-Bruce-
My dad carefully walked closer, looking at the paper with pain in his eyes. He and Kai had been incredibly close, and I knew it had hurt being the one to also kill him, but it didn’t prevent my father from grasping the folded paper and then unfolding it. Quinn’s dad stepped up beside him, and they both read the letter underneath the moonlight and stars. Quinn and I waited, gazing first at each other, then at our fathers. The more they read, the deeper their frown became, and when they were done, they turned to each other. They had that same silent conversation between them that Quinn and I often had, and we waited with bated breath to hear what they might tell us.
However, slowly, my dad folded the letter, then he began ripping it to pieces.
“Dad!” I shouted, trying to reach for
