"Tess!" The voice cut through Teresa's inward turmoil as she walked, head down, attempting to shield the tears threatening to spill from her big doe eyes.
Reluctantly, she lifted her gaze from the ground, the sound of her name drawing her attention away from her swirling thoughts, just after a few minutes of strolling leaving the RV behind.
"Look who I found!" Sia's voice rang out with triumph as she spotted Teresa emerging from an unfamiliar direction, heading back towards the remnants of what was a full carnival just the other day.
Sia seized Silas's arm with determination, pulling him forcibly into Teresa's line of sight. Silas grumbled in protest, attempting to free his arm from her grasp.
Upon Silas's return to the designated area for the fair's final tasks before departure, Sia spotted him and launched herself at him with zeal, as if she had been lying in wait.
