chapter 6(5)

“My grandma’s house. She died a long time ago, and she gave mom the house,” Jonah sounds excited as he explains it. I almost let out a breath of relief as this is information we can use to find his family, but then his little body tenses on my shoulders and Jonah whispers, “But then, he took it from us.” “Do you know how long ago that was?” I ask him. “I don’t know, it was lots of sleeps ago. I was only short then.” He tells me and I chuckle because he is still short now. We make it to the cave entrance, and I spot a small sitting area around a fire that has been out for a long time. It looks like there is barely anything left from the wind, just burnt rock under the debris. I place Jonah down, and my father uses his flashlight to look inside the cave. Jonah runs away to a tree with some red and purple berries. I furrow my brows because the damn tree looks so out of place here. I have a feeling it isn’t supposed to be in these surroundings as such, let alone grow here and have the shad