Kade
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The silence kept up, even when I would point out certain animals or flowers to get Ara’s attention. She would acknowledge me and then nothing. It was no use trying to start a conversation while Jen was fuming mad at John, for whatever he did.
I kept trying to walk next to Ara, but Jen refused to walk next to John so I kept ending up back with John.
I would still look back occasionally and Ara would smile at me. It was better than nothing, but I was really hoping for more during this walk, otherwise I would have just stayed at the pack house for a few hours before taking them home.
As we kept walking all of a sudden Jen screamed and ran past me and John. Ara looked confused about what just happened.
“Are you ok?” I asked her.
“Yeah, there was a bug and it landed right on my
