Chapter 8: DoubtsAt eleven A.M., they still hadn’t reached Bakersfield. Ash figured she’d misjudged the distance. Dayna and Kevin had been lagging behind for a while.
Ash looked back and realized they were now sitting down. “What’s going on?” she demanded. She walked back to them and gasped as she realized they were crying. “What is it?”
Kevin shook his head. Dayna sniffed and wiped her eyes.
Ash felt a stab of guilt and sat beside them. She shouldn’t have been so mean to them that morning. “Are you guys mad at me?”
“No,” Kevin said. “It’s just that we think maybe our mom and dad are looking for us.”
“They won’t find us,” Ash insisted. “It’s okay.”
“I know, but…maybe they miss us now and they love us again,” Kevin said.
Ash froze in shock for the second time that day. “Are you serio
