CHAPTER ELEVEN
The next council of war Wanda held with Mike and Sam was even less cheerful than the previous one had been. She saw their faces fall as she told them the story Mrs. Harper had related to her.
They tried to brush it off as something of no importance, the ravings of a sick woman with a twisted mind, but Wanda saw they were doing it to make her feel better. It was obvious they had no solution to offer. More and more it was becoming clear to Wanda that there were going to be no solutions at all.
When Wanda arrived home and found Art waiting for her, she wasn't even surprised. All she felt was an overpowering sense of relief and of love. With his unerring instinct, Art seemed to know when he was needed and he appeared just like that.
Although he tried to joke about his just h
