"Nothing," Seth muttered stubbornly. He pulled his hand from hers and turned away, but not before Mattie saw tears shining in his eyes.
Mattie's gaze drifted downward to the floor. How was she going to fix this? How was she ever going to get Seth back home without losing both of her grandparents?
~*~
Mattie stared up at the ceiling of her room anxiously, nervously fidgeting with her fingers. It had been over an hour since she had finished speaking to her parents and Mattie still hadn't been able to fall asleep. She knew that she probably wouldn't be able to until she talked to her grandparents. Even now, her eyes were glued to the door that separated her room from theirs. For once, she was grateful to be on the other side of that wall, even though it made her nervous knowing that they
