On Christmas

me and locked every door.

“Then what?” I asked.

“I tried to call you on Grandma’s porch phone, but it was inside. I had my backpack, but my tablet was dead. I told Emma we were going to find you. She said she couldn’t walk anymore after a while. So I carried her.”

“You carried her almost two miles?”

Lily looked ashamed.

“I dropped her once.”

I pulled her continue reading …