Chapter 26
In death, the Amish live as simply as they did in life. Upon a windswept hill, I stand off to the side as they gently lower two plain wooden boxes into the earth which they revere with the same love and fondness that they do their Christian god.
"Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name," their lips move in silent prayer.
Next to Caleb, they place Grossmammi Hochstetler. She dropped dead when the Ghuraba shot Caleb. Her pure, frail heart broke to see such evil.
How I wish Anke and Lisette were here to clasp my hands and tell me this is God's will, but the Ghuraba took them, along with Joy, Charity, Hope and Grace. The only daughter left is little Mary, who at two years old is still too young for even the Ghuraba to rape.
The world grows bright, so very far away,
