Pepper
Instead of waiting ‘til tomorrow to go to the hot springs, we left as soon as we got back. Rhett was limping by the time we had gotten back to House, but the hot spring might be Rhett’s last chance to heal his leg. I had been giving Rhett new medicine to try on his leg, but none of them seemed to be working.
I didn’t feel up to talking much, so most of our trek was in silence. My thoughts were with Chrys, and what she had said after the meeting. I hadn’t been able to bring myself to tell Rhett or auntie Lucinda about it. I’m a coward! I should have said something. I wanted to seep into the ground and lie there forever. Instead, I trekked along with Rhett, hoping this hot spring would work.
The hot spring was in the opposite direction of the altar and was a much longer walk. We we
