Chapter 180

• They carried Tom to their car and back into town, where he would be prepared for burial next to Sienna’s mother. Siennastood hugging herself as we watched the car pull away, and I realized how cold the air had gotten.
• “Come on,” I told her gently. “Let’s get you inside.”
• She followed me numbly into the cabin and sat in a chair near the stove. I put a few logs inside and lit a match to start it. I grabbed the blanket from the bed and wrapped her in it as I waited for the heat from the fire to permeate the room.