Chapter 64

Jasper frowned, deeply upset; but it didn’t really bother him, so he kept on going. Tyson staggered along behind him, terrified that one wrong step might cause him to slip and fall into the wet mud all around them. His clothes would be ruined! He didn’t want to even imagine it… Jasper used to be a soldier, and so had trained his sense of balance; Tyson was just an ordinary guy, and struggled to keep his footing here. Soon, he had fallen way behind. Jasper was alone by the time he reached the graveyard. Tyson was still struggling to make his way through the mud. Having finished paying their respects, Lara and Helen had taken the four children to a dried-up pond to pick some reeds. Those reeds had grown tall… tall enough to hide them all from sight. Willow and Samantha were alone in the graveyard. Willow was tidying things up. Samantha didn’t help. She was sitting on a cushion nearby, dozing off. When Jasper arrived, the first person he saw was Willow. His dark eyes gre