Chapter 20 Jamie
The boats were cramped with riders, the water sitting high on the hulls, but luckily there was enough for everyone who wished to cross this way. A few men and boys decided not to take the boats. Jamie and the others tried to convince them, but the conviction in their eyes was something that couldn’t be matched. He watched from his position on a boat as they ran around the edge of the lake, slipping a bit in the mud that lined the water.
“How far do you think they will make it?” a young boy asked his mother.
She pulled him into her dirty skirts, shielding him. “I am sure they will be okay.” The boy sniffled, and she bent, wiping his face with her skirt. “When all this is over, we will find them again, okay? You can play together and run through the woods like you talke
