“Goodness, Lilly... you could have...” Rose began, but I interrupted her.
“Please Rose, let me finish. I was led there by the ghosts of Serena and Neleh. They took me deep into the forest. I walked for a long time before I woke up, but when I did, I knew that they had been trying to show me something. Well, not something, but someone,” I whispered.
I could tell my family were all biting their tongues, except Jo, who was clearly excited and desperate to know the full story.
I held up the photo of Sammy and Neleh and said, “Last night, I met Sammy Morton.”
Gabriel stood up so abruptly that he knocked his cup of tea to the floor.
“Lillian Tulugaq. What were you thinking? You could have got yourself killed. And then what? Then what?” he yelled and stormed out of the room.
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