More than anything

This isn't like when Sam and Jordan went home. Jack is Saoirse's friend. Perhaps her best friend. He'd always understood her, and he'd helped her read and write better, and he was smart but not mean about it the way some people could be.

She feels like the world is suddenly different. The letter is saying goodbye. Jack is gone.

Her vision blurs with tears and she looks up at Greta. Her fingers tighten on the paper, crinkle the margins, and she stands frozen.