*Zara*

It didn’t take us long to get ready for the trip, and soon, we were getting ready to head out. I noticed my father looking at his phone with a deep frown and then up to me.

I walked over, asking, “What’s the matter?”

“We just got some fairly bad news.”

“Oh no. Should we delay going to the summer home?” I looked over my shoulder toward Noah, who was making the final preparations as we spoke. My father shook his ...