(...Sorry uwu; )
Her smile faded, and she swallowed the sudden dry lump in her throat.
"...I...I don't...know..." She lowered her gaze, fingering the stitches in her shirt. "My...My brother is gone...My mamma might've gotten out with the rest of the family...All I...really know is that Augusto has to be alive, he's...he's working under a governmental weaponry project down in Arizona...He's my...my older brother, and he's got to be alive, he has to..." She ignored the burning sensation in her eyes and looked back at him. "...Are...Are any of yours...?"
Her smile faded, and she swallowed the sudden dry lump in her throat.
"...I...I don't...know..." She lowered her gaze, fingering the stitches in her shirt. "My...My brother is gone...My mamma might've gotten out with the rest of the family...All I...really know is that Augusto has to be alive, he's...he's working under a governmental weaponry project down in Arizona...He's my...my older brother, and he's got to be alive, he has to..." She ignored the burning sensation in her eyes and looked back at him. "...Are...Are any of yours...?"