It made sense that the next day, when Rhodes was open to the world and the former King David was under house arrest, Josephine wanted to take her children home. No one was resisting. They were all eager to go home. They wanted to meet with their father, and she was going to make it happen.
Adela and Caroline sat next to each other in the car, and Lucia sat next to Josephine. She was looking out the window as they made their way to the airport. She could hear her mother talking excitedly about the things she wanted to see again.
Lucia was more nervous than excited. Unlike her family, she did not remember Rhodes. Not as well as they did. She was not sure what to expect. She was not sure she wanted to be there just yet. She understood Vershia because it had always been home to her. Rhodes, on the other hand… It had always been the place her parents talked about fondly. She had never thought that she would have to go there.
