Chapter 42

Coralina and Beth slowly wandered through the woods.

“Is the most fun you have ever had?” Said Carolina with a big grin. “I’m having a blast”

“Be quiet.” Said Beth. She swallowed and her tiny fists were clenched. “We are hunting.”

“I love hunting with dad. I already killed a buck. You still have your first kill to make.” Said Coralina.

“We have to be quiet when you are hunting.” Said Beth.

Coralina skipped forwards crunching sticks and leaves under her feet. She made no effort to silence her footsteps. Unlike Beth, who was carefully moving, and cautiously looking around as she walked.

“Why haven’t you killed a deer? Last summer you had that one in your site, and wouldn’t pull the trigger. I remember, because you are the best target shooter out of all of us. So I want to know why you didn’t kill that buck.” Said Carolina, she turned and grabbed some leaves and threw them in the air so they would flutter down around her. “Wanna play princesses?”

“Be quiet.” Said Beth, and she took Carolina’s hand.

It didn’t take long for them to be helplessly lost.