Wyatt comfortingly calmed her down. "This will be just a little more experience to put to use in everyday life. Later, when you can put everything in perspective, not right now, of course, but you can use this experience to help kids become aware of strangers, or of getting mixed up with the wrong crowd, or going to the home of a stranger. There are all kinds of ways to use this experience to your advantage, as well as theirs, and good for everyone."
"I just hope and pray you're right. What about Mom?" Her lips quivered. "Have you heard anything about her? She's really all I have left now."
Wyatt rubbed the top of her hand resting on the table and gently squeezed her fingers. "You have me now too."
She quickly removed her hand from under his and stared down at her almost-empty plate. Sh
