Maryanne gave a fruitless effort of wiping her cheeks, trying to dry them only to have more tears drive down the same path. "At least there's that. And he wouldn't have been on the list. I don't think anyone knew he was a mutant too." She knew she hadn't. Not until he'd got to the island.
She heaved a shivered sigh, as her shoulders sank in defeat. "How am I going to protect him now?" He was there, all alone. And she was likely... dead. And there was no one to tell Sean. No one to give him notice. No one to care.