CHAPTER 15
‘They’ve been gone too long. Far too long,’ Chester said, pacing about in the hall. It was midnight, and the children had been asleep for hours. He and Jasmine had been listening for Erin, Samuel and Johnathan all evening, but they hadn’t seen or heard anything that hinted at their return. Even Winkit, who had been patrolling along the roof, came back without any news.
‘There’s nothing we can do about it, Chester. The snow outside is turning to hail; it’s pitch-black and Erin took the map with her. We don’t even know for sure where they went,’ Jasmine said from the living room. To ease her anxiety, she had taken to patching some of the more threadbare blankets and darning the children’s socks. ‘All we can do is wait, and if they’re still not back by morning, then we can go loo
