chapter 9 victoria

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“…come back to me…”

I stirred. I got up unsteadily on my feet, as shaky as a foal and looked upon the deserted street. I saw her at the end of the street, huddled in a corner.

“Mom!”

She looked up and I saw disbelief etched on her face. “Victoria? “She smiled, although wearily. “Where are Wyatt and Richard?”

“I-” my voice faltered. The guy who had come… I thought I knew his name...

“Victoria?” my mother’s voice, less hopeful now, reached my ears.

“He-Wyatt and Richard… the musician took them… he- he took them!” I whispered.

“Will? No, he wouldn’t.” But she couldn’t mask the uncertainty in her voice.

“Will… that’s his name, Will!” I ran towards the Weiser River. “Will! Wyatt! Richard… come back to me…” a tear dropped into the Weiser and was swept away.

“Come back to me…”

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