought over it for a moment, then gave his girlfriend a nod.

…

Sue was sitting in bed, reflecting. Now, she knew the reason Carrie had second thoughts was because she didn't want to leave Josiah alone with their increasingly unstable mother.

Now, everyone in town thought Margaret White was nuts. But not one of them realized how toxic her care was for the White kids. Because, Sue guilty surmised, no one in town cared enough to investigate, only stand around, giggle, and mock.

Sue, noticing hospital staff rushing around the halls, asked, 'What's going on?'

A nurse heard her, 'Oh, excuse me, Miss Snell, we're making preparation to move everyone to the hospital in Matton.'

'Matton?'

'Yes, due to the damage caused by the fires, we don't have enough resources to properly treat all the patients here.'

…

'Josiah?', the night before the move, Sue checked in on the boy.

Josiah sat up, his eyes gaining recognition of the girl, 'You?'

'Yeah,' Sue slowly entered through the doorway, 'How you feeling?'

The boy paused, then tears began streaming down his eyes.

Sue rushed to his bedside and gave him a hug, massaging his back gently as he cried into her chest, 'I'm so sorry.'