Ask for Andrea

The women watch as James falls asleep and April lies next to him; Brecia points out that even if April is going to flee, it’s too risky for her to wake the girls up in the middle of the night. Early in the morning, before James awakens, April gets up and begins searching for the keys to the van. When James finds her, she claims that she was just making breakfast and suggests going into town to get more supplies, but James tells her that that is too risky.

After breakfast, April takes the girls outside to play. She tells them that they are secretly going to get some berries to surprise their father but that they must be very quiet to avoid ruining the surprise. April begins leading the girls away from the cabin; Meghan and Skye go with her, but Brecia decides to stay behind so that she can detect when James begins pursuing them.

Meghan and Skye begin to estimate how long it will take April and the girls to walk to the main road; they suspect that it will take hours but believe that “they’ll make it.