It was pretty much every parents' worst fear, and not one of the normal ones that seemed reasonable. It was one of those things you weren't afraid of until it happened, and then it became something you never knew you'd been afraid of all along.

No parent in the history of parenthood wanted to hear that their one child had done something horrible to their other child.

"Oh, Jonathan," said Ma, squeezing his hand, her other hand covering her mouth with horror. "How could he?"

She took a seat next to her husband, gratefully accepting his comfort as he wrapped an arm around her.