Her mother, Mrs. Williams, and her father, Mr. Williams, ran after her immediately. But by the time they reached her bedroom door, it was already locked from the inside.
They refused to let that stop them.
Mr. Williams quickly called for a carpenter from the neighborhood. Within minutes, the man arrived with his tools and forcefully broke the door open, splintering the lock and pushing the door inward. Mr. Williams stepped aside and allowed his wife to enter first.
He believed a mother would be able to speak to her daughter better in a moment like this.
Mrs. Williams slowly walked into the room and shut the broken door behind her as gently as she could. Her eyes immediately fell on Olive, who was sitting on the floor with her knees drawn tightly to her chest, her face buried between them as her shoulders trembled with quiet sobs.
The sight shattered her heart.
