At that point, Tim adjusted and fixed his eyes intently on his device.
“Welcome back, my dear,” her mother greeted her weakly.
Instead of answering, she looked at her father's hopeless face and asked, “What happened to my brothers? Please don't tell me that they are dead?”
“I wish I would not say so. Your brothers are not in school,” her father announced.
She was hysterical and cried louder. Her parents cried weakly because they were tired of crying.
On the other hand, Tim was lost and wondered which brothers she was talking about. When she calmed down, she asked, “Who told you that they were not in school?”
“The Commandant. I got to the school …”
“Where could they have gone to?” She asked dejectedly.
After a long silence, her father asked, “What happened to you, Laura?”
“Yes. Di
