When he told her he has to go, she was jolted to act.
“You can’t go like this.” She told him as she grasped his hand.
He managed to smile at her, “I know what I’m supposed to do, Laura.”
With his father’s death, he could surmise what their plan entails. He couldn’t let them get away with this. He must act now.
“Take me with you.” Laura is still afraid of what might happen to him if he leaves on his own.
“I can’t. You have to be safe. If anything happens to me…”
“No! Don’t say things like that. Nothing can happen to you. Let me go with you, please.”
“It’s going to be all men out there, Laura. Don’t be stubborn.” He began to feel helpless.
“You still have me, you know that, right?” She wanted to remind him. She doesn’t want him to feel as if he lost his family because his fathe
