BELLA
Nerves tightened my stomach and made me jittery.
“What do you think they’re gonna say?” I asked Ruby as we walked along the street, grabbing her arm and linking my hand around her elbow.
Ruby pulled me closer. “No idea. If they knew where the cousins had gone, don’t you think they would have tried to get them back by now?”
“I don’t know.” I didn’t understand any of this.
What was the likelihood our fathers were still alive? Not a lot, probably. But hopefully we were about to find out.
The five of us—Ruby, Darren, Tommy, Jonah and myself—made our way to a large house that looked like some sort of rustic church. It had stained glass windows and a large steepled roof.
“What’s this place?” I asked, staring up at the impressive façade.
“Council building,” Jonah said. “It’s where w
