Chapter 14
It is not difficult to remember even the finer details of that day, a day that began like any other, but within a few hours had twisted into tragedy, starting the beginning of the end for all of us. It was a day I would take back if I could. I’d start it differently, do it all again, right from the moment I opened my eyes on that fateful morning.
The rain had started after days of relentless heat that cast a still pall over the river. The water seemed sluggish, unable to move, not even to form a ripple on the surface, and then a light splatter of rain fell from the sky, so light it was barely noticeable. Bird life began to shriek and screech. The river creatures smelled the impending rain and roused themselves from lethargic sleep. Frogs leapt along the bank, fish came to the
