"Emma, c'mon, let's go," Emma had slid to the floor, unable to stand, unable to stop staring at the dead body on the landing above her. Sean pulled her to her feet, grabbed her arm and made her follow him down the stairs.

"C'mon," he said, but she resisted.

"That's Craig's, Craig's dad…" she said, not moving, still staring.

"Yeah, probably. Let's go,"

"But Sean, what if Craig's hurt, too? Or worse?" Emma pulled away from Sean, started going up the stairs. He pulled on her arm harder now and she went a couple of steps after him.

"Emma, we have to go. What if whoever shot him is still here?"

"Do you think they are?" she said, eyes wide.

"I don't know, but I don't want to stick around and find out,"

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"Jesus, Snake, I don't know what to do," Joey said, shaking his head.

"You've got to call the police,"

"Yeah, I guess so. But he came to me for help and now I'm going to turn him in?"

"Joey, they're going to find out sooner or later,"

"How about later?"

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Uneasy sleep, like the type of sleep you have when you have a high fever. Craig started to realize what he'd done, and it came to him in uneasy fragments. 'I shot my father,' How could he, how could he have done that? No matter the provocation, how could he have done that?

Maybe he should go back, turn himself in. He deserved whatever he would get, whatever hellhole they would stick him in, he deserved it. Everyone would look at him like he was some kind of monster, a killer. The worst kind of killer

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"We should go to the police," Emma said. They were at a nearby park sitting on the bench of a picnic table. Sean traced the outline of a heart carved into the wood with his finger.

"I don't think so," he said.

"But Sean! What if Craig is in there, too? Maybe he's hurt…maybe he's hiding…"

"Emma. Maybe Craig shot him,"

"What?"

"Look, you didn't see him yesterday. He was crazy, he, I think he could have done it,"

Emma just stared at him, her mouth open a little.

"And if he did do it," Sean went on, not looking at her, "and we call the police, then that's it. That's it for him,"