Love in the Dark
Chapter 50
In the high heat of summer the small cabin on the mountain side had become somewhat stuffy, even with all the windows up and the door propped open. To avoid cooking in the small space and making it even hotter, they often went up to the clearing and shared their meals with the refugees who had moved from the church to the mountain. Another house had been completed, and established as a women’s dormitory, bringing the population to 18.
Seth took a stainless steel plate loaded with a vegetable stew made of green beans, zucchini, tomatoes and herbs, ladled over rice and retreated to a place in the shade. Laura and Zahara were already there, reclining on an old blanket. Zahara stirred her food listlessly. “It's too hot to eat,” she said, a slight whine in
