“Mom!” one of the children called, “What of daddy? Why did you leave him behind?” the kid queried further, inflated his cheeks to show how much he was infuriated and later lowered his guess to let those warm tears trickle down his cheeks. When she hesitated to reply the lad due to her focus on the road, the kid queried yet further, “Mom? Aren’t you going to answer me…”

“Keep shut dear!” she snapped and caught the troublesome face of the kid in the rear mirror, “You don’t have a father. Very soon we will be out of this coast, okay you just stay put, stay calm like your siblings...