The Rip
Andrew saw it all through a failing tunnel—his brother, dead; Gabe, hollowing out on the spot; Jo, unmoving.
Gabe crawled to her. “Jo… no. No, no—” He gathered her, hands slipping, cheek pressed to hers, whispering apologies like they were magic. The deck pitched a little and then a lot as another swell rolled under the hull. The idol shard lay where it had fallen, old and patient and ugly.
Overhead, the smoke column thinned a shade. The bay breathed. The radio hissed and crackled with voices that were both too late and too far away to matter.
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