The sky was painted in deep orange swirls and a red line down the horizon where the sun was slowly rising.

The girls lay awake as they had for most of the night, talking about the many ways that life could go now that they knew what they did.

It wasn't a gamble anymore of ifs or buts but reality kicked them down three pegs and they had debated all night if maybe they should stay down.

Life was scary enough as it was but they had made some good things for themselves. School, ...