Chapter 4

It happened so fast, Tav nearly missed it.

But one second, David was standing on the edge of the pool, talking to the coach, and Luca was beelining for the wall under the water, silent as a koi in a Japanese garden. And the next, David was in the water, someone was screaming—

And Luca was gone.

2: “It was just a stupid accident.”

Chaos.

It was like tuning into a film halfway. A girl was screaming by the steps. One of the other boys dropped into the water right after David. The lifeguard practically launched himself off his chair and into the water. And Tav was gripping the edge of his seat until his knuckles went white, not entirely sure why.

Then the swimming coach jumped in, too, and the water that was churned up was tinged pink on the surface.