The placing-out agent called them the children nobody wanted. The forgotten ones. The leftovers.
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Chapter 10: The Fire That Tested Them
Chapter 10: The Fire That Tested Them
A terrible storm hit Cedar Bluff.
Lightning struck the barn.
Fire spread quickly.
Everyone escaped.
Except Samuel.
The quiet boy had gone back inside for a small wooden box.
Emmett ran into the flames.
The town watched in horror.
Minutes later...
He walked out carrying Samuel.
The boy was crying.
“I thought my box wasn't important.”
Emmett held him tightly.
“Anything important to you matters to me.”
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That was the moment Cedar Bluff stopped seeing nine unwanted children.
They saw a family.
