It felt like they’d been walking for weeks.
It had only actually been a day or two.
Night approached, he watched as the sky
darkened above - they would need to find
shelter if they wanted to survive through the
night. He stopped, glanced around before calling
out to Carl who walked ahead.
“Hey, we should find somewhere to rest. It’s
getting dark.”

It was almost foreign, to hear his father speak with such purpose, such strength. He had been weak even before the...
♙ —He calculated how long it would take before they reached the house, whether they would make it there before dark. If...