ORLADARKE RESIDENCEWhen my parents arrived home, I didn't quite know how to feel about it. As my mother's heels clacked against the ground, and my father's face appeared in the doorway that warm Tuesday afternoon, my world seemed to implode, then explode all at once.Yes, I was glad to see them, but what did that mean? Now, they were in direct sight of enemies, unsafe if anything went wrong. I'd missed them, but I hated to think about how they could just as easily be captured, hurt, or even killed.My mind was filled with vivid flashes of how they died in my past life. How I couldn't do anything to save them. How I could only watch, mourn and pray for them to somehow miraculously open their eyes and tell me that it was all a joke . . ."Orla, dear. Won't you give your parents a big hug?" My mother asked softly, standing before me with a wide smile. Although behind it, I could sense something else. The main question that I knew they would eventually ask.I hugged her, then moved ove
Baca selengkapnya