Chapter 11
Renée sat in the driver’s seat of the wagon and had lost herself in watching the horses. Mrs. Radley poked her head out from the back of the wagon and asked, “Did he signal when we would stop for the night?”
“No, he did not.” Ahead the second wagon bobbed up and down over the rocky trail.
The sun hung low in the sky and the trail stretched onward with no end in sight. From the back of the wagon, Renée heard the children singing a song. Their voices lifted up her spirits and she smiled. When the song ended, she heard Mrs. Radley clapping and congratulating them.
Ahead the first wagon stopped abruptly and Renée saw Phoebe jump out the back of the wagon and wave to Renée. Grabbing the reins tighter, she eased the horses to a stop and called back. “Visitors up ahead.”
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