Chapter Sixty-Nine
Jenny composed herself and asked, “Have you seen anyone else yet?”
“No, you’re the first one we’ve run into. What’s wrong?” Theresa asked anxiously.
There was a bench nearby, and she directed them toward it.
“Did something happen to Oliver?” Sam asked quickly. “Or Marsha.”
Kara helped the very pregnant Jenny to sit. Then, she started the story, “On the way here, our convoy was ambushed. We lost most of our vehicles and a quarter of our people. Mom and Oliver died in an explosion. The propane tank on the bus in front of them blew, and they were very close. It consumed their ORV.”
Theresa screamed and collapsed, her worst fears confirmed. Sam tried to hold her, but he was in shock. Their son had been gone for eight years, and they hadn’t known it.
After several minu
