1 Chapter - 1 (1/2)
”David, wake up”, Sussan shouted and shook her husband with fear clearly visible in her face.
”What's wrong, Sussan?”David asked with annoyance as he just got a few hours of sleep after 3 days.
”It is about Peter! Peter is missing! I cannot find him anywhere”, Sussan cried.
”Don't worry, he must have gone near somewhere to answer nature's call. He will be back in a few minutes. Just relax” Saying that he started continuing to sleep.
But Sussan could not rest her mind at ease and started worrying a lot. She could not sit around and wait. So she started to search in the area nearby.
It is already too dark outside the campsite and her little boy is too afraid of the dark. She is sure that something is not right.
She searched as far as she could but still could not find him anywhere.
She started imagining the worst and almost immediately remembered him saying he would go and search for Elly.
She half walked and half ran to the tent while holding her chest. 'No, please no. It is a war out there and I cannot afford losing them both. Please be safe. Please! Please! Please'
She saw David fully awake and even the other tent mates were standing next to each other and discussing something serious.
When she reached them, she saw David talking to Sommer, ”Are you sure? What your son said is true?”
Sommer looked irritated for being woken up in the middle of the night and when David did not believe him and started questioning his son's authenticity of the news.
So, he just stared at David and let out a grunt.
When David saw Sussan coming faster towards them, his heart twitched in pain and he was sure she just could not take the harsh news.
”What happened, David? Did you find out anything?”, before she could even come near she shouted at David. Seeing David hesitating to speak she gave a nudge on his arm to force him.
”Sommer's son overheard Peter talking with Robert that they are both going to find Elly across the border”, David said while holding his breath.
With more hesitation, he added, ”I checked with Brenda and her son Robert is still with them. They said Robert never met Peter. I wanted to talk to Robert but they would not let me”.
”How could she not let us talk to their son? This is ridiculous. How much would we have helped them back then? Let me see her and ask once more” Sussan started moving towards her best friend's tent.
David held her arm and stopped her saying, ”They both left with Robert and even other families are moving out from this place, as it is not safe for anyone. They highly doubt if the military finds out about Peter, then he might bring them here to cause more trouble. So, everyone is packing and leaving this place”
Sommer patted David's back as he saw his family already packed and ready to leave. He just shook his head to the couple and left.
Left with no one around them and having to stare at the wide desert with people moving away from them, they both were left speechless.