When his parents brought Sam home from the hospital, Anthony didn't know how to react. Mostly he felt uncomfortable. Sam had her fair share of minor injuries in the past, ones he didn't mind teasing her about.
But this felt different. This felt serious. Those were stitches from a real fight.
He'd never seen his sister so completely shaken.
Sitting beside her on the couch, all he could think to say was, "Wanna play some videogames?" She looked at him, then gave a tiny shake of her head. Thinking harder, he asked, "Want some cookie-dough ice-cream?"
This time she nodded.
