As the carriage wheel kicked against the little pebbles along the rough terrain leading off the hilly countryside, silence engulfed it. Larry looked forward, scanning the road ahead. Meanwhile baby Javier remained sleeping, snuggling in his mom's arms.
Penelope had slept off from crying and she had wrapped herself around Wilf who was also asleep. Larry couldn't get his mind off the image of flames and smoke ascending from the hillside that was once their home. He hadn't come to terms with the reality that the place that meant so much to him was gone now....forever.
Were his friends and neighbors gone too? He didn't want his mind to venture that far....fearing that he wouldn't be able to handle it. Meanwhile, Dahlia remained silent all through, her mind racing at the thought of Ezra com
