Chapter 11
Back in Peaceful Valley . . .
As the sun set slowly in the west, Florence began to cry. Brooke and the other girls tried to soothe her, but Brooke broke out in tears as well.
“They should have been back hours ago,” Florence said. “They’re all dead!”
“No they’re not,” Brooke insisted, but you could hear the lack of confidence in her voice.
“There are a million things that could have happened,” Kim said. “They’ll be here first thing in the morning.”
“Yeah,” Brenda agreed. “They could have gotten lost.”
They all looked at each other with teary eyes. They knew that wasn’t an option.
“There’s got to be a simple explanation,” Kim said. “They could have had car trouble. Don’t you worry, they’ll be home tomorrow.”
When they finished dinner, the girls took their showers one by o
