Chapter Twelve
TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOSTLexi walked the girls to the kitchen to set up for dinner. Phoenix stayed in the cabin and remade Kylie’s bracelet. She strung together the eclectic beads in a random order, hoping they matched Kylie’s decorative original. A lump rose into her throat without warning and she fought to push it away, the sense of overwhelm nipping at her psyche. Her fingers performed the delicate task with frustration and for the first time in her life, she resented her need to fix all the broken things. The responsibility bowed her head low over the detested task as her fingers fumbled with the writhing elastic cord. The sad realisation trickled its poisonous truth into her mind; not everything was fixable. The brand of optimism redolent of her great grandmother, Phoe
