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“I’ve been following your tracks from the place you turned around, an’ I kept losing them in the snow, then I’d find them again.”
“But why did you come back?”
“Because I kind of guessed you wouldn’t go back home. You broke your promise, Rachael.”
She hung her head. “I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. I just couldn’t go back, I was too scared.”
Ronnie put his hand on her shoulder. “S’all right, kid, I know. Don’t worry about it.”
“But I’ve got us lost,” Rachael wailed. “I don’t even know where we are. I was trying to find the farm. Where are we, Ronnie?”
He looked around at a landscape that was quickly disappearing. “Well, we’re not on any main road, that’s for sure. I figure we’re about two miles out of town, going north or maybe more west. There has to be a farm around here somewhere, and we have to find shelter or we’ll freeze. Come on, let’s go.”
With that, he took a big breath, hoisted Bobby onto his shoulders and set off. Meekly, but with more confidence than she had felt since he left them, Rachael followed.
Manolis Aligizakis 