John

 "Mia drowned in a pool." He finally said. "We are at the hospital."

Dad must have had his own phone on speaker because I heard Mia's mum shout.

 "You stupid boys." Dad growled. He was angry and rained a tirade of insults at all of us over the phone, knowing that we were near Quinn and could hear.

"I told you to take care of her." He fumed. "How did you let her drown?"

We couldn't even use the excuse that we wanted to use. We were all ashamed of ourselves ...