Chapter 7: Rescue“Stay away from the doorway!” Toni screamed and then grabbed Mina before she could run to her mother. “Blow out that lamp. We'll need the air.”
Brigetta stopped screaming long enough to whisper. “Ve'll all die. Gott uns mitt us.”
“Mama, Mama!” Mina was screaming and stamping her feet, trying to pull away from Antoinette.
Toni couldn't tell whether she was hearing Mina's screams, her own children's or the Rolfe children's. Tears were streaking down Mina's cheeks.
“You left Mama!”
Toni pulled Mina away from the doorway, making soothing noises. Kendall was pulling at her skirts crying, “Mama, Mama.”
It was then she realized gunshots were still being fired. “Do you hear that?” she screamed. “The men are here!”
Quiet seemed to fill the room while more shots echoed and ho
