It irritates me a little, I just wanted to know if he was ok.
“Dad you need to start in the basement and run a trail of oil throughout the building as the rest of us wait outside. When it’s done we burn the place and leave”
“With the books”
The voice adds, I grab the books and hold them close to my chest
“With the books”
I add, dad looks at me like I’m crazy but he does what he’s told, Gerald leads us out of the kitchen and to the front as mum rounds everyone up and leads us outside.
It takes dad around 10 minutes to complete the task and when he’s done mum sets the place on fire, the oil catches light straight away and suddenly the entire thing goes up in flames, it’s unnatural the way it spreads. We watch for a moment in silence then I turn to mum.
“We need to go to—“
“—Dahlo
