Katie's POV

The most dangerous person in the city is the one from whom my father borrowed some money behind my back. Why did he not go visit a bank like everyone else? In order to keep me from being sad, he lied to me and said everything was OK.

I can see clearly from the large perspective that nothing is right at all. Nothing about this circumstance is acceptable. It is never acceptable to have a pistol aimed at my father's head!

"Katie, I was fine, everything was fine. After that, we had a terrible storm and almost lost all of the crops. The sincerity in my father's voice...