275 PREJUDICE AND SENTIMENT

They all silently walked towards the building where the boys said they had seen Emerald and the lady walk into. "I'm so sorry, Miss Isabella; this is all my fault. I shouldn't have left the kids." "No," Madison said, cutting Corazon's words off, "it wasn't your fault, Corazon; please don't blame yourself." Isabella added. Her voice sounded so far away, even to her ears. Everyone else's mind was worried, and Madison's was, too, but it wasn't just because Emerald was missing. There was also the snagging suspicion of who the lady might be and if her hunch was right. She would be consumed with so much guilt for not telling Isabella earlier. "There," the twins said in unison, their fingers pointing towards a standalone shade. "Should we go in, or should we get the authorities?" Jamie asked as they all stopped moving. "I'll be damned if I contact the authorities before going in there to check," Isabella replied as she pushed past Corazon and made her way toward the shade. The others cl