EMILIA'S POV

Immediately she stepped into the street in front of her parents' house, she broke into a run. The wind blew dust and dead leaves into her face but she didn't care much.

The questions were too much for her heart. She found herself wondering again and again what she was doing here in the first place. Was her life and that of her children truly in danger? Her parents wouldn't be lying to her, would they?

Soon she got back to the business district area of Princeton. By now the watery autumn sun was high in the sky and the shops were open. Her run gradually slowed into...