A few minutes ago, Uncle Mike's instructions kept echoing in my mind like some kind of hallucination.
"More than thirty... just run with your wife and kids, don't look back... they can't take away that many..."
As a husband and father, Tom wished he could rush home immediately and take his family to the refuge in the rear.
But just as the urge to protect his loved ones drove his legs to take that first step.
He saw the faces in the crowd.
Uncle Harold, when his father passed away, he was still young, and even working in the fields left him exhausted. It was with Harold's help that he got through that toughest stage;
Brother Abel, knowing his family wasn't well-off, had specially sent several pieces of preserved deer meat when Janice was pregnant, and was scolded by his sister-in-law for days afterward;
Leon, this guy... Madi, this guy isn't hiding safely in the back, what's he doing at the front!?
