Zach and Thea drove straight to the school to pick up Chris. Thea was thankful that her parents had added her to the list of authorized adults to pick up her brother years earlier. She wasn’t sure what she would say to Chris because she had a sinking feeling that he already knew what was happening—just not that their father was one of the missing firefighters.
When they pulled up out front, Thea looked at the clock on the dash. Chris still had an hour of school left in the day. Thea pursed her lips as she tried to decide what to do.
“Do we pick him up now or let him finish his last class?” Thea asked.
Zach smiled at her and said, “I think we should pick him up now. We both know that word has probably spread about what has happened. Would you be able to think of school right now if you
