CHAPTER TWELVE
Monday, May 23, 2011
Approximately 12 hours after tornado strikes
"Devastation never had a picture in my mind until that day." —Name Withheld
The McMinn Family
Kayla's mom woke them up at seven a.m. Monday morning. Kayla's head pounded from lack of sleep and the tears she had cried the night before. She let her mom hug her, and she cried some more.
"We need to get back to Joplin," her mom said. "We need to see what's left."
What was left. Kayla put her head in her hands. "We have nothing left. We have no money. We have no cars. How is Justin going to get to work? Is he even going to have a job?" The tears started up again, like a never-ending fountain. "Who's going to need drywall work right now?"
"We'll worry about that later, honey," her mom said. "For now, let's g
