I nodded adamantly in agreement. Someone would have to step up because these people were scared, worried, and directionless. It would take a strong leader to keep them from going down the wrong path and if what I had seen so far was any sign, that leader was already Julia. "I have another favor to ask you," I blurted out changing the subject realizing I didn't have a lot of time to get my affairs in order. "What's that?" "I need you to watch over my kids."I indicated to my boys that had suddenly appeared next to me mid-conversation, apparently. "No, Mommy!" Johnny said horrified. "Johnny, I can't take you with me." "No, you have to!" he insisted. "Honey, I'll miss you a lot as well. But this is going to be too dangerous for you!" "But, Avamarie said you had to! That you can't do this without us!" That gave me a pause, a long hard angry pause. No, that was impossible. Surely, she didn't truly expect me to take my children on something like this. That would be insane, suicide,
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